Sentences with phrase «increase in a byelection»

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

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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).

Farage added that Ukip had won three recent council byelections in the north and predicted that in many parliamentary seats it would increase its percentage of the vote in 2015 from low single figures to closer to its current poll ratings, which have been as high as 15 %.