Sentences with phrase «equal votes in parliament»
For example, although the SPD and CDU / CSU had equal votes in parliament, the Social Democrats failed to block an increase in the retirement age to 67.
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Its six points for parliamentary reform (universal male suffrage; no property qualification to become an MP; payment of MPs; equal sized constituencies; voting in secret; and annual parliaments) had first been proposed as a package in the 1770s by John Cartwright.
Asked why he voted against equal marriage in the last Parliament, he said:
On an equal amount of votes — 34.5 % a piece — the Conservatives would have almost fifty seats more than Labour, Labour would need to have a lead of about four points over the Conservatives just to get the most seats in a hung Parliament.