Sentences with phrase «in every byelection since»

The Cumbrian semi-rural seat of Copeland was seized by the Conservatives — the first time the main opposition party has lost a seat it was defending in a byelection since 1982.

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She has projected calm, measured authority ever since she first came to people's attentions in 2013 as the Ukip byelection candidate in Eastleigh, following Chris Huhne's guilty plea for perverting the course of justice.

Copeland also represents the largest increase in a byelection vote for the governing party since Labour gained Hull North in 1966.

In Copeland Tory support increased by no less than 8.5 points — the biggest increase in support for a government party since Harold Wilson's Labour government won the Hull North byelection in January 1966 (at the cost, incidentally, of a promise to build the Humber BridgeIn Copeland Tory support increased by no less than 8.5 points — the biggest increase in support for a government party since Harold Wilson's Labour government won the Hull North byelection in January 1966 (at the cost, incidentally, of a promise to build the Humber Bridgein support for a government party since Harold Wilson's Labour government won the Hull North byelection in January 1966 (at the cost, incidentally, of a promise to build the Humber Bridgein January 1966 (at the cost, incidentally, of a promise to build the Humber Bridge).

Labour's share of the vote has now dropped in every single byelection since the Brexit referendum.

Labour made its first byelection gain from the Conservatives since 1997 today with a massive swing of almost 13 % in Corby.

Elected as MP for Bermondsey in a famous byelection in 1983 which saw the end of the conventional political career of the Labour candidate Peter Tatchell and has held the inner city seat ever since.

Gordon Brown was bracing himself for defeat after yesterday's byelection in Norwich North, the first electoral test since the MPs expenses scandal rocked Westminster.

The byelection in Norwich North, held by Labour since 1997, was caused by the resignation of Ian Gibson, who quit after Labour ruled that he would not be allowed to stand at the next election because he used parliamentary expenses to fund a flat which he subsequently sold at a discount to his daughter.

The Labour leader admitted he was disappointed by the result in the Cumbrian constituency, which has been held by Labour since 1935 and represents the first byelection gain by a governing party in 35 years.

Meanwhile the former leader Charles Kennedy today makes his first public engagement since quitting over his self - confessed drink problem, as he goes campaigning in the Dumferline and West Fife byelection.

Paul Nuttall (seat yet to be decided) The Ukip leader has dithered over whether and where to stand since the election was called but there is speculation that he could go for Boston and Skegness, a Tory - held Lincolnshire seat with high eastern European immigration, or Heywood and Middleton, a Labour - held seat outside Manchester where Ukip did well in a byelection.