Sentences with phrase «for liberal democrats»

«It's painfully clear this has been a cruel and punishing night for the Liberal Democrats,» Clegg said after winning his constituency, before hinting he might be making another announcement soon about his leadership.

At the last election in 2003 Labour lost their majority on the council, after winning 23 seats, compared to 15 for the Liberal Democrats, 13 Conservatives and 8 independents.

We will also ensure that provision is made for Liberal Democrats MP to abstain on budget resolutions to introduce transferable tax allowances for married couples without prejudice to the coalition agreement.

On the Liberal Democrats and the coalition, with the benefit of hindsight 34 % of people think entering the coalition was the right thing for the Liberal Democrats to do, compared to 48 % who think it was the wrong decision.

While the poll is bad for the Liberal Democrats, it certainly isn't good for the Conservatives either.

He sought to reassure those who voted for the Liberal Democrats that he «was genuinely convinced it offers a unique opportunity to deliver the kind of changes you and I believe in».

In recent months the main contrast between the pollsters has been the level of support for the Liberal Democrats indicated by the different methodologies (at the most extreme level, after Kennedy's resignation YouGov showed the Lib Dems diving to 13 % in the same week that ICM showed them at 19 %).

This has culminated in a dedicated website for Liberal Democrats in the constituency - www.liberaldemocratsforleah.org - along the lines of the early «Lib Dems for Cameron» site.

Reproduced as a uniform swing across the country, this would put both the Conservatives on 282 seats, one seat ahead of Labour on 281, which would make the projected 56 seats for the Liberal Democrats critical to securing a majority in the House of Commons.

It's a very mixed bag of results for the Liberal Democrats in seats we hold.

Polls in the marginal have suggested Labour is on course to win comfortably in what would be a major electoral setback for the Liberal Democrats and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg.

«He is a wonderful constituency MP, a man who has brought politics at its best to his county,» she said, adding: «Norman became a parliamentary candidate for the Liberal Democrats in 1992, a time when personal ambition might have led many politicians to a party that offered a better chance of becoming an MP.»

A montage of some of the key moments as results came through in the General Election in Wales - which was a good night for the Conservatives and a bad one for the Liberal Democrats.

Clearly some Labour voters are still willing to vote tactically for the Liberal Democrats.

[4][5] The defections meant that before the election Labour had 34 seats on the council, compared to 18 for the Conservatives and 11 for the Liberal Democrats.

Finally what do the polls have in store for the Liberal Democrats?

Miliband may be in favour of regime change for the Liberal Democrats, but how secure would his own position be as Labour leader, if he is able to defeat his brother, the favourite?

[10] The seat was held for the Liberal Democrats by Christine Payne with a one - vote majority over Conservative Lisle Smith.

I found exactly the same pattern when I first asked the question in this form for PoliticsHome, but the fact that it still produces the same pattern of results is very good news for the Liberal Democrats — it suggests that in Con - v - LD seats many (but not all) Labour supporters will still vote LD tactically.

Speaking to Channel 4 News Cable, who was shadow Chancellor for the Liberal Democrats before the coalition was formed, said the worst - off had been safe guarded by the measures which were now necessary.

And, of course, there is the nightmare scenario for the Liberal Democrats that the Coalition's spending cuts end up aborting the recovery.

The expression «state party» for the Liberal Democrats in England sounds odd in a British context: the UK is generally considered to be four nations (England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland) in one state (the United Kingdom) rather than four states — in the American sense — in one nation.

As for the Liberal Democrats, one wonders why they even bother!

My question to the group is, has Kerry actually helped the Dems in two ways - Harold Ford Jr. was able to use the Kerry mess as a way of saying «Hey look I am not some lapdog for liberal democrats» this is good

That is YouGov's lowest score for the Liberal Democrats since October 2007 (and for the record, October 2007 saw them at 11 %, immediately before and after Ming Campbell's removal as leader).

The rise of the Greens was a contributory problem for the Liberal Democrats but CCHQ put the Tory success down to two main factors:

And for the Liberal Democrats, Tim Snowball, who worked as campaign tour organiser for Nick Clegg during the general election, is now a private secretary in Clegg's office.

The elected councillors for Anfield are Cllrs Jimmy Kendrick for the Liberal Democrats and two Labour councillors; Brian Dowling and Ian Francis.

The boundary changes are somewhat unhelpful for the Liberal Democrats, slightly reducing the still substantial numbers of students in the constituency, but it remains a tough call for the Conservatives.

The irony is that the scare was being spread by David Cameron and the Tory press, «saying don't vote for the Liberal Democrats, they'll jump into bed with Labour».

After the 2010 West Oxfordshire District Council election the Conservatives controlled the council with 40 councillors, compared to seven for the Liberal Democrats and one each for Labour and an independent.

They accused the Conservative leadership of pulling its punches in an effort to shore up support for the Liberal Democrats.

Naomi Smith, from Social Liberal Forum, the internal party pressure group for the Liberal Democrats told BBC News the result was «utterly depressing».

Lady Miller, for the Liberal Democrats, said: «There is going to be a high proportion of innocent people who will end up being searched.

Former researcher to Alan Beith and director of press for the Liberal Democrats.

It made strategic sense because centrist voters were being told that a vote for the Liberal Democrats risked becoming a vote for the broader «progressive alliance».

However, if the Guardian had a vote in the 2010 general election it would be cast enthusiastically for the Liberal Democrats.

In May 2002, Marsden was promoted to Shadow Health Minister for the Liberal Democrats reporting to Evan Harris, in charge of a portfolio covering mental health, prison health and aspects of cancer care.

Lord Oakeshott, TV's favourite Liberal Democrat peer and widely seen as the person who says publicly what Vince Cable can not, is claiming today's banking reforms as a «triumph» for the Liberal Democrats:

John Curtice's projection in the Scotsman has these shares of the vote translating into 57 seats for Labour, 48 for the SNP, 13 for the Conservatives, 6 for the Greens and 5 for the Liberal Democrats.

«At the next general election every vote for the Liberal Democrats will be a vote to finally deliver the fair funding which Wales deserves.»

As there are many more centrist voters than left - leaning ones in Tory - Lib Dem marginals, any formal arrangement involving Labour could put these votes at risk for the Liberal Democrats.

As for the Liberal Democrats, I will be campaigning round the country to put the pressure on them to vote against it.

The Conservatives supported the government move yesterday during an urgent question in the Commons, but Chris Huhne, home affairs spokesman for the Liberal Democrats, strongly condemned the sacking, which has already seen two further resignations from the ACMD.

The opposite could be said for the Liberal Democrats, and indeed, they took the opposite stance.

Nick Clegg stood up for the Liberal Democrats and homed in on the same point as Mr Cameron - how would the Commons be able to scrutinise the detention when discussing it would revealed confidential security information and prejudice a future trial - if, of course, there was one.

Here was a prime chance for the Liberal Democrats to present themselves as a party outside government, prepared to point out the others» weakness for protecting their interests.

He was lead spokesman for the Liberal Democrats on the subject from 2001 to 2005, having worked there since 1999.

According to a report in The News in Portsmouth, Paul Pritchard, 61, and his son Chris, 29, will battle it out as candidates for the Liberal Democrats and the English Democrats.

For Liberal Democrats, the uncomfortable truth may be that the point of no return has already passed.