Sentences with phrase «for next general election»

It is envisaged ultimately that a manifesto commitment on Lords» reform would form part of the Labour Party's manifesto for the next general election.

«On 8 December, in Falkirk, we will select a candidate to fight this seat for the next general election.

«Now that the national convention is over, the new leadership should use the new spirit in the party to start the preparations for the next general election,» Beji added.

Meanwhile, in an interview with today's Sunday Mirror, Schools Secretary Ed Balls urges Labour MPs to stick together while admitting that Labour is «two - nil down'to the Conservatives in the race for the next General Election.

ConservativeHome has learnt that a special meeting of the Executive Council of Bromsgrove Conservative Association took place last night at which sitting MP Julie Kirkbride officially made clear her desire to be considered as their candidate for the next general election.

The Independent follows up on a PoliticsHome story this morning and confirms that the Liberal Democrats are planning to start selecting their candidates for the next general election on existing parliamentary boundaries.

The Labour Party is said to be in «permanent campaign mode» readying itself for the next General Election.

But by vowing to block the plan to reduce the number of MPs from 650 to 600, the Lib Dem leader has changed the prospects for the next General Election.

As a consequence, in 1997 the Chancellor was determined to control public spending and to increase taxes, enabling him to have a war chest available for the next General Election.

On resigning from the cabinet, Hewitt was asked by the Prime Minister to head an EU manifesto group, developing European policy for the next general election manifesto.

If he'd has his eye on a cabinet seat I'd guess he'd have made considerable attempts to secure nomination in a safe seat in time for the next general election.

2) the number one threat to sitting MPs being dumped as candidates for the next General Election is that on the new boundaries, more members of the new CLP will know another MP who has a claim.

John was the Conservative candidate in Plymouth Devonport at the 2001 General Election and is now on the Priority List of Candidates seeking a seat for the next General Election.

Midlands Today (Midlands Radio 3): Discussion relating to Labour Party prospects for next general election in wake of recent poor opinion polls (26th August 2013).

We have now selected our parliamentary candidate for the next general election.

It is likely to form the basis for Labour's policy platform for the next general election and contains proposals for:

Lord Ashcroft has repeated the same sort of large marginals poll that PoliticsHome did in 2008 and 2009, looking at the clusters of key marginal seats that will provide the battleground for the next general election.

David Cameron's A-list of preferred candidates got a boost this weekend when two women were selected in Conservative target seats for the next general election.

Already the arguments for the next general election are starting to take shape.

As he set out his manifesto plans for the next general election at a press conference in Westminster this morning, Clegg told Politics.co.uk he had «unanimous» support from his MPs.

The 48 - year - old - whose job included planning Labour's campaign for the next general election - rose to prominence as chief of staff to Ken Livingstone when the left - winger was mayor of London.

Douglas Carswell has dropped a huge hint that he could rejoin the Conservatives in time for the next general election.

The issues raised were of great intrinsic importance, in political terms the thinkers and politicians involved were trying to lay the basis for a way forward for the Labour Party that broke with Blairism and New Labour, renewing the party's appeal to its traditional supporters and providing a credible electoral framework for the next general election.

Add to this an allocation of ministerial portfolios which left Liberal Democrats strongly invested, at least in terms of number of bodies and, importantly and often overlooked, the fact that date for the next general election was already long set, should have made for a stable administration.

«Plymouth residents are outraged after being invited to select a Tory candidate for the next General Election - and then ignored.

Alas, such significant boundary changes will also alter the context on which was based the recent four posts relating to different parties» potential targets for the next general election.

An analysis by ConservativeHome of those adopted as Tory candidates for the next General Election says that there would likely be fifty to sixty women Tory MPs if the Conservative Party formed a majority after the next General Election.

More than half of Welsh Constituency Conservative Associations have now adopted candidates for the next General Election.

Niall O Tuathail was selected to be the Social Democrats candidate for the next general election at a convention on 27th July 2016,

Catherine Murphy was selected to be the Social Democrats candidate for the next general election at a convention on 17th July 2016, as reported by the KFM Radio website.

Shadow cabinet minister Jonathan Ashworth acknowledged that Labour had «a lot of work to do», but insisted it was making progress across the country creating «a basis we can build upon for the next general election».

At the time Ms Gillett, in an exclusive interview with Cornish Stuff, hit back at claims by her rival Laura Rogers that Momentum HQ has bullied the local party into selecting Gillett as their preferred candidate for the next general election.

He insisted on sticking to Darling's deficit reduction plan and argued that Labour should run for the next general election committed to leaving the current government's cuts to public services in place.

SPD leader Sigmar Gabriel obviously pledged to support Martin Schultz as Commission President in the forthcoming negotiations, but it is expected that his main priority will be preparing for the next general election.

Who is holding the pen on the Tory manifesto for the next general election?

The 2008 American contest does not offer Labour any quick fixes or easy answers for the next general election.

the period beginning on 9 November 2008 and ending with the close of the day before polling day for the next general election after that date; and

On turnout, as with a primary, special elections tend to bring out a more involved subset of voters, clouding any apples - to - apples prediction for the next general election.

People often wonder what local election results bode for the next general election.

And though depressing, it gives us plenty of time to prepare for the next general election.

Both Labour MPs and the Prime Minister had called for the process to be concluded in time for the next general election, due by mid-2010.

The committee's responsibility was to among other things make recommendations for the restructuring and reorganisation of the party to position it for the next general election in 2020.

Although he had been campaigning for longer than a year, on March 26, 2014, Mr. Cardinal was officially nominated as his party's first candidate for the next general election.

«Today is a unique day because we are going to elect leaders that will steer the activities of the party for the next general elections and we charge those that will win the election today to carry everybody along.»

As you are already aware, the Commission has fixed the date for the next General Elections.

The INEC Chairman also spoke on the budget for the next general elections.

On Tuesday, the NEC is also likely to agree a sharp rise in the number of all - women shortlists ahead of snap candidate selections for the next general elections.

Prof. Yakubu also informed the RECs that as part of its preparations for the next General Elections, the Commission embarked upon the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise nationwide.

Not exact matches

If Labour are comfortably ahead on this measure then they will be on course for a majority at the next general election.

Giving the timing of the next general election, this means making tax reform an agenda item for the government's second mandate.