Sentences with phrase «election in a constituency where»

If he goes to contest elections in the constituency where he comes from, can he win that election?

Ms Alexander quit her job last week to take up the role of London's deputy mayor for transport - prompting a summer by - election in a constituency where Labour enjoys a 21,000 majority.

Rules state the Lewisham East MP will be forced to give up the seat before taking up the new job - prompting a summer by - election in a constituency where Labour enjoys a 21,000 majority.

Not exact matches

He told BBC1's The Andrew Marr Show Ukip would devote its resources to «two dozen» or «three dozen» constituencies where the party had come first in European elections and succeeded in taking council seats.

In the short term, including the period leading up to the general election, the pressure is likely to assert itself in terms of the willingness of voters to elect independent candidates - especially in constituencies where the sitting MP has been named in the expenses sagIn the short term, including the period leading up to the general election, the pressure is likely to assert itself in terms of the willingness of voters to elect independent candidates - especially in constituencies where the sitting MP has been named in the expenses sagin terms of the willingness of voters to elect independent candidates - especially in constituencies where the sitting MP has been named in the expenses sagin constituencies where the sitting MP has been named in the expenses sagin the expenses saga.

The prominent Conservative backbencher will trigger a by - election in his constituency of Clacton, where he has a majority of 12,068.

And if the situation does not improve after the 2020 election members suggested parties could be fined for failing to stand enough women or have their deposits confiscated in constituencies where no female candidates were fielded.

In its federal election, Germany uses mixed - member proportional representation, where a voter makes two votes: one picks a particular candidate in local constituency, second for a partIn its federal election, Germany uses mixed - member proportional representation, where a voter makes two votes: one picks a particular candidate in local constituency, second for a partin local constituency, second for a party.

Hitherto, the coincidence of local and general election results provided an opportunity to estimate a PNS for the parallel local elections by comparing the local and parliamentary election results in those constituencies where all the component wards were contested, and then applying the resulting difference for each party to its share of the Britain - wide parliamentary vote.

Now that we are past the midway point in the parliament — and now that it's clear that the constituency boundaries will not be changing before the next election — I decided it was time for a proper look at the marginal territory where it will be decided who enters 10 Downing Street on 8 May 2015 and whether or not they have an overall majority at their command.

A similar problem is brewing in the Lower Manya Krobo and Bunkrugu Yunyoo constituencies where aggrieved supporters of defeated aspirants have threatened to vote «skirt and blouse» in the upcoming November elections.

He demanded union party members should be given the right to choose Labour candidates in constituencies, have an «equal say» in the election of the party leader and the «right to a level playing field in the party where their views and votes count as much» as other party members.

This is the first by - election where both Coalition parties face each other as the parties that finished first and second in the constituency at the preceding election.

At the election, UKIP's Jake Baynes was requested by his party to stand down owing to UKIP's policy of not standing a candidate in a constituency where there is already a committed eurosceptic, but he refused to do so.

Admittedly, most of the other by - elections took place in constituencies where the Lib Dems started off so low that a 14 - point drop would have been improbable and, in four contests, impossible.

«The Council also resolved that regional chairpersons, regional secretaries, regional treasurers, constituency chairpersons, constituency secretaries and constituency treasurers, are also not eligible to contest as parliamentary candidates in constituencies where the party has sitting Members of Parliament, unless they resign three years before the national general elections.»

In an election where many constituencies only had Labour and Tory candidates standing, the vote shares of the big two are naturally going to be much larger than in an election where every constituency had a Lib Dem and the vast majority had some assortment of Ukippers, Greens, BNP, English Democrats, Socialists, and God knows who else as welIn an election where many constituencies only had Labour and Tory candidates standing, the vote shares of the big two are naturally going to be much larger than in an election where every constituency had a Lib Dem and the vast majority had some assortment of Ukippers, Greens, BNP, English Democrats, Socialists, and God knows who else as welin an election where every constituency had a Lib Dem and the vast majority had some assortment of Ukippers, Greens, BNP, English Democrats, Socialists, and God knows who else as well.

Fighting a by - election against Carswell in a constituency where he is already very popular is going to be tough.

The best result at the constituency, or electoral area, level for Labour in the 2014 Local Elections came in Athy, where Labour won 27.0 % of the first preference votes and took two of the six seats in that electoral area.

The seat, which borders Gordon Brown's parliamentary constituency, was gained by the Lib Dems (from Labour) at a by - election in 2005, where the Conservatives remained in fourth place.

A survey for BBC Radio 4's The World This Weekend in 94 constituencies held by the Lib Dems, or where the party has a good chance of winning at the next election, suggests support is stronger for Mr Clegg.

The two, Kwame Adom Boakye and George Appiah Kubi, the Research and Elections Officer and Deputy Constituency Organizer of the NPP, are said to have been behind the disappearance in the Kokobra electoral area, where the party's polling station registration exercise was on - going on Tuesday.

Speaking in Swindon as part of a tour of west country constituencies, where his speech was watched by his parents, the Conservative leader said: «At the start of this campaign I said we would fight this election for the people who are ignored in our society, the ones who work hard, pay their taxes, live decent lives and yet feel they are sidelined.

Seems odd that young Christopher Myers (25) should go from driving William Hague (49) around his constituency during elections, where according to the Mirror, «although he never worked at Tory HQ in London... they became close during campaigns», to become his third Special Adviser at the Foreign Office.

In the French legislative election, 2017, the Parti Socialiste withdrew their candidates from 42 constituencies where the Greens are in charge or have a good chance of winning, and the Greens reciprocally withdrew in 53 constituencieIn the French legislative election, 2017, the Parti Socialiste withdrew their candidates from 42 constituencies where the Greens are in charge or have a good chance of winning, and the Greens reciprocally withdrew in 53 constituenciein charge or have a good chance of winning, and the Greens reciprocally withdrew in 53 constituenciein 53 constituencies.

The EC in a statement said «all registered voters who wish to transfer their votes from the polling station in the constituency where they registered to a different constituency where they wish to vote in the 2016 general elections, are required to visit the District Office of the Electoral Commission in the constituency WHERE THEY ARE NOW RESIDENT, to complete the vote transfer application form to be processed for the transfer.&rwhere they registered to a different constituency where they wish to vote in the 2016 general elections, are required to visit the District Office of the Electoral Commission in the constituency WHERE THEY ARE NOW RESIDENT, to complete the vote transfer application form to be processed for the transfer.&rwhere they wish to vote in the 2016 general elections, are required to visit the District Office of the Electoral Commission in the constituency WHERE THEY ARE NOW RESIDENT, to complete the vote transfer application form to be processed for the transfer.&rWHERE THEY ARE NOW RESIDENT, to complete the vote transfer application form to be processed for the transfer.»

All registered voters who wish to transfer their votes from the polling station in the Constituency where they registered to a different Constituency where they wish to vote in the 2016 general elections, are required to visit the District Office of the Electoral Commission in the Constituency where they are now resident to complete the vote transfer application form to be processed for the transfer.

* except in the case of «Automatic election», where a party does not get any constituency MPs elected but still manages to get enough Party votes to exceed the agreed threshold.

In only two seats was the change statistically significant, both in Labour's favour: Stroud, where Labour have a high - profile candidate in David Drew, the former MP; and Warrington South, where the constituency question produced a boost for the Lib Dems consistent with the fact that it was at the last election almost a three - way marginaIn only two seats was the change statistically significant, both in Labour's favour: Stroud, where Labour have a high - profile candidate in David Drew, the former MP; and Warrington South, where the constituency question produced a boost for the Lib Dems consistent with the fact that it was at the last election almost a three - way marginain Labour's favour: Stroud, where Labour have a high - profile candidate in David Drew, the former MP; and Warrington South, where the constituency question produced a boost for the Lib Dems consistent with the fact that it was at the last election almost a three - way marginain David Drew, the former MP; and Warrington South, where the constituency question produced a boost for the Lib Dems consistent with the fact that it was at the last election almost a three - way marginal.

The constituency was the site of a by - election in 2008 where the SNP gained the seat from Labour; the Conservative candidate at the by - election, Davena Rankin, is now standing in Glasgow South.

The research took place in the 60 constituencies where Labour achieved a majority of between 6 and 14 per cent in the 2005 general election.

In my latest round of marginals research I have looked at four constituencies where it has been suggested UKIP pose a challenge to the Conservatives: Boston & Skegness, which UKIP «won» in the 2013 local elections; Castle Point, where Bob Spink, the first MP to sit for UKIP, came second in 2010; South Basildon & East Thurrock, which is adjacent to one of the party's best prospects; and North East Cambridgeshire, where the Tories have had concerns in a county where UKIP have had some success in local elections (more..In my latest round of marginals research I have looked at four constituencies where it has been suggested UKIP pose a challenge to the Conservatives: Boston & Skegness, which UKIP «won» in the 2013 local elections; Castle Point, where Bob Spink, the first MP to sit for UKIP, came second in 2010; South Basildon & East Thurrock, which is adjacent to one of the party's best prospects; and North East Cambridgeshire, where the Tories have had concerns in a county where UKIP have had some success in local elections (more..in the 2013 local elections; Castle Point, where Bob Spink, the first MP to sit for UKIP, came second in 2010; South Basildon & East Thurrock, which is adjacent to one of the party's best prospects; and North East Cambridgeshire, where the Tories have had concerns in a county where UKIP have had some success in local elections (more..in 2010; South Basildon & East Thurrock, which is adjacent to one of the party's best prospects; and North East Cambridgeshire, where the Tories have had concerns in a county where UKIP have had some success in local elections (more..in a county where UKIP have had some success in local elections (more..in local elections (more...)

Oba Odugade won election as an independent candidate, where he contested as a representative of his ward Ibadan E4 constituency, known as the Local Authority Constituent Assembly in 1951.

Married with three children, he is an entrepreneur with interests in a range of businesses in the North East, where he was a parliamentary candidate in 1997 in Newcastle East and Wallsend, in the 2004 European Election in the North East, and in the 2004 Hartlepool By Election; he was Constituency Chairman in Newcastle East between 1995 and 1998, and active in the «North East says NO» Campaign against the Regional Assembly.

In May 2015, with polls pointing to a hung Parliament in the run up to the 2015 general election, the Bow Group chairman, Ben Harris - Quinney, called on voters in marginal constituencies to support the values of conservatism by voting UK Independence Party (UKIP) where the Conservatives could not win, and the Conservatives where UKIP could not wiIn May 2015, with polls pointing to a hung Parliament in the run up to the 2015 general election, the Bow Group chairman, Ben Harris - Quinney, called on voters in marginal constituencies to support the values of conservatism by voting UK Independence Party (UKIP) where the Conservatives could not win, and the Conservatives where UKIP could not wiin the run up to the 2015 general election, the Bow Group chairman, Ben Harris - Quinney, called on voters in marginal constituencies to support the values of conservatism by voting UK Independence Party (UKIP) where the Conservatives could not win, and the Conservatives where UKIP could not wiin marginal constituencies to support the values of conservatism by voting UK Independence Party (UKIP) where the Conservatives could not win, and the Conservatives where UKIP could not win.

Mr Naabu who indicates the Minister in concert with the District Chief Executive (DCE) for East Mamprusi are frustrating efforts in conducting polling station elections in the Gambaga constituency where the Minister is the Member of Parliament, has vowed to hold them responsible should anything untoward happens.

In the 1999 election she stood as a constituency candidate in Strathkelvin and Bearsden, where she was runner - up to Labour candidate Sam GalbraitIn the 1999 election she stood as a constituency candidate in Strathkelvin and Bearsden, where she was runner - up to Labour candidate Sam Galbraitin Strathkelvin and Bearsden, where she was runner - up to Labour candidate Sam Galbraith.

In this Remain constituency, can the Conservatives succeed where they have failed in previous elections and reclaim their influence in BirminghaIn this Remain constituency, can the Conservatives succeed where they have failed in previous elections and reclaim their influence in Birminghain previous elections and reclaim their influence in Birminghain Birmingham?

In cases where an electoral division fell within two different local election constituencies and in the absence of further information, a rough estimate / judgement call had to be made as to which proportion of that electoral division's territory / area was located within these different constituencieIn cases where an electoral division fell within two different local election constituencies and in the absence of further information, a rough estimate / judgement call had to be made as to which proportion of that electoral division's territory / area was located within these different constituenciein the absence of further information, a rough estimate / judgement call had to be made as to which proportion of that electoral division's territory / area was located within these different constituencies.

The impact of these changes in multi-member constituencies where parties run several candidates will be a particularly interesting feature of election night.

Common sense alone tells us that marginality should have some effect upon the size of the swing — if there was a 10 % swing at the election, it is unlikely that the Conservatives would actually pick up an extra 10 % of the vote in places like inner - city Glasgow and the Welsh valleys, while there are some home counties constituencies where Labour barely has 10 % to lose.

At the 1964 general election, Bagier stood in the Sunderland South constituency, where he defeated the sitting Conservative Member of Parliament, Paul Williams.

«There are 34 constituencies... As of now the NDC has 20 in parliament but in the 2012 elections there were a few places where they didn't vote for both the president and the MP from the NDC.

In 2015, Taraba, Abia and Imo were inconclusive and there were other constituency elections where elections were inconclusive.

In the cases, just this last couple of elections, where stem cell politics, for example, has been played out in the electoral process, stem cell research is [has] done better than the winning candidates for offices; and I think, apart from that, I think that we do have a serious problem in general education of the sciences and that accounts for the reluctance of a large segment of the population to accept the principles of evolution and think that there is still a debate about it, which there isn't — and that's a problem we need to solve, — but I still think there is an incredible constituency for science in this countrIn the cases, just this last couple of elections, where stem cell politics, for example, has been played out in the electoral process, stem cell research is [has] done better than the winning candidates for offices; and I think, apart from that, I think that we do have a serious problem in general education of the sciences and that accounts for the reluctance of a large segment of the population to accept the principles of evolution and think that there is still a debate about it, which there isn't — and that's a problem we need to solve, — but I still think there is an incredible constituency for science in this countrin the electoral process, stem cell research is [has] done better than the winning candidates for offices; and I think, apart from that, I think that we do have a serious problem in general education of the sciences and that accounts for the reluctance of a large segment of the population to accept the principles of evolution and think that there is still a debate about it, which there isn't — and that's a problem we need to solve, — but I still think there is an incredible constituency for science in this countrin general education of the sciences and that accounts for the reluctance of a large segment of the population to accept the principles of evolution and think that there is still a debate about it, which there isn't — and that's a problem we need to solve, — but I still think there is an incredible constituency for science in this countrin this country.