Sentences with phrase «in local constituencies»

AWS is still a big issue in local constituencies and I have had debates with men and women who are opposed.

After all, their strong presence in local constituencies has been the party's greatest asset since the days of Paddy Ashdown.

Voters are warming to the idea of an Ed Miliband - led government, and Labour is contacting more voters in local constituencies.

Emerging arenas of contestation will likely be driven by territorialism and identity that will redefine the tone and tenor of political debate both within the House of Commons and in local constituencies.

In its federal election, Germany uses mixed - member proportional representation, where a voter makes two votes: one picks a particular candidate in local constituency, second for a party.

Only a Conservative vote in your local constituency will keep Ed Miliband and the SNP out and secure Britain's future.»

For instance, knowing that in my local constituency, we have roughly 2.89 x more power than the average UK voter due to it being a marginal seat, could help encourage people to go out and vote knowing they actually could make a difference.

«In this particular case, Lord Oakeshott asked my election campaign manager if we wanted a poll done in my local constituency.

In Baden - Württemberg there are no lists; they use the «best near - winner» method in a four - region model, where the regional members are the local candidates of the under - represented party in that region who received the most votes in their local constituency without being elected in it, but this model has not been copied in the United Kingdom.

Not exact matches

Despite receiving the support of local Conservative members and several leading Tory MPs, Goldsmith's decision to resign from the Conservative party in protest at the decision to build a new airport runway in his constituency meant he was barred from accessing the crucial local voter data he required.

I was elected as a director on the local constituency association board and over the next year I campaigned alongside the candidate in communities across the sprawling rural Redwater constituency.

Oops - a-daisyMy MP had asked me to send a bunch of flowers (not on expenses) to celebrate the first birthday of a local charity in the constituency.

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.

Mr Akufo - Addo said in reference to Sports Minister Nii Lantey Vanderpuye and Local Government Minister Collins Dauda, who, the NPP has accused of instigating their followers to visit violence on NPP members in Odododiodoo and Asutifi South constituencies, respectively, where the two ministers are MPs.

«The TUC's March for the Alternative on 26 March promises to be one of the biggest events that we have ever organised, but local campaigns and protests that do not hit the national headlines could well make just as much an impact in those constituencies where there are coalition MPs with small majorities.

He has insisted his replacement must be selected by local constituency members rather than be parachuted in from party headquarters.

To take a practical example, if you currently live in Nailsworth, a small town to the south of Stroud in Gloucestershire, your local authority is Stroud district council and you are in the Stroud parliamentary constituency.

Under the new proposals, however, from 2020 Nailsworth will be part of the neighbouring Cotswolds constituency, but will remain in the Stroud local government district.

Both use a first past the post (i.e. the candidate (s) with a plurality of votes wins) in individual voting areas (parliamentary constituencies at national level, wards an local...

My proposed system would actually retain a local representative but adjust their voting power in parliament to match the support they have from their constituency.

Heathrow, which appears to be the most locally - controversial option, in fact has far more local support than opposition, including in nine of the ten closest constituencies.

The local family business in my constituency that's been serving the community for more than 50 years.

I represent a constituency with Manchester airport partially in it; I understand all about the local pressures — but you've got to as a nation be able to overcome those and make a sensible decision about where that extra runway capacity in the South East should go.»

Under the proposed law, local constituencies, such as community boards, council members and borough presidents would have a say in how the plazas are used, but the transportation agency would have ultimate rule - making authority, Garodnick said.

Hitherto, the coincidence of local and general election results provided an opportunity to estimate a PNS for the parallel local elections by comparing the local and parliamentary election results in those constituencies where all the component wards were contested, and then applying the resulting difference for each party to its share of the Britain - wide parliamentary vote.

Local council election results in the wards making up Hallam constituency, while by no means good for the Liberal Democrats, paint a more equivocal picture than the polls, as a comparison of the 2010 local election results with those in the most recent local elections in 2014 sLocal council election results in the wards making up Hallam constituency, while by no means good for the Liberal Democrats, paint a more equivocal picture than the polls, as a comparison of the 2010 local election results with those in the most recent local elections in 2014 slocal election results with those in the most recent local elections in 2014 slocal elections in 2014 shows.

In a number of Labour targets, constituency polls and local election results suggest the party simply does not have enough of a lead (and sometimes none at all) over the Conservative incumbent.

Having spent the last few days consulting with local people in my constituency and considering in detail the evidence and proposals from the Government I am very saddened to have received the following message from someone who says they are a Labour Party member but not clear where from.

Even though they have been given a free vote by their anti-war leader Jeremy Corbyn, many Labour MPs will feel pressure from their constituency parties and local left - wing activists not to vote in the same lobby as the Tories.

Welcome to Hot Seats, a series in which local academics report from the UK's marginal constituencies.

Labour MPs representing metropolitan constituencies may want to adopt an anti-Brexit stance, but MPs for constituencies in the North and Midlands which voted Leave will be keen to reflect local opinion.

We finished second in the roughly similar Holyrood constituency of Aberdeen South and North Kincardine in 2016 but the Westminster constituency saw the Conservatives beat the SNP by over 5 % in May's local elections.

Following the failure of local government authorities to respond to appeals to renovate the bridge, the parliamentary candidate for the Ayawaso North Constituency, stepped in and with assistance from Mrs. Akufo - Addo, had it renovated.

The MP said he had also accorded an appreciable measure of attention to the local authorities of his area, with the provision of 10 motorcycles for circuit supervisors, 150 stuffing chairs for chiefs, 150 benches for chiefs, 10 motorcycles for zonal officers, 1 motorcycle each for 8 zones (Tempane, Kpikpira, Worinyanga, Gagbiri, Bugri, Akara, Basyonde and Kongo) and 60 mattresses for queen mothers and women leaders (Magagias) in the constituency.

Both use a first past the post (i.e. the candidate (s) with a plurality of votes wins) in individual voting areas (parliamentary constituencies at national level, wards an local level).

In bringing together such a wide range of information, including candidate names, previous election results, demographics, party funding information, election forecasts, and information about constituency history, the Dashboard is the most comprehensive data source for citizens seeking to find out more about their local area.

Mr Corbyn said the suspension of local party meetings for the duration of the leadership race over fears of intimidation was a «mistake», saying he has not stopped discussions from taking place in his Islington North constituency.

It says a lot about the distinct political character of the Northern Isles that the second placed candidate in the Orkney constituency in 2011 was an Independent, local councillor James Stockan.

He has written extensively on Scottish constituency and local electoral politics and is currently completing a second edition of the book Political Parties in the UK.

[126] His constituency surgeries proved popular, and he involved himself in local campaigns to save Townlands Hospital and the local air ambulance from closure, as well as to keep Brakspear as an independent brewer.

In London, there are 14 such contests, held in constituencies made up of two or more Local CouncilIn London, there are 14 such contests, held in constituencies made up of two or more Local Councilin constituencies made up of two or more Local Councils.

Watson claims that these groups — previously known as Militant and Socialist Organiser — are using the methods used by Militant in the 1980s to take control of local constituency Labour parties (CLPs).

Local Labour MP Lucy Powell said she had not been invited to the event in her own constituency.

Doubtless Labour, whose support fell by five points, will argue that it had its own particular local difficulties in Copeland — the party's leader, Jeremy Corbyn, used at least to be antipathetic to the nuclear power industry, on which the constituency is heavily dependent.

My MP and I were walking down the High Street in the constituency when he saw a member of the local party who is a bit overly affectionate with him.

In 2007 Livingston and Edinburgh East were part of the SNP growth in constituency wins, with Angela Constance becoming a new MSP and Kenny MacAskill moving from the regional list, replacing Susan Deacon who stood down that year, her Labour successor Norman Murray, an unpopular local councillor, finishing second, with 1,382 fewer voteIn 2007 Livingston and Edinburgh East were part of the SNP growth in constituency wins, with Angela Constance becoming a new MSP and Kenny MacAskill moving from the regional list, replacing Susan Deacon who stood down that year, her Labour successor Norman Murray, an unpopular local councillor, finishing second, with 1,382 fewer votein constituency wins, with Angela Constance becoming a new MSP and Kenny MacAskill moving from the regional list, replacing Susan Deacon who stood down that year, her Labour successor Norman Murray, an unpopular local councillor, finishing second, with 1,382 fewer votes.

Many of our Olympic boxing heroes will tell how it was their local club and its coaches that saved them from a life of gangs, crime, and drugs, and clubs from Fitzroy Lodge in London to the National Smelting Company Boxing Club in my constituency are full of young men and women who have found their salvation in boxing.

So I went to a shop I know is run by a gay couple in my constituency, I went to some activists, I went to a local residents» group that is run by a gay couple.

Quacking birthdayOne Friday I was in the MP's constituency meeting local businesses.

A local charity which does some excellent work in my MP's constituency was recently invited to Buckingham Palace.