Sentences with phrase «into seat numbers»

These factors explain why Labour faces greater challenges in translating lower levels of national support into seat numbers than it did back in 1987 when the party won 12 seats with just over six percent of the national vote.

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In some cases, the congressional districts were gerrymandered to pack high numbers of Democratic voters into just a few districts as a way to create a greater number of Republican - leaning seats.
When Louis van Gaal marched into the hot seat at United it seemed that Fellaini's days were numbered.
Exchangeable a number of infant strollers are supplied where they might be squared away into double seater's with additional seats as well as a transverse bar.
When the original Baby Jogger City Select came out a number of years ago, it was a unique stroller with 16 different seating options and the ability to turn from a single into a double.
Like all Britax car seats, a lot of thought has gone into the design of the Baby - Safe, and there are a number of safety features which stand out from the crowd.
The party that controls the state legislature tries to put the opposite party's voters into safe seats, and maximize the number of seats that go to its own party.
If, as looks likely, the Conservatives end up with the largest number of seats, they get to go first in trying to form a government by going into coalition with other parties.
(A ninth Democrat, Simcha Felder, caucuses with Republicans but is not an IDC member — even if the Democrats gain two seats in this month's special elections, a number of Albany Democratic sources expressed doubt that Felder would come back into the fold until the Democrats strengthened their majority.)
Chambers in either of the «likely» categories are not expected to change party control on Election Day, but it's possible that the minority party could net a non-trivial number of seats and nibble into the majority's margins.
The right - wing press has already swung into action and sought to delegitimise any prospect of the Labour party winning the second largest number of seats and governing with the support of the SNP.
Sowatey, 30, later described at the seat of government as a «goro boy», after duping Madam Luo Zian, turned round to inform her that the President of Ghana, John Dramani Mahama, wanted to arrest her for allegedly making derogatory statements about the number one gentleman of the country, so she should go into hiding.
It is notoriously difficult to convert opinion poll figures for the share of the votes into the number of seats likely to be won at a General Election.
Through the EU elections, which have a PR system, the number of seats allocated to UKIP gave it momentum going into the general election.
Those gains were relatively minor, if only because Republicans held a large number of seats in state legislatures going into the election.
This concentration of Liberal Democrat votes into key seats will be paramount in distributing their declining vote share into their number of MPs come May 8th 2015.
Overall turnover, including defeated incumbents and retirements, and the total number of open seats heading into the general election.
The Lords has been brought into disrepute with the sheer numbers there — you can't get a seat.
However, this grouping is a rather broad one, as will be noted in more detail below, and hence would not be as successful in translating support levels into a similar proportion of seat numbers as would be the case for one of the larger political parties.
However, the fractured political landscape (in particular relating to the likely level of Fine Gael and Labour seat losses) and the favourable impact of the boundary changes associated with the 2012 Constituency Commission report means that Fianna Fail would achieve more success in translating these support levels into Dail seat numbers than they had at the 2011 contest.
In all, a small swing to Labour (of 2 %, or less) from other parties could see further seat gains fall into the party's hands in a number constituencies (highlighted by the yellow shaded constituencies on the map), with a particular cluster of these target constituencies being located in the Munster region.
The more seats a party or grouping has, the more chance it has of forming a government - with 198 seats out of 646 the Conservative Party could only form a government if significant numbers of other MP's decided to back them, as happened in 1924 when there was a situation that the Conservatives didn't want to form a coalition with either other main party and equally the Liberals didn't want a coalition with Labour and the Liberals and Conservatives saw it as an opportunity to allow Labour into government but in a situation in which legislation was still reliant on Liberal and Conservative votes and they could be brought down at the most suitable time, supposing the notional gains were accurate and in the improbable event of the next election going exactly the same way in terms of votes then 214 out of 650 is 32.93 % of seats compared to at 198 out of 646 seats - 30.65 % of seats and the Conservative Party would then be 14 seats closer towards a total neccessary to form a government allowing for the greater number of seats, on the one hand the Conservatives need Labour to fail but equally they need to succeed themselves given that the Liberal Democrats appear likely to oppose anyone forming a government who does not embark on a serious programme to introduce PR, in addition PC & SNP would expect moves towards Independence for Scotland and Wales, the SDLP will be likely to back Labour and equally UKIP would want a committment to withdraw from Europe and anyway will be likely to be in small numbers if any, pretty much that leaves cutting a deal with the DUP which would only add the backing of an extra 10 - 13 MP's.
The above Senate numbers come into force on 1 July 2014 when new state Senators take their seats.
But the Senate Democrats from Queens will be screaming if they really have a non-partisan plan since a number of them will be combined into districts and have to face one another, plus the creation of one or two asian seats one couldl favor Republican Peter Koo
Theresa May is facing an election cronyism row after party bosses attempted to parachute four Number 10 aides into seats with vast Tory majorities.
Even if the Tories are the largest party with the most number of seats and will therefore have the first chance to form a government, she will find it difficult to go into coalition with a smaller party like the Liberal Democrats, who are fundamentally opposed to Brexit.
If these numbers were to be converted into parliamentary seats Labour would emerge with a majority of just eight seats.
But Democrats believe a number of other seats are being brought more into play by the GOP presidential race.
How this translates into seats or a coalition is unclear but based on our numbers we'd put the Conservatives ahead of Labour on vote share but the two parties within 10 seats of each other in the new House of Commons.
Conservative backbenchers were expressing fears on Saturday that Ukip — which leapfrogged the Conservatives into second place in Thursday's Eastleigh byelection — represents a serious threat to their support not just in the south of England but also in the north, where the Tories face a struggle to defend a number of key marginal seats at the 2015 general election.
The regional vote is used to elect representatives from party lists to stand in regional seats, taking into account how many seats were gained by that party in the constituency vote, using a system of proportional representation: the number of seats a party receives will roughly reflect its percentage of the vote.
Combine a wider target list with the large number of Republican incumbents already heading into retirement (26 and counting) as well as the massive cash edge the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has over its GOP counterpart and a double - digit seat gain for Democrats starts to seem like a real possibility.
In some councils, boundary changes come into force in 2018 where councils are reorganised and the number of seats on the council changes.
That then feeds into a computer model that effectively has a number of toggles for each constituency, such as whether it is rural or urban, and attempts to identify types of seats that will experience the same electoral swing.
«A greater number of Europhobic members... in the European Parliament would certainly have negative consequences on the idea to turn scientific research and innovation into a great European policy, as we have done for agriculture,» says Jean - Pierre Audy, an EPP parliamentarian from France who lost his seat in this election.
There are a number of types of calf raise exercise which can be split into two main forms: standing and seated calf raises.
Leading on from this is a new meadow lawn area and ecological planting was established around the existing trees and a number of enclosed seating areas have been set into the natural planting to encourage quieter contemplation and conversation between small groups of children.
So translated into English, the phrase «Harbormasters have a mission to buoy the number of high - quality seats in their cities» actually means,
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.»
With no shift points or drops in torque, planting your right foot forces your passengers into their leather seats as the numbers on the digital speedometer soar.
With the rear seats up, the 2017 CX - 5 features 30.9 cubic feet of cargo space, which isn't quite as voluminous as the Honda CR - V's 39.2 cubic feet, but with the seats folded down, that number increases to 59.6 cubic feet (plenty, we discovered, for loading five very large rugs into the rear with room to spare).
The Sultan of Brunei owns eight or so, and untold numbers have been destroyed at the hands of overexuberant owners or their spoiled - rotten children, ungrateful offspring who should be damned to spend all eternity sitting in traffic at the 101/405 interchange in Los Angeles, wedged into the third - row seat of a clapped - out Plymouth Grand Voyager between Bill O'Reilly and a wet dog.
The theme continues inside, with carbon fibre detailing on the door trims and fascia, bespoke leather seats with the «Ring circuit graphic embossed into the Recaro front seat backrests and an individually numbered plaque showing each car's build number.
Electric engine and trunk lid release, Multi function display, On board computer, Variable PAS, 4 speakers, Porsche CDR - 24 CD / radio, 2 speed front wipers + intermittent wipe, Aspherical driver's exterior mirror, Automatically extending split rear spoiler, Body colour bumpers, Body colour electric / heated door mirrors, Chrome plated stainless steel tailpipes, Coming home function, Door entry guards in stainless steel, Dual tailpipe, Electric windows one touch open / close, Front fog light / position light, Green tinted heat insulating glass, Heated washer nozzles, High level LED brake light, Solid paint, Windscreen with grey top tint, Alcantara handbrake / gearshift, Alcantara roof lining, Alcantara steering wheel rim, gear lever and handbrake grip, Coat hook integrated into back seat, Continuously variable dimming interior light, Cup holders, Door entry guards with Cayman S logo, Electrically adjustable backrest, Floor mats in interior colour, Footwell illumination, Front door storage bins, Height / reach adjust steering wheel, Integrated head restraints, Interior orientation lighting, ISOFIX child seat preparation + airbag deactivation, Leather finish on door handles, Leather interior in standard colour, Lockable glovebox, Luggage retainer on engine cover, Porsche crest embossed in headrests, Sports look pedals with rubber insert / stainless steel frame, Storage compartments in front section of centre console, Storage pockets in backrests of front seats, Sunvisors with illuminated vanity mirrors, Interior design package (in matching exterior paint colour)- Cayman, 3 point automatic seatbelts, ABS+ABD, ASR, Driver / Front Passenger airbags, Motor Slip Regulation - Engine Drag Torque Control, Passive occupant restraint system, POSIP for driver and passenger, Red painted brake calipers, Seatbelt pretensioners with load limiters, Side (thorax) airbags, Alarm system with interior protection, Remote control central locking, Transponder engine immobiliser, Porsche Active Suspension Management, Porsche stability management (PSM), Black instrument dials, Numbered plaque on glovebox lid, Rear centre console painted black, 19» Turbo alloy wheels, Sealing compound and compressor kit
Inside, the interior receives a number of YENKO branded trim and sYc ® is embroidered into the seat headrests and door panels.
The N400 cabin featured perforated black leather seats, micro spun alloy fascia, a circuit map of Nurburgring embroidered into the centre armrest and unique numbered sill plaques.
There are also a number of ways to help keep money in your pocket while getting you into the driver's seat of one of our sweet used cars.
The»03 Expedition actually sports a significant number of upgrades and improvements over the previous model, including a hydroformed frame that is approximately 70 percent stiffer in torsional rigidity, new variable - assist power rack - and - pinion steering, bigger brakes, a 1.7 - inch - wider track and the segment's first fold - flat - into - the - floor third - row seat with power - folding capability.
With the Executive Rear Seat Package, rear passengers can control a number of features via a touchpad screen integrated into the console between the seats.
A closer look at this new Avanti Toro reveals we are again looking at chassis number 564, so this is still Bader's own car that has been modified once again into a new car, this would explain why the interior looks the same between the Avanti Rosso and this Avanti Toro, the same Sesto Elemento inspired red vents are installed onto a carbon fiber headliner while the black seats show the stunning stitching pattern with a white headrest boasting the Nimrod crest.
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