Sentences with phrase «defied voting rules»
He won an election at Holyrood then defied voting rules drawn up by Labour to take an overall majority.
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Earlier in the week I reported that Tory backbenchers would get a free vote next Thursday on the David Davis / Jack Straw motion defying the ECHR ruling on votes for prisoners.
That paves the way for Miliband to call the SNP's bluff by defying them to vote against him and instead back the Conservatives — a move Nicola Sturgeon has already ruled out.
Five months ago, David Cameron defied the rule that Prime Ministers never increase their party's vote - share after a full parliamentary term; he became the first person to do so since Lord Palmerston 150 years ago.
Rules that restrict New York residents from voting in Tuesday's primary «defy logic,» according to Assemblyman Sean Ryan.