Sentences with phrase «general election performance»

Despite fears that Labour could be on course for its worst general election performance since 1935, Gwynne insisted the party was not simply fighting a defensive campaign, but was determined to gain seats.

The Fabians» report said that examining Labour's general election performance over the past 40 years showed that its share of the vote was eight percentage points lower than its poll rating in the second year of the preceding parliament.

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The parties are on the following shares of the vote (with 2005 general election performance in brackets):

This week's skirmishes come a week after Lammy sounded off about Labour's general election performance in the capital.

If Clegg manages to significantly outperform the worst predictions for the party's general election performance, he may in the process be able to redeem his own performance in government and his project of pulling the party centrewards.

In the light of this vast difference between euro - election and general election performance, we have not yet been persuaded that we would produce more accurate data were we to move UKIP to the main party list when asking our daily voting question.

They stuck by him during his nadir last summer, when his leadership of the party seemed doomed - indeed, the organisational, campaigning and social media nous of the pro-migrant radical left probably saved him, and certainly boosted his general election performance.

Survation's figures are not quite so dire for Labour, but, at 18 %, is three points lower on where the party stood in September 2015 and six points down on its 2015 UK general election performance.

Many questioned whether the Liberal Democrats would survive after their catastrophic general election performance in 2015.

Not exact matches

Looking ahead to Malaysia's general election — due before 2018 — parliament member Wong expects an improved performance from opposition parties if the 1MDB scandal goes unresolved.

It's not for nothing that the two best received remarks of the general election season have been Bill Clinton's Democratic convention speech and Romney debate performance.

If the prophets speak on behalf of social and economic justice, they do not preach a general abstract morality, but pointedly and specifically proclaim an election / covenant ethic, the sense of which is something like this: You shall refrain from this practice, or you shall do thus - and - so, because I am Yahweh who brought you up out of Egypt (election) and you are a people voluntarily committed in return to the performance of my righteous will (covenant).

Speculation about which of the two main parties could attract Nick Clegg into a coalition has dominated the last week of the general election campaign, since his TV debate performance sent Lib Dem support through the roof.

'' Our organisation observed a significant improvement by INEC in terms of distribution of materials, performance of the card readers, and general logistics in the just concluded Osun by - election of July 8.

This time, with Sabini weakened by his poor performance in 2006 and a subsequent drunk driving arrest, the Queens Democratic Party dumped him in favor of Monserrate, who was easily elected in the general election.

Having convincingly lost last year's general elections to the New Patriotic Party (NPP), the NDC has been left wondering what caused their abysmal performance.

We would like to review and replay your first day on the campaign trail in the general election, and together see how you might be able to improve on that performance.

One year on from David Cameron's unexpected victory in the general election the timing is right to assess the performance and achievements of the government.

The current proposals are bound to meet a largely partisan reception, and will be depicted by some as a politically motivated attempt to create difficulties for a future Labour administration (though it should be noted that Labour's catastrophic performance in Scotland in the general election alters the territorial political dynamic that underpinned debates about EVEL quite considerably), and by others as an attempt to diminish the role of Scottish MPs.

After losing the 1959 general election, Labour Party leader Hugh Gaitskell came to believe that public opposition to nationalisation had led to the party's poor performance and announced that he proposed to amend Clause IV.

The Party and its prospective leaders need time to ref - focus and re-align after a very dissapointing performance at a General Election.

His other publications include Smell the coffee: a wake - up call for the Conservative Party, a 114 - page pamphlet which analysed the party's performance in the build - up to the 2005 general election.

The 2015 general election saw a large vote in Essex for the UK Independence Party (UKIP), with its only MP, Douglas Carswell, retaining the seat of Clacton that he had won in a 2014 by - election, and other strong performances, notably in Thurrock and Castle Point.

But the graph shows that even if Jeremy Corbyn can not match that performance, he only has to beat his own 1 - point lead from 2016 to do better than any other Labour opposition leader a year after a Tory general election victory apart from John Smith.

Instead, and despite Labour's performance in 2017's general election, which was better than expected, there is an unmistakable sense that many voters remain wary of Jeremy Corbyn and his party.

A series of opinion polls have hinted at a resurgent Labour performance in the general election.

While his parliamentary performances have more or less neutralised the hapless Miliband, thoughts this summer will instead be turning to the next general election.

We should be cautious though in interpreting the forecast for the Liberal Democrats — for the simple reason that it has never happened before it is impossible to know what the effect of being in government is going to be on the performance of the Liberal Democrats at local elections relative to their eventual performance at the next general election.

This suggests that UKIP look to do much better than their previous performances in general elections, but certainly not as well as they did in the European Parliament elections.

How many MPs would the party get if it replicated its 4,648 - strong Rotherham performance across the country at the general election?

A month ago, Labour had one of its worst ever performances in the local elections, pointing to disaster for Corbyn in Thursday's general election.

Barely three months to the crucial general elections on December 7 which promises to be keenly contested among the two leading political parties (NDC & NPP), Dr Bawumia seems to intensify his attack on the performance of the Mahama - led administration each passing day.

Tory strategists are still concerned a resurgent performance from the Lib Dems could hinder their attempt to secure a big majority at the general election.

Sykes accepts that there aren't going to be many Lib Dem seats gained in the north of England at the next general election, but hopes that a decent performance might set them up well for 2020.

Considering the role these so called intellectuals played during the last general election and the very shameful role they have continued to play even in the face of full blown tyranny and state sponsored harassment of political opponents coupled with the unprecedented abysmal performance we are witnessing under a President they sold to Ghanaians, I'm reasonably convinced that they are a major part of our problem in this noble country.

The former Dulwich and West Norwood MP, who stood down at the general election after 20 years in Parliament, earned widespread plaudits for the role she played in London's bid for the 2012 Olympics and her subsequent performance as Olympics minister.

Against that, UKIP's stronger general poll rating, recent electoral performance, and serious prospect that it could come first this May, all speak in favour of including UKIP in the main list for the euro elections.

In his piece, Dr Lilico argued that certain Conservatives should stop apologising for David Cameron's performance at the 2010 general election, and that in order to be a «true» Conservative (or indeed a Conservative at all) you must consider the performance of the 2010 Conservative party to be a failure.

The Conservatives» poor performance in the General Election raises the prospect that the pendulum of power may have swung towards Parliament and against the government.

The SNP were the second largest party with 35 seats, which still represented their best performance since the October 1974 UK general election.

This is Labour's best performance in terms of seat share since 2005 and extends their electoral dominance in Wales to 26 general elections in a row.

That would be the party's worst performance in a general election since the 1930s.

The former SNP leader — who lost his seat at the general election in June — told the bawdy gag at the opening performance of his one - man show at the Edinburgh Fringe yesterday.

While he bought himself some space with his Commons performance before the summer recess, many analysts believe that embarrassing links between Mr Cameron and the Murdoch empire will be raised regularly right up until the next general election.

He added that previous performance at general elections would probably be a factor in any decision.

Their time is now, and the party expects to vastly improve their performance in the next general election - the campaign for which begins this weekend, for all intents and purposes, at their conference in Brighton.

But past performances suggest they will then shed over 60 % of that support at the 2015 general election.

His scriptless performance last year managed to change the prime minister's mind on whether to hold a general election, and is credited with turning the party's electoral prospects around.

An assessment of European and general election results by the think tank British Future branded the event an «outlier election» which will do little to indicate performance in the general election which follows.