Sentences with phrase «election cost ukip»

A few months later, Carswell told The House magazine that Farage's campaign strategy at the last election cost Ukip support.

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And even if he does win, it would be a pyrrhic victory which would cost him a lot personally, cost the party a disastrous general election defeat and cost the country a bigger Tory majority and the arrival of UKIP in our Parliament.

Peter Kellner has warned that the rise of UKIP could cost the Tories the next election.

Douglas Carswell has taken a parting shot at Nigel Farage, claiming the former Ukip leader's election strategy cost the party at least five parliamentary seats.

UKIP may have cost the Conservatives up to 20 seats at the 2010 general election with a split in the eurosceptic vote, leading to talk of a ceasefire, pact or merger between the two parties.

As several other recent by - elections have shown, while Ukip's surge costs Labour votes, it costs the Tories seats.

The two peers (who didn't defect) were really cheered by their estimate that UKIP had cost the Tories 27 seats at the last election.

Before the election the consensus view was that UKIP would cost Labour votes, and the Tories seats.