Sentences with phrase «handfuls of seats in»

Other analysis suggests that UKIP would need to do very well — certainly much better than the results here suggest they will — in order to gain even a handful of seats in the next parliament.

They'll be lucky to get a handful of seats in the Commons.»

But privately, some Senate Democrats conceded that another factor might be at play: with Republicans likely to take control of the Senate next year after winning a handful of seats in the November elections, there was little reason for them to shoulder the burden of cuts.

It acknowledges that it may, at best, win only a handful of seats in parliament next May, but that will mean it has a base in Westminster for the first time.

UKIP is on course to win a handful of seats in the Cardiff Assembly in the election next May.

Not exact matches

They go out before each show and give a handful of free tickets to seats near the front of the stage to fans who look needy and who have waited in line for a long time.

I sit and watch a handful of people up the front do everything, while remaining in my seat.

In fact, only a handful of car seats have them.

There are a handful of booster seats available for use in the vans, but actual car seats should be provided by you.

It comes as a handful of lobbyists have also been selected as Conservative candidates in seats that the party hopes to steal off Labour.

That is exactly the issue at hand with our democracy today: politics concentrates power to a handful of voters in wealthier swing seats, while throwing 22m votes in the electoral scrapheap.

Not that I'm looking ahead to Democratic gains in the Fall, since we're defending far too many marginal seats picked up in the wave of 2008, but I do see a more typical incumbent - party loss in the range of 20 - 30 seats in the House and a handful in the Senate.

I think activists can work to get Greens and Respect elected in a handful of FPTP seats and we must all hope for an embarrassingly massive Tory landslide (300 seats or so) on < 50 % of the vote that will make everyone see what an absurd situation we are in, make Cameron's parliamentary party more unruly and nekedly nasty and — crucially — smash the Labour Party so hard that both its right and its left give up all hope of ever winning a FPTP election again, and destroy the hubris that decrees that they never collaborate with other progressive / left forces.

They may well pick up a handful of seats from Labour (two in north London look pretty much a done deal)-- I think they will — but the starting - blocks are such that they can pile on votes in Labour strongholds without getting more result than that.

While races that are not rated Solid Republican or Solid Democratic are the races to watch right now, a handful of challengers in the less competitive seats also outraised the incumbents there.

A handful of public affairs operators have been selected as Conservative candidates in seats that the party hopes to steal off Labour.

Only a handful of seats are in play every two years.

Democratic incumbent Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan faced a challenge from Council President Carolyn McLaughlin and Councilman Frank Commisso Jr. for the four - year seat — a rare competitive mayoral contest that's had only a handful of mayors in the last several decades.

Assuming a uniform national swing, Labour would on this basis win 267 seats in the House of Commons, the Conservatives 255 seats and the Liberal Democrats 97 seats, all within a handful of seats of what is projected by the poll of polls.

Allies of Mr Corbyn rallied around him and insisted losing just a handful of council seats in England was a far better result than had been expected given the anti-Semitism row engulfing the party.

The district is one of a handful of Republican - held congressional seats nationwide to be carried by Hillary Clinton in 2016.

Martins» decision to give up his Senate seat to run for Congress increases the risks for State Senate Republicans, who hold a narrow majority in a coalition with a handful of Democrats.

Besides a handful of Assembly races in districts that were all but guaranteed to go to Democrats, the only race was for a Binghamton - area Senate seat in which the Democrat didn't raise much money.

Launching their manifesto this morning, UKIP leader Lord Pearson of Rannoch has announced that not only is his party making a conscious decision not to stand in a handful of seats held by what he defined as «committed eurosceptics» in the last Parliament, but that UKIP will «actively campaign» for them.

If the Barrons and Narcisse can successfully mount a coup against Persaud, the only seats left in Seddio's grasp will be Persaud's old Assembly post, Maisel's spot in the Council and a handful of judgeships and district leader positions.

The Long Island Senate seat is one of a handful of races Democrats hope to wage a competitive contest in as they seek to flip control of the chamber in next months» general election.

The way our elections work encourages parties to ignore the views of the majority of the British public to focus on the handful of swing voters in marginal seats.

Politics.co.uk initially focused on battleground seats between the two main parties, constituencies in large cities, and a handful of more suburban and rural safe seats that were picked up along the way.

More than three months after the party lost 48 of its 56 seats in the general election, only a handful of former Lib Dem MPs have secured new roles.

While not close to the 65 Queens candidates who ran for Council when the entire delegation was term limited, we see real races shaping up in a handful of seats where no incumbent is standing for election and one challenge to an incumbent that is certainly worth focus and ink.

The calls, which will go into the districts of Reps. Chris Murphy (Conn.) and Steve Kagen (Wisc.) as well as open seat House races in New Jersey's 3rd and 7th district and statewide in Maine where Rep. Tom Allen is challenging Republican Sen. Susan Collins, take direct aim at planned calls by Freedom's Watch, announced last week, targeting a handful of Democratic incumbents and challengers over the rising cost of gas.

But according to the Times, no matter who is in charge, the population percentage changes are expected to be so great that Democrats are almost sure to get a handful of new seats in the Senate.

With the Lib Dems likely to lose around half their seats, they won't want to be blamed for creating a dangerous liaison of losers in order to hang onto a handful of ministerial cars and red boxes.

One of only a handful of Labour frontbenchers to retain his seat in the landslide defeat of 1931, he became the party's Deputy Leader.

The Irondequoit Democrat is one of a handful of Democrats announcing interest in the seat; others include Brighton Town Board member Robin Wilt, School Board president Van White and former TV journalist Rachel Barnhart.

Cahill, one of a handful of Silver loyalists, was the only one, he said, to greet the exiled leader at his new seat in the Assembly doghouse.

He faces myriad problems at home, though, including a less compliant City Council, a handful of fellow Democrats eyeing his seat, and a laundry list of pressing issues he's vowed to tackle in his second term.

Ukip (which is likely to win only a handful of seats) has said it would not join a formal deal; nor would Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist party, led by Peter Robinson, which currently has eight MPs in Westminster.

They might secure only a handful of MPs (thanks to a voting system that many believe is increasingly out of date) but their surging popularity could still disrupt Tory and Labour battles in key marginal seats.

In most elections all we normally have to do is work out what is happening in the Tory - Labour marginals, adding in a glance at the handful of seats the Liberal Democrats might gain or losIn most elections all we normally have to do is work out what is happening in the Tory - Labour marginals, adding in a glance at the handful of seats the Liberal Democrats might gain or losin the Tory - Labour marginals, adding in a glance at the handful of seats the Liberal Democrats might gain or losin a glance at the handful of seats the Liberal Democrats might gain or lose.

On Long Island, a handful of seats — including those held by Republicans Carl Marcellino and Elaine Phillips — that were narrowly won in 2016 could be up for grabs in 2018.

Folks other than a handful of Democratic Party insiders ought to have a say in who holds elected office, especially when there's an open seat involved.

At this morning's delegation breakfast in Clearwater, House Speaker John Boehner talked up VPOTUS nominee Paul Ryan and New York's having wrested a good handful of Congressional seats from Democrats in 2010, but didn't have much to say at all about Republican Wendy Long's chances against incumbent Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand.

With the Skelos seat vacant, Republicans have maintained a slim majority in alliance with a handful of renegade Democrats.

(a) win many Labour seats (b) split the vote enough in seats where Corbynites get more of the Labour vote to hand them to the Tories or UKIP (or, in a handful of cases, the Lib Dems or Greens).

Sugarman's referral documents extensive efforts by Mayor Bill de Blasio's election campaign to route large contributions through Democratic Party County Committees to Democrats running for the state senate in a handful of contested seats upstate.

General Elections in the UK are won and lost in only a handful of seats.

Ukip and the Greens look certain to win only a handful of seats between them despite averaging 13 per cent and 5 per cent respectively in the polls.

Kevin Hollinrake Applied for a handful of seats and was interviewed in most of those before being selected at an open primary as candidate for Dewsbury in July 2007.

In downtown Portland, it's rare to enter the 10 p.m. showing of a new release and find more than a handful of seats occupied.