Sentences with phrase «electoral breakthrough»

There genuinely did seem to be a major electoral breakthrough in prospect.

Peter Hain: This racist party stands on the brink of electoral breakthrough.

The brain trust behind the party's so - called Orange Crush electoral breakthrough in 2011 was reconstituted in Vancouver this spring.

Where once they looked set to make significant electoral breakthroughs in the UK, most far - right organisations now look set to vanish altogether.

In 1999, it saw its first electoral breakthrough - thanks to the introduction of proportional representation for European elections, which made it easier for smaller parties to gain seats.

FPTP continued to operate strongly to the Conservatives» advantage in 2015, and especially strongly to the advantage of the SNP following their dramatic electoral breakthrough.

Yet it was not until the SNP's electoral breakthrough in the»60s that Labour in Westminster gave serious attention to the matter.

He has in common with Owen Jones, just frustration, at not being able visualising an electoral breakthrough.

Gone are the heady days of the 1989 European Elections when the UK Green Party won almost 15 % of the vote (but no seats) and believed themselves on the verge of an electoral breakthrough.