Sentences with phrase «electoral college members»

Originally, there was a pool of potential candidates selected, out of whom the electoral college members would vote for their two favorite candidates.

Not exact matches

The other half, who have only advisory tasks and serve two - year terms, are elected by a 6,689 - member electoral college whose members are appointed by the emirates.

Labelled as the continuity Blair candidate, David's victory speech — secured across all three sections of the electoral college, albeit very narrowly with a higher - than - expected turnout from USDAW members in the trade union component, emphasised the need to capture economic credibility.

Four women Assembly Members are calling on Welsh Labour to change its electoral college system and adopt «One Member, One Vote»...

As I've pointed out before, the party's tripartite electoral college (divided between MPs / MEPs, party members, and affiliated trade unions and socialist societies) means that some votes are worth significantly more than others.

Mr. Asiedu Nketia said the party's internal contests since the adoption of the expanded electoral college were credible but not perfect and therefore reiterated that members should not become aggrieved over such matters if they are indeed loyal members of the NDC.

Labour previously used an electoral college of MPs / MEPs, party members and trade unionists to choose its leaders, including Ed Miliband in 2010.

In 2014, the party replaced its old electoral college with a one - member - one vote system, albeit one that includes more participants than just individual party members.

MPs have lost the voting section they previously had in the electoral college, so their votes are now worth the same as any other individual member, affiliated supporter or registered supporter.

Then, once the electoral college fails to vote someone in, the top three scoring members are decided on by the House as detailed by FiveThirtyEight's Benjamin Morris

The decision by the Labour leadership to run an electoral college for the mayoral nomination rather than the one member, one vote (OMOV) system originally planned, meant that Ken was ultimately narrowly beaten to the Labour nomination by Frank Dobson.

The Labour leader is selected through an electoral college in which MPs and MEPs have a third of the vote, the unions a third and party members a third.

The Committee also wants the party to take steps to restore the integrity of the biometric register of the party and the expanded electoral college» which currently gives the ordinary members of the party to vote in the party's primaries.

'' [The Kinnock challenge] was in 1988, the electoral college system has since been abolished, we now have a one member, one vote system,» he said.

On 1 March 2014, at a special conference the party reformed internal Labour election procedures, including replacing the electoral college system for selecting new leaders with a «one member, one vote» system following the recommendation of a review by former general - secretary Ray Collins.

«There is no constitutional provision for this kind of sideshow,» said Lloyd, pointing to the fact that the leader of the party is elected by an electoral college made up of rank - and - file members as well as MPs and unions.

Labour's electoral «college» is split into three sections — MPs and euro MPs, union - affiliated members and ordinary party members, all of whom can vote for more than one candidate in an order of preference.

Under the old system, in place at the time of Ed Miliband's election in 2010, trade union members and members of other affiliated societies had a third of the votes in the electoral college system, and would send out ballot papers to their members.

Voters directly elect members of the House of Representatives and U.S. Senate, and also directly elect members of the electoral college who in turn elect the U.S....

Apparently, David's lead among the parliamentary third of Labour's electoral college was not big enough to compensate for his relative weakness among the other two sections, which are ordinary party members and affiliated trades - union members.

Second preferences could be crucial as few expect any one candidate to secure a winning majority on first preferences in an electoral college split into three between MPs / MEPs, party members and members of affiliated bodies like the trade unions.

As the New Statesman has just tweeted, the vote of one MP is 608 times more valuable than the vote of a grassroots member in Labour's union - heavy electoral college.

Voting closed on Wednesday in the complicated electoral college race, where MPs and MEPs have one - third of the vote, with rank - and - file party members and up to three million trades unionists who pay a political fee to Labour sharing the rest.

Front - runners have a massive advantage in an electoral college system that gives as much power to 250 MPs as to 170,000 party members.

That's yuuuge trouble for Trump: With Nevada in pocket, Clinton could lose Ohio, North Carolina, Florida, and New Hampshire, and that extra electoral vote in Maine, and even two members of the Electoral College in Washington who supported Bernie Sanders and have said they might not vote for Clinton, and still go over 270 electoral votes.

These two reforms would introduce an all - member ballot for the national chair with a voice in an electoral college for young trade unionists, and provide a proper basis for policy motions to the Young Labour conference.

The Shadow Energy and Climate Change spokesman leads in two of the three part electoral college, trade unions and party members.

Currently, the party leader is elected through an electoral college: one - third of the vote from the unions, one - third from the parliamentary party, and one - third from party members.

The election took place using Alternative Vote in an electoral college, with a third of the votes allocated to MPs and MEPs, a third to individual members of the Labour Party, and a third to individual members of affiliated organisations, mainly trade unions.

In the movie, is Costner a member of the Electoral College casting his electoral vote or a normal citizen voting on Election Day?

The current electoral college system gives a third of the votes each to the unions, rank and file party members, and the MPs and MEPs.

Under the plan, the electoral college system for leadership elections - which gives a third of the votes each to the unions, rank and file party members, and the MPs and MEPs - will be scrapped for a system of one member, one vote.

The old three - way electoral college was replaced with a new «one - person - one - vote» system in which leadership candidates are elected not just by party members, but also by registered and affiliated supporters.

The Deputy Leader wants to scrap the «one member one vote» system used for electing Labour leaders, and restore the old «electoral college» which gave an equal say to party members, trade unions and Labour MPs.

The Party is dependent on the donations of millions of union members; unions have representatives on the National Executive Committee and the National Policy Forum; they can send delegates to Constituency Labour Parties; they make up a third of the electoral college (thus preventing the most Blairite candidate for the Labour leadership from taking the crown); and they have a major role in selecting prospective Labour candidates.

Abe has around 65 % of the electoral college of Diet members and party activists, while the two alternatives share around 15 % each.

The new leader is elected by an electoral college where the votes of MPs and MEPs count for a third of the total, the votes of Labour Party members count for a third and votes of trade unions and other affiliate organisations» members count for a third.

The Council of State consists of one representative from each region of Ghana, elected in accordance with regulations made by the EC under article 51 of Ghana's constitution, by an electoral college comprising two representatives from each of the districts in the region, nominated by the District Assemblies in the region, and eleven other members appointed by the President.

But it'll be up to the whole of Labour's electoral college to decide - a candidate needs the backing of MPs, grassroots members and trade unions to become the next leader.

Gordon Brown's replacement will be chosen by an electoral college split three ways between MPs, Labour Party members and union members who have not opted out of paying a political levy.»

Unite, with 2 million members, is the most powerful of the union section of Labour's electoral college.

The election would use the old pre-Collins electoral college, one - third MPs / MSPs, one - third individual members, one - third individual trade union levy - payers.

Labour leadership elections have previously been decided by a complex electoral college system, with equal weight given to the votes of three groups - one third to MPs and MEPs, one third to ordinary party members and one third to trade unionists.

A new method of electing Labour's leader - the electoral college, which gives unions, party members and MPs / MEPs a third of the votes each, abolished in favour of one member, one vote

Currently - under Labour's electoral college system - MPs and MEPs get a third of the votes to select a new leader, trade unions get a third and party members another third.

At the moment, Labour leadership elections are decided by a complex «electoral college» system, with equal weight given to the votes of three groups - one third to MPs and MEPs, one third to ordinary party members and one third to trade unionists.

The BBC's Iain Watson said the unions were on the verge of agreeing that the electoral college should be abolished - not for conference votes, just for the leadership election - so all members, including the «opted - in», union - affiliated members, would get one vote each.

On 13 June 2015, alongside Murphy's resignation as Leader taking effect, the Scottish Executive Committee agreed to adopt the One Member One Vote system that the UK - wide contest is using, moving away from the electoral college system that was used up until December 2014's contest.

And over five years, sufficient numbers of union members are expected to join the party to tip the electorate for the leadership election towards the unions with 50 % or more of the franchise expected to be drawn from union ranks — a considerable improvement on the third offered by the current electoral college.

Voting took place between 17 November and 10 December using the three - tier electoral college system, which gives parliamentarians, individual members, and affiliated bodies such as trade unions an equal say in the outcome.