Sentences with phrase «in seats they were defending»

Some of these Independent candidates are former representatives of existing political parties: for example, the ex-Labour MP Tony Clarke is standing in his old seat of Northampton South (which should helpfully split the Left wing vote in the seat being defended by Conservative MP Brian Binley), whilst John Stevens, who is challenging John Bercow in Buckingham, is an ultra-europhile former Tory MEP who set up the Pro-Euro Conservative Party before joining the Liberal Democrats.

One consequence of this pattern is that the Conservatives are doing worse where they started strongest and particularly in seats they are defending.

In fact, in seats we are defending against Labour, only just over a quarter of Conservative Defectors now say they will vote UKIP.

Tory Defectors in seats we are defending against the Lib Dems have doubts about the party's competence, clarity and values — whereas UKIP voters really are for «none of the above», disliking all three parties, and being interested only in immigration, Europe and defence — though as I found in my previous research, most of those who are attracted to UKIP are not motivated by policy issues at all.

If they are indeed losing most heavily in the seats they are defending they are set to lose several more seats than national polls with uniform swing would predict.

We find that Conservative support is holding up better in its key marginal seats than the rest of the country, and also that the Liberal Democrats are recovering strongly, albeit from a low base, in the seats they are defending.

Not exact matches

Republicans will be defending 24 seats on Election Day, while Democrats only have 10 in play.

With the Republicans defending 24 seats, and the Democrats just 10, five of which they needed to win, the odds, by some estimates, were in the Democrats» favour.

Many of the most vulnerable seats House Republicans will have to defend in 2018 are in places like Orange County, California, or affluent suburban areas of New Jersey.

The motto of Seat - 12 was «Dead men can not defend themselves»: Pius had died in 1958.

If i die tonight, I too will seat in the judgment seat but Jesus will stand and defend me, He will tell the Father in Heaven that I am His and how my sins have been washed away by Jesus» blood - I will stand before God righteous not because of what I did or didn't do but because I believed and trusted in Him!!

How many times they had to take a back seat in activities, or not be defended as another parent probably would have because it would be seen as «the pastor» is playing favorites with his kid, rather than a father is defending / supporting his child.

Republicans are defending a mere eight seats, with only one of those, Dean Heller in Nevada, occurring in a state where Hillary Clinton prevailed.

Some atrocious defending last night for sure we could have lost by a big margin ospina kept it together for us and cavani waisted a few Thank God we survived but this should be a wake call a call for tuning: -(analyze the pitfalls rectify and execute solution) we are not seating in mud but we need to adjust our posture so we don't slid into the mud hole.....

The 2014 and 2015 Europa League champions are now firmly in the driving seat for the return leg as they look on course to defend the tournament for the third year in a row.

Everyone was impressed by their strong morale in Glasgow last autumn and the general view now is they may be able to defend more of their seats than was previously thought.

The Labour MP, Oona King, whose father was an African - American political refugee witch - hunted out of the United States by McCarthyites in the 1950s was attacked as a Jew when she defended her East London seat against the Respect Party in 2005.

In England, the Conservatives are defending 1,477 seats and Labour just 255.

Walter was first elected in 2011 and has successfully defended his seat on several occasions.

Democrats, potentially as early as March in a special election, will have to defend the seat being vacated by George Latimer, the county executive - elect in Westchester.

Today's Siena poll brings good news for Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, who is again seeking to defend the seat she inherited from Hillary Clinton in her second statewide re-election campaign since 2010.

The Senate Republicans, who are already at a fundraising disadvantage since being relegated to the minority in 2008, have been put in the unexpected position of having to spend precious resources to defend open seats — possibly Morahan's and also the one Sen. Vincent Leibell will vacate to run for Putnam County executive.

Flanagan, meanwhile, is defending seats in battleground areas that could elect moderate Democrats in suburban and upstate areas, including Long Island and the Hudson Valley.

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.

Both lawmakers were elected in 2014, both defeating incumbent congressmen of the opposite party, and both defended their seats in rematch challenges in 2016.

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.

Continue reading «Rob Hayward: The Liberal Democrats lost 40 % of the council seats they were defending but did much better in places where they had an incumbent MP»»

The two main parties look to be in a strong position to defend what they won in 2010 but seem less well placed to launch attacks on their target seats — hence the likelihood of a stalemate.

@Watchman and others — targetting the Tories will do very well in seats where either the Lib Dems are defending against them or in three - way seats where Labour has little to no chance.

Perhaps the fiercest fight over the payroll tax is happening in southern Suffolk County, where incumbent Brian X. Foley is defending his seat against Republican Lee Zeldin.

The Conservatives, though, were thought likely to be the bigger losers, having done well in 2011 and therefore defending far more seats than Labour, and having also been more damaged by UKIP's dramatic rise.

Republicans, who hold a slim majority in the Senate, will be defending 24 seats next year, including in presidential battleground states where Democrats are mounting strong challenges.

My study of the most marginal seats the Lib Dems were defending against Labour and the Conservatives, published in June, found the party on course to lose most of its most vulnerable seats, with a few notable exceptions.

Over the summer I have looked at seats in England where the Lib Dems are defending bigger majorities to see how vulnerable they are against either rival.

In his Brentwood and Ongar constituency the Tories were defending five County seats but were shocked to lose two to the LibDems.

However, if he claims to be a democrat, he can not defend a system which, in Scotland, in 2003 for example, gave his party 41 per cent of the seats in local councils on 32.6 per cent of the votes.

This is a recognition that the GOP finds itself in the unexpected position of defending four open seats — Leibell, Morahan, Volker, Winner — at a time when it needs to be spending its already diminished resources on challenges to incumbent Democrats if it hopes to win back control of the chamber.

The appointment of a successor is also complicated because it's an election year, and any appointee may need to quickly form a campaign committee and defend the seat this fall in both a primary and general election, according to longtime Albany legislators.

Republicans were working with a fantastic political baseline in 2014 — low presidential approval, a slew of Democratic Senate incumbents defending their seats in Red states, a midterm election, and high - quality candidates drawn into battle this year, in part precisely because it was so favorable to Republicans in the first place.

In seats where Labour is defending a majority of more than 25 points the swing in the poll from Labour to the SNP since 2010 is 24 points, rather higher than the 19.5 point swing for Scotland as a wholIn seats where Labour is defending a majority of more than 25 points the swing in the poll from Labour to the SNP since 2010 is 24 points, rather higher than the 19.5 point swing for Scotland as a wholin the poll from Labour to the SNP since 2010 is 24 points, rather higher than the 19.5 point swing for Scotland as a whole.

The Tories fielded Humberston parish council chairman Harry Hall to defend the seat but, in a possible sign of Ukip's continuing momentum stemming from their second place finish in the Eastleigh by - election in February, were only able to secure second place.

The Tories gained three seats from Labour out of 15 the party was defending in swing town Nuneaton, long been given as an example of which way the wind's blowing.

The successful candidate would need a swing of 10 % to overturn the notional Labour majority of 8,830, which will be defended by Barry Gardiner - who beat long - standing Tory MP Sir Rhodes Boyson to win the seat (on somewhat different boundaries) in 1997.

I imagine that any extra donations to association funds would be especially welcome right now in a seat where Gareth is seeking to oust a first - term Lib Dem MP who is defending a three - figure majority.

Virtually all the Conservative - held marginals are being defended by MPs who gained their seats (mainly from Labour) in 2010.

Democrats currently control the Senate 53 - 47, with two independents who caucus with the Democrats, but are defending 23 of the 33 seats up for grabs in November.

Labour are defending half the 60 seats in the Assembly, with leader of Welsh Labour Carwyn Jones the current First Minister.

The Democrats currently have a 53 - 47 (51 Democrats and two independents who caucus with the party) majority in the Senate, but they are defending 23 of the 33 seats up for grabs this November.

With the battle over, the question now is whether the Republicans can form any sort of detente that will allow them to defend several Council seats against in the next city election, take on State Sens. Tony Avella and Joe Addabbo in 2012, and defend Bob Turner «s congressional seat.

Democrats will also be defending open seats in Iowa, Michigan and New Jersey, where the playing field is better for the party.