Sentences with phrase «electoral boundaries for»

A similar situation exists in Australia where the independent Australian Electoral Commission and its state - based counterparts determine electoral boundaries for federal, state and local jurisdictions.

Draft federal electoral boundaries for Queensland will be released on Friday, and several marginal seat holders will be waiting to learn their fate.

Not exact matches

The new government should not just amend the timelines for the next commission, it should amend the Act to empower the commission to draw fair electoral boundaries that will ensure more effective representation and equality of the voting power in Alberta.

Yet analysts say Najib is expected to win a third term due to infighting in the opposition, the unfavorable electoral boundary changes and strong support for the government among rural ethnic Malays.

Under a uniform national swing, fighting seats on the current boundaries in a first - past - the - post electoral system, that would result in a landslide for Theresa May, according to the Electoral Calculus website.

They claim boundary changes was introduced as a quid pro quo for the May 2011 referendum on electoral reform, in which the public rejected the alternative vote system by a ratio of two votes to one.

Far from putting proportional representation on the agenda, the Tories are now in a position to push through reform of electoral boundaries under the existing first - past - the - post system to make it fairer (i.e. better for them).

stating that the names and boundaries of the electoral districts fixed by the Commission are available for public inspection; and

stating that the names and boundaries of the Maori electoral districts fixed by the Commission are available for public inspection; and

The current government has bigger problems to address than electoral reform, so the constituency boundaries will soon be unchanged for 20 years.

For Westminster election purposes, however, there are no electoral regions, and constituency boundary changes became effective for the 2010 United Kingdom general electiFor Westminster election purposes, however, there are no electoral regions, and constituency boundary changes became effective for the 2010 United Kingdom general electifor the 2010 United Kingdom general election.

(Responsibility for) electoral arrangements remain here at Westminster; it would be incoherent not to have a review given the changes planned to parliamentary boundaries.

Fourthly, Lib Dem and swing voters especially will not forgive Lib Dems for precipitating the demise of the Coalition government, probably two years before it is due to end, not on a point of principle, such as on tuition fees, tax policy, social policy like gay marriage, Trident, the European treaty veto or the health or welfare bills but on... an issue of narrow partisan electoral self interest, i.e. unhappiness at boundary changes (which they had already voted for in February 2011).

Thirdly, projections of electoral doom for individual Lib Dem MPs under the new boundaries are probably wide of the mark.

Following boundary changes in 1994, and later reform of the business vote in the City, there was a major boundary and electoral representation revision of the wards in 2003, and they were reviewed again in 2010 for change in 2013, though not to such a dramatic extent.

Many constituency boundaries changed for the 2010 general election and this seat changed quite significantly which made the seat less of a Labour Party safe seat based on council results for electoral wards.

Parliament accepted the Boundary Commission's Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for General Election 2010 since which it has electoral wards, with no alterations in that review:

The biggest re-organisation of the electoral map for a generation by the Boundary Commission will see 50 constituencies abolished and the vast majority reconfigured.

Boundary changes to the electoral divisions will take effect at this election after a review of the county by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England.

In the process of setting electoral districts, gerrymandering is a practice that attempts to establish a political advantage for a particular party or group by manipulating geographic boundaries to create partisan advantaged districts.

Candidates for the United States House of Representatives or the state legislature may be nominated by county caucuses, provided that the applicable electoral district lies entirely within the boundaries of a single county.

With further seat reductions possible if further member states join the European Union, there may be a need to consider whether the rules shaping the redrawing of European election boundaries needs to be revised (to possibly allow for larger constituencies — even a national constituency) or to also consider whether there may be scope for using an alternative set of electoral rules (e.g. a List system) in the specific case of European elections, especially if the option of having one single constituency for the entire State was to be pursued at a later date.

Typically there is always something to win for bigger parties by changing the electoral system (e.g. changing the electoral boundaries or introducing an electoral threshold).

Relative to the boundaries used for the 2009 Local Elections, it encompasses all of the old Clones electoral area, a significant chunk of the old Castleblaney electoral area (namely the Ballybay area) and smaller parts of the Monaghan electoral area (including Scotstown) and Carrickmacross electoral area.

The Local Government Boundary Commission for England is responsible for three types of review: electoral reviews; administrative boundary reviews; and structural Boundary Commission for England is responsible for three types of review: electoral reviews; administrative boundary reviews; and structural boundary reviews; and structural reviews.

Boundary changes to the electoral divisions took effect at this election after a review of the county by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England increasing the number of seats on the council from 77 to 78.

Threading boundaries between and through centres of population on the pretext of ensuring fairness is also a great way to cheat for your own benefit — a practice known as gerrymandering, after a 19th - century governor of Massachusetts, Elbridge Gerry, who created an electoral division whose shape reminded a local newspaper editor of a salamander.

Unfortunately, the unions themselves are responsible for reporting and enforcing the boundary between political and non-political, and a recent history of settlements for electoral violations and court defeats shows they are willing to blur that line.

Demonstrating once again that animal welfare knows no political boundaries, a commitment to no - kill has become an electoral plus for an increasing number of city councils.

With the August 2, 2015 call for an election the electoral district boundaries have changed and the 308 districts embeded within this structure of this site are now 338 districts.