Sentences with phrase «in target seats»

There will also be lots of candidates in target seats who fear the loss of their agent, area campaign manager or administrative staff.

This began with direct mail — personally addressed to voters in each target seat, who were divided into 40 different categories, with a slightly different message for each one.

Third place in a target seat is no cause to celebrate.

There are fewer activists than ever, especially in target seats.

In the run - up to the 2005 general election I supported a number of Conservative candidates in target seats.

This may seem small comfort to the Tories but it matters; parties expecting a big victory, like Labour in 1997, tend to do better in their target seats than they do nationally.

(On Monday we listed the 27 who are no longer seeking a Westminster seat, on Tueday we listed the 18 who have been selected to stand in Conservative held seats and yesterday we detailed the 27 who will be standing in target seats.)

Taking all these factors together - regional variations, over-statement of the Labour vote and more vigorous campaigning in target seats - and we would expect a modest Conservative majority of 30 to 50.

Last year he admitted that many ethnic minority voters in his target seat of Dudley North, held by a Labour majority of just 649, think that the Tories «remain a racist party».

Who needs mandatory reselection to send a new model army to Westminster if candidates selected in target seats are permitted to compete on equal terms against sitting members, should the number of constituencies be reduced to 650 from 600 under redrawn parliamentary boundaries.

Taking their lead from some of the best US campaigns, parties have been making extensive use of polling, local intelligence from voters, and additional useful information like consumer data, to produce microtargeted campaigns to raise turnout amongst specific groups in target seats.

Closer examination of the story reveals that the vast bulk of the money spent in target seats is actually raised locally:

I'm impressed with the quality of the candidates that will be our standard - bearers in target seats.

We learnt yesterday that Labour plans to select one hundred candidates in target seats in the next year.

CPF Members played an important role during the 2015 General Election, providing a number of contributions towards the manifesto we were successfully elected on, and the work of its members out on the ground in our target seats made a real difference to the outcome.

Most of the PPCs in target seats are Cameroons who have been promoted by CCHQ.

At the moment you're probably right that even if Con picked up every UKIP voter, it wouldn't affect the result in those most marginal seats... but it would make a difference in target seats further down the list, and consequently to Labour's majority / largest party prospects.

Despite Mr Carswell's re-election, Mr Farage's party failed to live up to expectations in target seats such as Thurrock, Middleton and Heywood, and Castle Point.

There are celebrations in the Conservatives camp with gains in target seats Cardiff North, Aberconwy and the Vale of Glamorgan.

«There'll be no cuts to frontline services under a Tory government, says Cameron Main CCHQ distribute «key messages newspaper» to one million homes in target seats»

Ultimately, those funds helped fund two State Assembly candidates running in targeted seats.

Ukip leader says Englishness is «something our political classes look down upon» as he hosts party in target seat of South Thanet

I commissioned a poll of 41 seats which the Conservatives hold with a majority of less than 5 % — most of which featured in the target seats campaign and were captured at the 2010 election.

«Local associations in target seats to ensure at least half of those candidates put forward for final selection to be women or from an ethnic minority background.»

Party leader Paul Nuttall came third in his target seat of Boston and Skegness, and several candidates lost their deposits.

Again, if the Conservatives were only a little way short (and the recent surge to the Lib Dems may so decimate Labour that the Tories do better in target seats than expected), they could try to mimic the final years of John Major's government, when the Conservative PM was forced to rely on the votes of Ulster Unionists.

Where are the QCs who will replacing those standing down or standing in target seats?

The leadership's strategy is to register and canvas more voters in target seats, banking on increased turnout to flip new marginals that were long thought to be beyond Corbyn's reach.

In target seats for the main two parties the story is positive, especially on the Labour side, with a majority of women selected in the party's top 50 and top 100 targets.

Blogger Iain Dale is quoted in a very positive piece in Boyz magazine about the Conservative Party's changing attitude to homosexuality saying that there are twenty to thirty «out» gay Tory candidates in target seats.

«In the target seats we did a couple of things.

The party's keen, rightly, to highlight that its fortunes are faring better in our target seats than in the country as a whole, as the successful defence in the Eastleigh by - election demonstrated.

Many commentators have already condemned the list, which will be used to pick candidates in target seats, as too politically - correct, although Conservative officials insist that local party associations will have the ultimate choice about who stands.

They are also confident in their campaign team, both at the centre and in target seats, and in their use of data to reach key voters.

David Cameron meets with Jeremy Hunt, Douglas Carswell, Adam Holloway and other MPs for an update on the ways in which the parliamentary party is mentoring candidates in target seats.

Mr Jones insisted Plaid had done well in its target seats.

Of those original 100 A-Listers, 17 are among the candidates selected for a notionally Conservative seat, with a further 25 standing in target seats.

During the course of election night we will keep track of the progress of our candidates in target seats (based on the notional figures for the new boundaries compiled by Profs Ralllings and Thrasher at the University of Plymouth which all the media will also be using).

It is a worthwhile exercise to see the election from the perspective of a Tory candidate in a target seat.

Candidates in target seats are finding that there are not enough activists to help them.

Ever since he started helping Tory candidates in target seats - when Michael Howard was Tory leader - he has become focused on ensuring resources and messages are targeted on the swing voters in the swing seats.

The figures suggest the potential for meltdown in the electoral system if the Liberal Democrats can persuade voters in their target seats that they have a «realistic chance» of winning.