Sentences with phrase «in a secret ballot»

All hereditary peers except 92 — chosen in a secret ballot of all hereditary peers — have now lost their rights to sit in the second chamber.

All members of all parties decided the winners in a secret ballot.

We have therefore come to the conclusion that the only way to resolve this issue would be to allow every member to express their view in a secret ballot.

They demanded that every Labour MP should vote in a secret ballot on whether they support him, sending their explosive email to all their parliamentary colleagues at the very moment that Gordon Brown stood up in the Commons for prime minister's questions.

GA: I wouldn't know because I'm not on the front bench, I'm a parliamentarian, elected for the first time ever by all parliamentarians to be a Select Committee chair, and to chair a Select Committee of people elected in a secret ballot by their parties for the first time.

In a secret ballot on 23 June 2015, Yindjibarndi people throughout the State voted by an overwhelming two - thirds majority for change in the management and leadership of Yindjibarndi Native Title business.

A Conservative will chair twelve of these committees, although all 650 MPs will be eligible to take part in the secret ballot conducted under the Alternative Vote system (ie ranking your first, second etc preferences with votes transferring from the least popular candidates until one has more than 50 % of the vote).

Candidates will face a first round of voting next Tuesday, where they will be ranked by all Tory MPs in a secret ballot.

Select Committees are elected in a secret ballot by their respective parties.

The 195 countries that are members of the IPCC each get a vote, cast in a secret ballot at the next summit in October.

But Conservative Party managers have decided to give MPs a free vote on plans to change the rules and bring in a secret ballot, Cabinet sources have revealed.

Mr Field added that he will be going to the meeting on Tuesday which could see Labour MPs taking part in a secret ballot over their leader.

Still, Trump garnered 35 % of the vote in a secret ballot done at the party's annual conference last week.

Speaking outside the Labour HQ at Westminster, Corbyn also said he hoped there would be no legal challenge following victory in the secret ballot by the National Executive Committee.

He has often proved a troublesome backbencher for Plaid Leader Leanne Wood but ultimately it's a decision for all AMs, who will vote in a secret ballot if there's more than one candidate.

Members of the Parliament's environment and industry committees voted to approve Mr Cañete's appointment as the EU's top civil servant for climate change in a secret ballot.

The Wright Reforms mean Select Committee Chairs are elected by all MPs in a secret ballot, not appointed by the very Government they are meant to hold to account.

In the you - scratch - my - back world of the PLP, not voting in this secret ballot was a tactical mistake by Abbott, who was in the House of Commons during the voting hours of 10 am till 5 pm.

Members of Unite, like members of other unions, have voted overhwelmingly - in secret ballots - to keep their political voice, and their political fund.

After the presentations, class members vote — in a secret ballot — on which team made the most compelling argument.