Sentences with phrase «increased number of seats»

This was the last general election where a governing party increased its number of seats until 2015.

The upshot is that I have increased the number of seats that I expect the Lib Dems to hold, and reduced the number of seats that Labour is likely to gain from the Conservatives.

The Conservatives had hoped to win control of the council from Labour, but Labour emerged with an increased number of seats and kept their majority.

[62] Despite the increased number of seats and votes, it was still an incredibly disappointing result for supporters of the Labour party.

The Greens earned 10.6 % of the vote (up from 6.7 % in 2008) and increased their number of seats in parliament from 9 to 13.

In the general election of 26 June 2016, the PP increased its number of seats in parliament, while still falling short of an overall majority.

Given the tiny majorities they lost by in seats such as Falmouth, AV may well have given them a significantly increased number of seats.

Increasing the number of seats in the fly means higher labor, fuel and operational costs, and can spark bitter fare wars.

One potential problem with the measure may be if there are some councils who dramatically reduce / increase the number of seats while others at the same time don't and the pattern of reduction / increase is correlated with party performance.

So an unchanged CON - LAB lead increases the number of seats for the Conservatives which raises the question, what does the CON - LAB lead need to be for them to lose seats and their majority?

The party improved on their 1997 results at the 2001 general election, increasing their number of seats to 52 and their share of the vote to 18.3 %.

The Liberal Democrats had long dreamed of having a referendum on proportional representation (PR) that would significantly increase the number of seats they hold at Westminster.

This system heavily biases the vote towards increasing the number of seats of the top two parties and reducing the seats of smaller parties, a principle known in political science as Duverger's law, and thus minority governments are relatively uncommon.

[25] In Northern Ireland the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) aimed to maintain or increase its number of seats, having been the fourth largest party in the House of Commons.

Boundary changes to the electoral divisions took effect at this election after a review of the county by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England increasing the number of seats on the council from 77 to 78.

Daniel Rubenstein, Brooklyn Prospect Executive Director shares that this beautiful new, purpose built space «will not only provide our district 15 middle school students with a building of their own, it will also allow our International Baccalaureate diploma granting high school to grow into the entire Windsor Terrace campus at 3002 Fort Hamilton Parkway, at the same time increasing the number of seats available to students on our growing high school waitlist.»

As state support of veterinary schools has diminished, veterinary colleges are increasing the number of seats to increase revenue, and 50 % of current seats are for non-residents, and have higher tuition rates.

The aircraft swap sees ANA increase the number of seats on the route by 26 with Business Class seeing a significant rise from 35 seats on the 767 to 42 seats on the 787.

«We are also increasing the number of seats available to Majorca, Alicante, Ibiza, Dalaman, Heraklion, Lanzarote and Tenerife,» concluded Heapy.

When you now combine the effects of fewer sites, fewer seats left to sell and rising property prices in London along with buyers looking to increase their number of seats as a result of the FCA's regulation change, prices will inevitably stabilise and increase to levels last seen ten years ago.

Not exact matches

Delta Air Lines said it had upsized aircraft and added flights to increase the number of available outgoing seats by 2,000.

And as frustrating as the (lack of) available seats can seem, the numbers are increasing overall: Seats were available on 74 percent of total inquiries, compared to 66 percent in seats can seem, the numbers are increasing overall: Seats were available on 74 percent of total inquiries, compared to 66 percent in Seats were available on 74 percent of total inquiries, compared to 66 percent in 2010.

The company has seen the number of guest it seats grow to more than 2 million people a month, which is a 327 percent year - over-year increase for the period ending in October 2017.

Southwest said it hopes to increase capacity ± the number of seats on its planes — by 8 % this year, up from its earlier goal of 7 %, the Wall Street Journal reports.

Musk said he wants to make the bus smaller than current models and increase the number of passengers on it by removing the «center aisle and putting seats where there are currently entryways.»

President and CEO Jeff Connally presented «Franchisee of the Year» to CMIT Solutions of Cherry Hill owner Bob Riesenbach and his team for their series of high marks in all areas of criteria judged, including total revenue, revenue increase, operations, number of managed seats, and participation within the franchise system.

Seat pitch (leg room) in economy class has similarly declined, «from an average of 35 inches in the early 2000s to 31 inches today — and in an increasing number of cases -LSB-...] 28 inches,» On an American Boeing 737 MAX, the seat width in the main cabin ranges from 16.6 inches to 17.8 inches and seat pitch is 30 incSeat pitch (leg room) in economy class has similarly declined, «from an average of 35 inches in the early 2000s to 31 inches today — and in an increasing number of cases -LSB-...] 28 inches,» On an American Boeing 737 MAX, the seat width in the main cabin ranges from 16.6 inches to 17.8 inches and seat pitch is 30 incseat width in the main cabin ranges from 16.6 inches to 17.8 inches and seat pitch is 30 incseat pitch is 30 inches.

They are taking broader and more proactive roles in enterprise - level operational functions and shared services, forming business strategy and leading execution, and winning an increasing number of Board of Director seats.

Once when the Prophet had been sitting on a tree stump and then abandoned it for a higher seat in order that the increased number of listeners might hear him better, all the audience heard the wailing complaint of the stump, a wailing which continued until the Prophet took the stump in his arms and consoled it as one would console a baby.

Although the increased use of seat belts and car seats means the number of motor vehicle injuries and deaths has declined, millions of crashes still occur on U.S. roads every year.

Extended rear facing has been championed for a number of years as the safest direction of travel, so many seats are increasing the time for which you can rear face the seat, and trying to tackle the issues that come with rear facing.

The semi-reclined car seat position can increase the number of episodes that preemies may have.

The way the question is currently written, one could either interpret it as any case where a party first got a small number of seats in one election and was then able to increase their share significantly in the next (by whatever means), or it could be interpreted as just covering the technique of using symbolic gifts to provoke their opponents.

An increasing number of UK elections are now multi-member, where each elector can vote multiple times according to the number of vacant seats.

Five years ago, Welsh Labour did very well in the Welsh local elections, increasing the number of council seats they held by around 70 %; by the end of that night they had substantially more councillor in Wales than did the Conservatives, Plaid Cymru and the Liberal Democrats put together.

the effect is unpredictable but would probably increase the number of Lib - dem seats at the expence of Labour & Tories.

His comments come after an Operation Black Vote study found the number of seats where black and Asian votes could swing the election result had increased by 70 % since 2010.

At the upcoming County Council elections this June, not to mention the Euro elections, we expect to do well, greatly increasing our number of County seats - while the Lib Dems head in the opposite direction.

According to the BBC, across all the council seats elected on 3 May, last fought in 2014, Labour increased its number of councillors by 77 (to 2,350), the Tories were reduced by 33 (to 1,332) and the Lib Dems increased by 75 (to 536).

The increase in their number of seats in 1997, 2001 and 2005 was attributed to the weakness of the Conservatives and the success of their election strategist Chris Rennard.

They increased both the number and the share of the vote despite the loss of seats.

[148] In the 2008 local elections they gained 25 % of the vote, placing them ahead of Labour and increasing their control by 34 to more than 4,200 council seats — 21 % of the total number of seats.

And as every Tory seat bar one is in England or Wales, this adjustment increases the number of Tory marginals that Labour could hope to gain (and, also, reduce fractionally the number of seats that the Tories regain from the Lib Dems).

A little - reported result of the 2015 general election was a substantial reduction in the number of marginal seats, and a consequent increase in the number of very safe ones for both the Conservatives and Labour.

The Labour Party made significant gains in the February 2011 election, almost doubling their share of the vote nationally and increasing their number of Dail seats from 20 to 37.

Out of the 34 seats in the region, the NDC and the opposition New Patriotic Party control 20 and 14 respectively; but the NDC is hoping to increase its number to...

Adrian Kavanagh, 1st June 2011 The Labour Party made significant gains in the February 2011 election, almost doubling their share of the vote nationally and increasing their number of Dail seats from 20 to 37.

Voter registration numbers for Harrison Democrats have increased at more than double the rate of that of town Republicans, which may help the winner of the town board Democratic primary win a seat in the November election.

With the indictment of Assemblywoman Pamela Harris on Tuesday, her potential resignation could increase the number of vacant seats to 12.

The Lib Dems are expected to increase their number of MPs from eight to 12, although the former deputy prime minister lost his seat.