Sentences with phrase «in a labour constituency»

UKIP have picked up support disproportionately from former Labour voters in Labour constituencies.

Of those 700 schemes, 57 per cent of the scrapped projects were in Labour constituencies, 37 per cent in Conservative held constituencies and six per cent in areas held by the Liberal Democrats.

Not exact matches

Unlike Khan, who significantly outperformed the Labour party in his own constituency during the mayoral election, Goldsmith did only about as well as a generic Conservative candidate.

The survey, carried out by ComRes, asked for the opinions of those living in the 40 most marginal Conservative and Labour constituencies.

In Mrs Cox's former constituency of Batley and Spen, in West Yorkshire, the Conservative, Labour, Liberal Democrat and Green candidates will come together at a farmer's event raising money for a special care baby uniIn Mrs Cox's former constituency of Batley and Spen, in West Yorkshire, the Conservative, Labour, Liberal Democrat and Green candidates will come together at a farmer's event raising money for a special care baby uniin West Yorkshire, the Conservative, Labour, Liberal Democrat and Green candidates will come together at a farmer's event raising money for a special care baby unit.

The chair of the communities and local government committee, whose Sheffield South East constituency borders Rotherham, said the failure to implement child protection policies means at least one officer should join Labour's council leader Roger Stone in losing their job.

His constituents in Tamale South Constituency have jumped into the fray and want their lawmaker to accept the proposition to run as flagbearer of the party a call the immediate past Minister for Employment and Labour Relations but he has finally broken his silence.

Rather than have 200 hardcore Tories in a constituency select a hard - right Tory MP, Conservative candidates would have to moderate their views and platform in order to appeal to non-partisan and even Labour voters if they want to pass the primary.

No Love for Johnnie by Wilfred Fienburgh, about the trials and tribulations of a Labour MP struggling with career ambitions, and some of the challenges which life around Westminster and his constituency threw in his way.

«So clients are going to have to think very creatively: where are the constituencies that Labour needs to win and how can clients» case be made relevant to Labour in 2017?»

The victory means Labour's 74 - year stint as the dominant party in the constituency will continue uninterrupted.

This Derbyshire constituency ought to be safe Labour territory but we're told the Tories are going after one of Jeremy Corbyn's keenest supporters in the hope of a «Portillo moment» of their own.

John Humphrys & Harriet Harman Famous for his forthright interviewing technique, in April 2008 Humphrys criticised deputy Labour leader Harriet Harman after she defended her decision to wear a stab proof jacket while touring her South London constituency.

A cynic might even think Labour knew they would not be around to put their hands in their pockets for this grandiose idea and chose routes which would upset as many Tory constituencies as possible.

Rudd was the star play for Team Theresa in the election - and is well positioned to be the next chancellor if she sees off the Labour threat in her constituency.

Labour would be spared gerrymandering of existing constituencies and would gain topup seats in Southern England.

Surely some of New Labour's right - wing excesses reflect an attitude that Labour can more or less do what it likes in government without alienating too much of its core progressive constituency as this constituency has nowhere else to go.

However, we could adopt a closed primary system where registered Labour supporters (of which there are a considerable number in each constituency - 1000 or more in many cases) could take part.

Crawley became MP for Lanark and Hamilton East replacing Labour's Jimmy Hood, who had been in post since the constituency's creation in 2005.

Labour MPs are in Westminster as representatives of constituency Labour parties.

The involvement of the Unite union in allegedly rigging the selection in the Falkirk constituency was at the heart of it - but after the initial furore the Labour inquiry turned into something of a whitewash.

He is married to Scottish Minister for Public Health, Shona Robison MSP with a young daughter, Morag Louise, and lives in the constituency where he was elected as MP for Dundee East on 5 May 2005, taking the seat from Labour.

Labour lost because they: a) broke manifold electoral promises b) lied shamelessly to the people and parliament c) engaged in industrial - scale corruption and lame cover - up d) wilfully enraged their newest supporters e) eschewed democracy at every opportunity f) treated the electorate like idiots g) alienated a vast constituency of voters with strong personal interest in the well - being of our servicemen h) inherited the most benign of economies and recklessly maxed out the public debt i) devoted inordinate time and effort to policies based on immature class war antics j) engaged in open internal dissent while being too cowardly to take any definitive action k) offered a wholly negative electoral campaign Unless confidence is restored in these areas, Labour will continue to be despised.

Under plans drawn up by Labour, various London MPs would see their seats carved up in order to keep Corbyn's Islington North constituency intact.

As the final numbers came in, the current leader was said to have secured the backing of 285 Constituency Labour Parties.

In May's General Election, when the SNP won Jim Murphy's East Renfrewshire seat, it did not just topple the leader of Scottish Labour, it took a constituency that epitomises middle Scotland.

And it is those experiences, he says, which makes him «so concerned about the state of the Labour Party now and so worried for Labour MPs and what's being said and done to them, including online in new ways unthought of 30 years ago, in their constituencies.

Goodwin analysed Labour constituencies with the lowest majorities where over 50 % voted Leave in the EU referendum, and where Ukip are already in second place, or a close third, to come up with his list of 20 target seats.

The problem is exacerbated by the Labour Party's dominance in Scottish constituencies: 2015 could well see a Labour majority in Westminster and a Conservative majority in «rump UK», i.e. the United Kingdom minus Scotland.

A new poll of his Sheffield constituency found the Lib Dem leader is set to lose his seat to Labour, in what would be a historic moment for the party.

Labour doesn't even need to establish a constituency of support to do these things - Labour has institutional links with the union and cooperative movements, a majority in the Commons, and has just bailed out British capitalism.

Today's poll is the first of seven constituency polls to be released by the party, which they claim will show them emerging as serious challengers to Labour in the North of England.

The warped statistics will also mean the boundary changes review coming next year will redraw Britain's electoral map in favour of the Conservatives, enlarging rural constituencies and shrinking the total number of the urban ones with mobile populations that usually favour Labour.

Labour's focus on campaigning on rail fares, then, is essentially a policy offer based around political popularity which would benefit better - off voters, possibly in marginal constituencies.

In the key marginal of Thanet South in Kent, the Conservative party are set to lose the seat to Labour with Ukip coming a close second, according to the first of eight new constituency pollIn the key marginal of Thanet South in Kent, the Conservative party are set to lose the seat to Labour with Ukip coming a close second, according to the first of eight new constituency pollin Kent, the Conservative party are set to lose the seat to Labour with Ukip coming a close second, according to the first of eight new constituency polls.

Lansman claiming, in a recording passed to the Daily Mirror, that Corbyn favours relaxing trigger ballots in constituencies with sitting Labour MPs is a sign the group's up for battles ahead.

The SNP could actually find themselves enabling David Cameron's nightmarish vision of lower pay in some regions, particularly northern (probably Labour - run) constituencies and in the SouthWest where some health trusts tried to break away from national pay bargaining during the last 5 years.

The Survation poll commissioned by Unite union found the Lib Dems are on just 23 % behind Labour on 33 % in the seat, when voters were asked about their constituency vote.

But three Labour MPs in constituencies that voted Leave are also preparing to take the same action.

On the Labour - UKIP battleground I looked at four constituencies in which, according to the Fabian Society's Revolt On The Left report, Labour are at «critical» or «high» risk of a direct challenge from UKIP: Great Grimsby, Dudley North, Plymouth Moor View and Rother Valley.

«Imagine that in your constituency at the general election only Labour and the Scottish National Party had a realistic chance of winning.

A forthcoming by - election in the Cumbrian constituency of Copeland is shaping up to become a key test for the Labour Party's electoral prospects under the leadership of Jeremy Corbyn.

UKIP also faces claims from Labour that it has used agencies to deliver leaflets in the constituency, although Bruni - Lowe told BuzzFeed News this was untrue.

That would mean not only that fewer constituencies were Labour - winnable, but that there were simply fewer potential Labour supporters registered in 2020.

During the mid - to late - 1990s, he was politically active for Labour in Islington North, the constituency represented by Jeremy Corbyn, and was selected as Labour candidate to contest St George's Ward for Islington London Borough Council in 1998.

Between 2010 and 2015, in the top fifty marginal constituencies which Labour is seeking to win from the Tories, the taxpayer will have provided in excess of # 35 million to help the Tories defend their majorities.

Let Labour declare that in the most rural third of constituencies both in the country and in each of the 10 mainland regions outside London, unless one of its own MPs were seeking re-election, the Labour candidate would be drawn from a household in the social groups C2DE within the constituency, and at least preferably within the more rural half of wards.

In an Observer article of 15 May he argues that the Labour Party has lost contact with its working class constituency.

Abstract: This post summarises the main points from the national and constituency polls in Scotland before discussing what might help Labour north of the border.

The constituency has traditionally favoured the Conservative Party though has fallen to Labour in three general elections in addition to the 1991 by - election.