Sentences with phrase «general elections cost»

Last year's referendum on whether the UK should adopt the alternative voting system for general elections cost the taxpayer # 75 million, according to a report out today.

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Those gas - fired plants were originally going to be built in Mississauga and Oakville until the Liberals cancelled them days before the 2011 election, which the auditor general said would cost ratepayers up to $ 1.1 billion.

One Labour candidate who didn't even make it through the general election campaign was Cambridgeshire South East's John Cowan, a 35 - year - old whose «offensive remarks» cost him the chance of becoming an MP.

And even if he does win, it would be a pyrrhic victory which would cost him a lot personally, cost the party a disastrous general election defeat and cost the country a bigger Tory majority and the arrival of UKIP in our Parliament.

Would the Scottish be entitled to vote in next year's general election - and could that cost Ed Miliband an overall majority?

The special will run concurrent with the November general election, which addresses the cost issue that the governor has been citing as the main reason behind the delay of this decision.

Right - wing forces in the UK are split over how to respond to the EU, a divide which could cost its politicians their jobs in government after next year's general election.

It's the fuel they need to pay for their general election campaign; those glossy leaflets stuffed through your letterbox cost a lot, you know.

And she cost the Republicans the Senate seat in Delaware, helping her bewitching candidate to defeat the odds - on Republican victor in the general election.

A report from think tank British Future has suggested that the «ethnic minority vote» cost the Conservatives a parliamentary majority in the last general election.

She noted there has been bipartisan opposition from New York City and Nassau elections officials to moving the general election to December, which would cost an estimated $ 1 million and attract 100,000 fewer voters for the race than if it was on the November ballot.

They also stand accused of failing to correctly report general election campaign costs.

[68] Shortly after the 2015 General Election, Liberal Democrat leadership contender Norman Lamb conceded that Clegg's broken pledge on university tuition had cost the party dear.

Some Republicans, eager to win the governor's office after eight years of Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, are growing increasingly nervous that all this enthusiasm could cost them in the general election this fall.

If Calone doesn't win the June 28 Democratic primary against rival Anna Throne - Holst or the November general election against Zeldin, of Shirley, he could find that the financial cost of losing can be high.

First of all, with a shelf life averaging just over 2 years, there is a cost to the taxpayer in terms of the frequency of general elections.

In fact, it's the ghosts of the 2014 Democratic primary that are more likely to come back to haunt him in 2020 for two reasons: First, because criticisms from the left on his attempts to appease rural conservatives are largely accurate; second, the exposure of his vulnerability from the left forced him into taking positions which may cost him in a general election.

Reducing the size of Parliament and the cost of politics was also contained in the 2010 General Election manifesto of both of the Coalition parties.

The EC has indicated that the 2016 general elections will cost Ghana about 1.2 billion cedis but Franklin...

UKIP may have cost the Conservatives up to 20 seats at the 2010 general election with a split in the eurosceptic vote, leading to talk of a ceasefire, pact or merger between the two parties.

Then the general election arrives, the government slam on the funding brakes and the company is not paid the remaining monies even although they have already committed to the costs.

Cuomo has noted the cost of calling for special elections in the middle of a cycle and has often waited for the general election cycle or multiple vacancies to set a date in order to alleviate the amount spent by the Board of Eelections in the middle of a cycle and has often waited for the general election cycle or multiple vacancies to set a date in order to alleviate the amount spent by the Board of ElectionsElections.

Labour reacted furiously yesterday to documents produced by George Osborne and the Treasury outlining the supposed costs of Ed Miliband's general election spending commitments.

I felt, however, that the «whispering campaign» from those bearing personal grudges against me meant that my role in the 2010 General Election was limited (at some cost to the party) and I did not help the AV referendum campaign in any significant way.

Senior sources said concerns were raised within Labour's headquarters during the general election about Momentum's spending, including whether individual MPs should register travel and accommodation costs for activists.

The chancellor has been under pressure to soften cuts pencilled in by Osborne after last year's general election, as he sought to meet the Conservatives» manifesto pledge to slice # 12bn from the cost of the welfare state.

The timetable leaves open the possibility that Labour will, on cost grounds, cancel the process if Miliband loses the 2015 general election.

But democratic systems also have the downside of high cost of periodic elections, the influence of special interests on elected leaders and the general lack of a sharp national focus, in some cases, because of the frequent changing of leadership and change of national development plans anytime such changes happen, and also the generally slow nature of the decision - making process.

Judie Gorenstein, the vice president for voter services for the league's Huntington branch, told the county legislature in 2006 that the county would need only 514 optical scanners, which would cost about $ 3 million, while it would need 1,500 touch screen machines, at a cost of around $ 14 million, to handle its election general process.

Hopefully next week, we will come up with a figure of what it will cost this nation to conduct the 2019 general elections.

It would mean her decision to call a snap general election had backfired completely and could ultimately cost her her job.

This means in 2011, at the point in the electoral cycle when costs should have been at their lowest, Labour was employing 67 more staff than the Tories had had to fight the general election and spending # 1.4 m more on its wage bill.

The disclosures came in a report into MPs» winding - up costs just before the last general election.

He joined the Green campaign in 2001, and some observers believe the Ferrer - flyers contretemps cost Mr. Green the general election against Michael Bloomberg.

Speaking to reporters next to the sandstone pillars of the Capitol's Million Dollar Staircase, Kasich repeated his claim that he's the only GOP candidate who consistently beats Hillary Clinton in general election polls — and predicted that Trump or Texas Sen. Ted Cruz could cost Republicans control of the State Senate if they led the ticket.

Hammond had been under intense pressure to respond to the concerns expressed by voters during the general election campaign about cuts to public services and the rising cost of living, with several vocal MPs, including former minister Nick Boles, calling for an end to austerity.

Labour's school policies could cost more than # 1.8 bn to implement should the party win the general election, the government has claimed.

Policy changes in the wake of the general election, cost pressures from increased national insurance and pension costs, and the fragmented landscape of academy, maintained, multi-academy and other school structures added to the difficulty of running balanced budgets and legally compliant buildings.

It falls far short, however, of the amount needed to reverse the # 2.8 bn real terms cuts that schools have suffered since the 2015 General Election, and will not protect against the further impact of inflation and other cost increases.

112.1 The annual submission under section 112 for the year of a general election under subsection 9 (2) shall also describe in detail the total estimated cost of that election.