Sentences with phrase «internal party leadership election»

In such circumstances there may not even have been an internal party leadership election, as the new leader may be chosen by acclaim, having no electoral rival (as in the case of both Brown and May).

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The stakes could not be higher: a poor speech puts May at immediate risk of an internal leadership challenge; a solid speech means the assumed timetable of a two year premiership remains viable; a great speech means people might even start believing she's capable of leading the Party into the next election.

Things came to a head at the party congress when Janković won an internal leadership election on April 26.

In a challenge to his internal critics, a spokesman for Mr Corbyn said today: «Our view is that the leader of the Labour party is on the ballot paper if there's a leadership election.»

An important test of the Labour Party's future, beyond this leadership election, is it's internal democracy and accountability.

Lord Ashdown, who is coordinating the party's general election campaign, called on members not to waste time on «an internal, totally unnecessary, divisive leadership election».

Farage's comments serve as a rallying cry toUkip ahead of its leadership election, which has seen the party riven by internal divisions.

Endorsing David Miliband for the party leadership and Oona King for London May, and running a slate of candidates for internal elections to the executive and national policy forum.

Sure, there have been outriders floating radical ideas about policy and party reform, yet despite the fears among MPs that there would be a period of blood - letting following Owen Smith's emphatic defeat in the second leadership election last summer, there has been no abuse of the party's internal processes by Corbyn, evidenced by the failure of his supporters to secure berths in the pre-election carve - up of safe seats.

Not only has Johnson completely overlooked the tremendous role that Momentum played in the General Election — but he speaks as a supporter of Progress, an internal party organisation that, like Momentum, was founded immediately following a leadership eElection — but he speaks as a supporter of Progress, an internal party organisation that, like Momentum, was founded immediately following a leadership electionelection.

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The 2014 Scottish Labour Party leadership election was an internal party election to choose a new leader and deputy leader of the Scottish Labour Party, following the resignations of Johann Lamont as leader and Anas Sarwar as deParty leadership election was an internal party election to choose a new leader and deputy leader of the Scottish Labour Party, following the resignations of Johann Lamont as leader and Anas Sarwar as departy election to choose a new leader and deputy leader of the Scottish Labour Party, following the resignations of Johann Lamont as leader and Anas Sarwar as deParty, following the resignations of Johann Lamont as leader and Anas Sarwar as deputy.