Sentences with phrase «gains council seats»

Tonight we had out Executive and I remember why I love M & M. All I promise them is months and months of hard graft but we all sense that this is our time and that we will gain council seats and that the parliamentary seat is within our grasp.

Labour have also gained council seats and increasing their majorities in Norwich, Harlow and Ipswich.

During the 1984 election the Conservatives gained the Bushbury seat from Labour whilst Labour gained the Wednesfield South, Oxley and Fallings Park seats from the Conservatives, the SDP / Liberal Alliance gained a Council seat beating Labour in Spring Vale.

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Kerns» legislative aide, Matthew Fisher, applied to the Council to fill the vacant seat representing South Buffalo and gained the endorsement of Democratic Party committeemen.

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In the wake of the elections, despite doing well in London in the council elections and gaining seven seats in the European parliamentary...

During an election marked by turmoil over term limits and a tempestuous Democratic primary season, Queens Republicans last week gained two seats in the City Council and solidified their hold over a third in a borough where the GOP is heavily outnumbered.

The Liberal Democrats now control nine councils, up four, with 536 seats — a gain of 77.

On this basis alone we should expect both Labour and the Lib Dems to lose substantial numbers of council seats while the Conservatives should make gains from their 3 - point recovery.

The Liberal Democrats gained 3 seats as they maintained their control of Cheltenham Borough Council.

Ukip gained their second seat on the Humberston and New Waltham council when candidate William Harness triumphed in the by - election held to replace Conservative councillor John Colebrook following his death in December.

[148] In the 2008 local elections they gained 25 % of the vote, placing them ahead of Labour and increasing their control by 34 to more than 4,200 council seats — 21 % of the total number of seats.

They eventually lost nine of their 15 councillors, allowing Labour to gain control of the council by taking all their seats.

Relief that it hasn't lost more council seats when this is the first time for more than 30 years an opposition didn't gain is the low expectation of a stalled party.

It gained six seats on the Essex council, trouncing Labour who lost four.

Ukip did gain at least 20 English council seats.

The BNP made a shock gain in the latest council by - elections, taking a Labour seat at Sevenoaks District, Kent.

In this council election, the Labour Party gained two seats; the Liberal Democrats and the Conservative lost one each.

«In English council elections we have gained seats from both Labour and the Tories, and have won in areas which were previously no - go areas for the Lib Dems.

Kerns» legislative aid, Matthew Fisher, applied to the Council to fill the vacant seat representing South Buffalo and gained the endorsement of Democratic Party committeemen.

Denying the Tories overall control in Trafford (by gaining four council seats) was exactly as party sources were predicting.

UKIP lost all its seats on the council, whilst the Greens gained a second councillor.

The results saw the Conservatives strengthen their hold on the council by gaining 15 seats from the Liberal Democrats.

UKIP gained more than 150 seats in council polls across England but it had a weak performance in London.

It has also held control of the City of Lincoln Council, gaining seven seats.

Under the plans, the foreign secretary's Uxbridge & South Ruislip seat will gain Labour - held council wards, making it a tight marginal that Johnson could struggle to hold.

The results saw the Conservatives gain 2 seats to hold half of the seats on the council.

[3] The Conservatives remained in control of the council with 34 seats, while Labour gained 2 seats to have 11 councillors.

The results saw the Conservatives gain 2 seats to hold 28 seats, level with the Labour and Liberal Democrat parties combined and leaving 4 independents holding the balance on the council.

The Conservatives gained four seats and gained a 4 - seat majority on the council.

Local Election Update from Beverley I am delighted that across the West Midlands we have held 30 Council seats and gained one new seat in these recent, very toughly contested Council elections.

In its first municipal council elections in 2010, the party gained one seat in each of the five places where it participated.

However, Labour came close on a night when it gained seven seats on a flagship Tory council that has been known for its low council tax and outsourcing of local services.

Justin Bernier, who Responsible Farmington is supporting for a 1st district council seat, described the PAC as a «grass - roots organization» that has gained support from residents, as well as candidates» friends and family.

[4] UKIP made strong gains, winning 7 seats (their first ever seats on the council), and Labour also gained seats (its gain of three seats being wholly at the expense of Conservatives).

The Labour Party retained its control of the council with an increased majority after increasing its vote share by 21.7 % and gaining three seats from the Liberal Democrats and five from various independents.

``... By winning this seat the Tories gained control of the Council which they were denied by our standing in another ward in May, when the long term incumbent and Eastern Regional Assembly member for Theydon Bois ward was ousted by 23 votes.UKIP took 136 votes having never stood there before.Had we had the notice of the Grange Hill by election in time we WOULD have stood and I'm confident that we would have denied the Tories success.»

The Labour party remain the official opposition on the council and gained a single additional seat.

The Conservatives stayed in overall control of the council by gaining two seats.

The Liberal Democrats gained 16 seats to leave no party with a majority on the council, but the Liberal Democrats became the largest party with 27 councillors.

[4][5] This left the Conservatives with 29 councillors, while the Liberal Democrat gains moved them to 12 seats on the council.

Labour has taken control of Tower Hamlets Council after gaining three more seats in the St Peters ward, taking them... twitter.com/i/web/status/9...

Labour has gained control of Tower Hamlets council from no overall control after winning 23 of the 45 seats.

[3] The Conservatives gained the most seats to become the second largest party on the council with 22 seats, after making 4 gains in Aireborough, Halton, Otley and Wharfedale and Roundhay wards.

Labour increased their majority on the council making 16 gains and reducing the Liberal Democrats to just 1 seat on the council.

[5] The three Labour gains came in the wards of Chipping Norton, Witney Central and Witney East, taking the party to four seats on the council.

The results saw no party gain overall control of the new council with Labour winning 27 and the Conservatives winning 16 of the 55 seats.

He proved to be an unparalleled campaign leader in the local elections, both in 2006 (in the North Warwickshire Borough wards of Hartshill and Arley & Whitacre, when all five seats were gained by the Conservatives) and in May this year, when the Conservatives took control of Nuneaton & Bedworth Borough Council for the first time ever.

[5][6] Three of the Conservative gains came at the expense of the Liberal Democrats who dropped to four seats on the council, [5][6] with the Liberal Democrat group leader Richard Andrews in Eynsham and Cassington being one of those who were defeated at the election.

A big shift in Kingston - upon - Thames - the Lib Dems gain the council by taking 19 seats off the Conservatives and two from Labour