Sentences with phrase «deputy leadership vote»

The poll for leader was held simultaneously with a deputy leadership vote.

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Upset with Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel, members of a union of rank - and - file deputies will vote electronically over the next week on whether they have faith in his leadership.

A deputies» union on Thursday announced that 85 percent of its members who voted — 534 out of 628 — cast ballots expressing «no confidence» in the sheriff's leadership.

I got into the position of deputy general secretary because the people voted for me I didn't impose myself on the people and the point I am making is that same way the people determined that President Rawlings will be our leader, the same way people determined President Mills to be our leader, the same way people determined President Mahama will be our leader and he was our leader and if the people determine that leadership should rotate I will respect that decision of the people and respect the leader at any point in time..»

I got into the position of deputy general secretary because the people voted for me I didn't impose myself on the people and the point I am making is that same way the people determined that President Rawlings will be our leader, the same way people determined President Mills to be our leader, the same way people determined President Mahama will be our leader and he was our leader and if the people determine that leadership should rotate I will respect that decision of the people and respect the leader at any point in time, but for now i will not endorse anyone, i will not endorse John mahama.»

Ukip's former deputy leader Paul Nuttall has set his sights on Labour supporters after easily winning the party's leadership race with 62.6 % of the vote.

One example of an MP who does do this is Jon Cruddas, who carved himself a constituency during the deputy leadership contest, is courted heavily before tight votes, argues, but almost always votes loyally.

That was just part of a very heated exchange between Martins and Deputy Senate Minority Leader Mike Gianaris, who shouted at and over one another until the Democrats, after failing to force a vote on Skelos» leadership, walked out of the chamber, en masse.

Sir Vince, himself a former party deputy, said the party had to get prepared for another national vote as he announced his leadership challenge on party forum site Lib Dem Voice.

He dismisses suggestions that his plans for one person, one vote elections for the Labour leadership and deputy leadership will lead to ordinary members being swamped by a stage army of leftwing union activists recruited as affiliated supporters.

Benn was only narrowly defeated by Healey in a bitterly fought deputy leadership election in 1981 after the introduction of an electoral college intended to widen the voting franchise to elect the leader and their deputy.

The CWU advised its members to give their second - preference votes to Andy Burnham and to vote for Angela Eagle and Caroline Flint in first and second places in the deputy leadership contest.

It's also unclear whether the leadership vote will result in one of the candidates becoming deputy majority leader, replacing Sen. Tom Libous, who also faces a charge of lying to the FBI in a separate case.

Deputy leadership contender Ben Bradshaw also recently warned that some of his friends have not yet received their voting forms.

As for the Sheffield rally, and the Tory press, yes years of criticism of kinnock gave a bad view, but he'd done a lot of damage to himself, let alone how could someone who endorsed the 83 ′ and 87 manifestos stand on a platform in 92 totally different, but the idea that the 2.5 m votes extra Kinnock would have needed to win disappeared was due toThe rallying illy, he lost because the public hadn't forgot the winter of discontent, the deputy leadership race of 1981 and he loony left

I actually voted for her 10 months ago in the deputy leadership election where she finished a poor fourth out of five, hardly a ringing endorsement of her election - winning qualities.

Speaking after his comprehensive victory in the party's leadership contest which the former deputy leader won with 62.6 % of the vote, beating Suzanne Evans and John Rees - Evans, Mr Nuttall said the solution to the immigration crisis was to end the war in Syria.

Then maybe Yvette would have won, as Andy's campaign was so bad, she would have won it on merit The deputy leadership, saw two centre right, female candidates in the last three, both had the anyone but Watson tag, considering one of the male candidates Ben Bradshaw had this Tom Watson partly win, due to transfers from Bradshaw, was it sexist that he won, no, had he not win on the third round, could one of the females beat him, due to their combined vote, who knows but it wouldn't have been on gender, but their voters dislike of Watson

Jon Cruddas, the Dagenham MP who narrowly missed out on the deputy Labour leadership last year, said the crisis required «radical shock treatment», adding: «The way to do that is to introduce proportional representation and a system of fair votes to replace the current arrangement under which a few thousand swing votes have an armlock around the body politic.»

Of all the leadership and deputy leadership candidates, only Corbyn and Watson voted through the «No» lobby on that occasion.This capitulation by Harriet Harman has been seen by some, including LabourList's Conor Pope, as her attempt to guide the narrative of the leadership contest.

Sarwar won the deputy leadership contest very comfortably when he stood in 2011, winning 51 % of the vote against two other candidates.

Jeremy Corbyn will attempt to confront the crisis facing his leadership on Monday morning as he enters emergency talks with the deputy Labour leader, Tom Watson, amid a series of further shadow cabinet walkouts and a likely vote of no confidence from his MPs.

Faced by a choice of Tony Blair, John Prescott, and Margaret Beckett, every major union recommended their memberships vote for either Beckett or Prescott, and every single union membership voted for Blair... (but) every single union in 2007 that recommended a candidate (for the deputy leadership) delivered between 40 and 50 % of their union's vote to their favourite son or daughter.

WASHINGTON (CNN)-- The Senate Democratic leadership is preparing to lose a vote Wednesday morning on the confirmation of David Hayes as Deputy Secretary of Interior.

Wilson said of Benn he i matures with age, everyone from Denis Healey to greald Kaufman said they'd have left labour had Benn won the deputy leadership, they wouldn't have joined the SDP though, my parents voted foot, didn't like Wilson, wouldn't gave voted Benn Wilson begged Shirley Williams to stay in the party, when she left in February 1981, 1 month before the SDP formed, Scargill he's thE bloke who single handedly let that her beat him in the miners strike, and Kinnock didn't want him in the party as far back as 1980

Mr Cruddas ran for the deputy leadership, topping the first round of the contest and getting the largest vote from the unions.

NAR and a coalition of 60 groups sent a letter to the Senate leadership this week, urging a vote on Pam Patenaude to be Deputy Secretary for the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).