Sentences with phrase «follows a general election in»

Cameron's joy at winning on May 7 may well be tempered by the memory of the slow public demise of Major's authority and his defeat in the following general election in 1997.

The established convention seems to be that the Monarch is not obliged to take the advice of the outgoing Prime Minister, and may take advice from other sources, although if the resignation of a Prime Minister follows a general election in which another party has won a single majority in the Commons, there will be in practice no question about who should become the new Prime Minister.

Yet just last weekend the Sunday Times (pay wall) claimed that a new list of up to 60 peers was likely to be announced following the general election in May 2015.

Following the General Election in 2015, NFER, in collaboration with Full Fact, reviewed the education promises made in the Conservative, Labour and Liberal Democrat manifestos.

Not exact matches

Street vendors sell bread from a stall in the main shopping area following the electoral success by Syriza in the Greek general election on January 26, 2015 in Athens, Greece.

Wymer: The market's strong rally following the November 2016 general election has continued, as global earnings expectations improved during 2017 — a sharp contrast to the weakness in recent years — and have accelerated recently, spurred by reactions to the long - term impacts of the corporate tax cuts.

I have made the following updates to the list of declared and nominated candidates preparing to stand in the next provincial general election, now expected in 2012:

Prior to the calling of the 2008 general election, the party standings in the provincial legislature were as follows:

Speaking about the timing of the walk so close to the General Election results, Linda Corrigan from the worldwide Christian community Maranatha told Premier: «Surely our nation needs the Body of Christ to give united leadership in these uncertain and turbulent times, especially following the recent atrocity in the city of Manchester.»

This latest foray into the magical world of Sol Campbell's Cosvervative adventures follows the news that the ex-Arsenal man was seen as a prospective Tory candidate for the London mayoral elections in 2016 and there were even suggestions he was being vetted to run for a set in Parliament in the upcoming General Election.

Baby Milk Action sent the following letter to all political parties represented in the parliaments of the UK to ask about their infant and young child feeding policies in the run up to the General Election in 2015.

The group explained that they were determined to follow the rule of law in their bid to oust Sani, using certificates he submitted to INEC, the CPC and the APC in the nomination and affidavit forms for Kaduna Central Senatorial election in the 2010/2011 and 2015 general elections.

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Following New Labour's landslide general election victory in 1997 he became the first blind person to take a seat around the Cabinet table, later resigning - twice - from Tony Blair's frontbench.

According to Harris's analysis, Labour's general election defeat is rooted in the long - term decline of social democracy following de-industrialisation.

Concerns for the timely delivery of vital infrastructure projects have been raised by industry commentators following Thursday's General Election which resulted in a hung Parliament and fresh uncertainty for the sector.

The proposal for a convention was subsequently included in the Programme for Government drawn up between Fine Gael and Labour following the February 2011 General Election.

«The prime minister's view is that it is no bad thing for a spotlight to be shone on his commitment that should he remain the prime minister [after the 2015 general election] he will have an in - out referendum and that will happen following a period of renegotiation,» the prime minister's spokesperson added.

O'Flynn's blistering attack followed Farage's decision to renege on his pre-election pledge to stand down as Ukip leader if he failed to win South Thanet in last week's general election.

A recent striking example of this is Labour's poor showing in the 2017 local elections that was followed by a large increase in the popular vote in the general election, just over a month later.

The purpose of this Policy Network study, a sequel to the Southern Discomfort series carried out after the 1992 general election defeat, is to address the crippling weakness that Labour faces in Southern England following the 2010 defeat.

They saw Michael Howard knocked off course by UKIP's success in 2004 but they also saw that it did not translate into anything at the following year's General Election.

«If you can win the special, ultimately you have a better chance (in the general election)-- if in fact you follow through, you stick to your core principles, have integrity, and you do what's right and... are connecting with the constituents,» said state Sen. George Amedore, R - Rotterdam, who won a 2007 special election for the 105th Assembly District seat and retained the job with a win in the 2008 general.

Between the 2007 legislative special elections and the 2014 general election, 29 of 30 special election winners went on to win in the general election held either in the same year or the following year.

Following the 2005 general election he published an in - depth report urging the Conservative Party to learn the lessons of its defeat and broaden its appeal — Smell The Coffee.

In the run - up to the 2010 general election, following a meeting of the editorial staff, [131] the paper declared its support for the Liberal Democrats, due in particular, to the party's stance on electoral reforIn the run - up to the 2010 general election, following a meeting of the editorial staff, [131] the paper declared its support for the Liberal Democrats, due in particular, to the party's stance on electoral reforin particular, to the party's stance on electoral reform.

The Greens became part of the Irish government for the first time following the Irish general election, 2007, having agreed upon a programme for government in coalition with Fianna Fáil and the Progressive Democrats.

According to Owusu - Bempah, Mahama has no blessing from to lead Ghana and must resist following calls from supporters of the National Democratic Congress [NDC] to lead the party in the 2020 general elections.

Before the 2010 election, which gave rise to the current coalition, the need for negotiations had arisen only once, following the February 1974 general election which also resulted in a hung parliament.

An astonishing surge in membership after defeat for the Yes campaign in last year's independence referendum was followed by an SNP landslide in May's general election, when the party won 56 of Scotland's 59 constituencies.

Following the 2015 general election, it was announced in June 2015 that he had been elected to the chairmanship of the Work and Pensions Select Committee.

WBFO is following key races in the November 7 General Election.

Following the general election of 2010, the Liberal Democrats formed a coalition government with the Conservatives, resulting in party leader Nick Clegg becoming the Deputy Prime minister and many other members becoming ministers.

Following the 1987 general election he became the PPS to the Home Secretary Douglas Hurd until he was promoted to the government of Margaret Thatcher as an Assistant Government Whip in 1988.

Following the election of Tony Blair as Labour leader in July 1994 after the death of his predecessor John Smith, Ashdown pursued co-operation between the two parties because he wanted to form a coalition government should the next general election end without any party having an overall majority.

Adrian Kavanagh, 19th April 2017 Following an announcement by Theresa May yesterday and a House of Commons vote to confirm this today, a «snap» general election is now scheduled to be held in the United Kingdom on Thursday 8th June 2017.

Following the introduction of their seat targeting strategy in general elections, the Liberal Democrats seat distribution from 1992 onwards has become more efficient.

He became leader of the People's Party in 2004 and Prime Minister in 2011 following the People's Party landslide victory in that year's general election becoming the sixth president of the Spanish government.

An August 1997 meeting of the Transport Workers» Confederation of the Mercosur Common Market area resulted in Moyano's election as their Secretary General; this was followed by a November 1998 election as Vice President of the Transport Workers» Section for the Latin America Committee of the ITF, in London.

Cameron would probably follow the example of Harold Wilson, who, in 1974, sought the right tactical moment for a second general election in which he could secure an overall majority.

Following the primary, Walsh said he is confident of his chances in the general election.

Research in marginal seats by Politics Home in August 2008 and September 2009, for example, found a significant boost for the Lib Dems in the follow - up question «And thinking specifically about your own constituency and the candidates who are likely to stand there which party's candidate do you think you will vote for in your own constituency at the next general election?»

[1] Blind since birth, and coming from a poor family in one of Sheffield's most deprived districts, he rose to become Education and Employment Secretary, Home Secretary and Work and Pensions Secretary in Tony Blair's Cabinet following Labour's victory in the 1997 general election.

The BNI says it picked up the two following the comments because of the current volatile security situation in the country as the country approaches 2016 general elections.

The governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) has urged its supporters to discontinue the blame game following its defeat in the just ended general elections.

He was appointed as the Treasurer of the Household (Deputy Chief Whip) following the 1992 general election and was the Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1993.

The turnout on the independence vote was 84 %, and in the general election the following year, Scotland had a turnout of 71 % which was far higher than the UK average.

Following the 2001 general election Angela was moved to The Home Office where she remained until the reshuffle in May 2002 when she returned to the backbenches.

Simon Marcus (pictured), the Conservative candidate for Barking since June, has just issued the following statement in response to the announcement today by BNP leader and North West England MEP Nick Griffin that he will contest the seat at the general election:

He was followed by Boris Johnson who is standing down this year after being elected the Tory MP for Uxbridge in last year's general election.