Sentences with phrase «is standing for»

The Scottish Green party is fielding David Doherty, Tommy Sheridan is standing for Solidarity, John Smeaton is standing as an independent funded by the Jury Team, and former Big Brother runner - up Mikey Hughes, 35, is standing as an independent.

The current Speaker, John Bercow, is standing for election in Buckingham.

The pens were given out ahead of the Southampton Council elections on 3 May - the complaint was made by Ed Thompson who is standing for Viva Europa.

Nusrat Ghani - After winning an open primary selection, Ms Ghani is standing for the safe Sussex constituency of Wealden, having cut her teeth in the Labour stronghold of Birmingham Ladywood in 2010.

Stephen Kinnock - Dubbed the «Red Prince», Stephen Kinnock is son of the former Labour party leader Neil Kinnock, and is standing for the safe seat of Aberavon.

Victoria Ayling, who is standing for election in Grimsby, says she meant to say renewable energy subsidies

This time around, current Labour list MSP Claire Baker is standing for Labour and will be trying to win back those 182 votes — and more.

While not close to the 65 Queens candidates who ran for Council when the entire delegation was term limited, we see real races shaping up in a handful of seats where no incumbent is standing for election and one challenge to an incumbent that is certainly worth focus and ink.

The incumbent mayor, who is standing for re-election on May 3rd, was accused of not having acted soon enough by his main challenger, Labour's Ken Livingstone.

Meanwhile the perilous state of the Labour party's finances were highlighted by former deputy prime minister John Prescott, who is standing for the treasurer post.

Brian Philp is standing for the Kippers in the London seat of Orpington, while his son defends Croydon South just 30 minutes down the road.

He was also asked about the role of former Conservative MP Neil Hamilton - who is standing for election to the party's executive committee.

He is not contesting this election — Defence Minister Joao Lourenco is standing for the governing MPLA party.

Maggie Throup, who is standing for the Conservatives against Liberal Democrat Lorely Burt in the super-marginal Solihull seat, believes the only real test will come on polling day.

Magnus Nielsen, who is standing for the party in West Hampstead said the UK should start reducing the number of people entitled to vote.

Speaking on GBC / Star Ghana one - one - one presidential encounter, President Mahama, who is standing for election on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), said the decision to transform the polytechnics into universities was to give value to technical education as a source of training the youth to be employed by industry.

The election also saw Labour's Laura Pidcock, who is standing for the seat of Durham North West in the general election, lose her council seat to the Tories.

Endean, who is standing for Ukip in Plymouth, retweeted an image of rescued migrants with the caption: «Labour's new floating voters.

But we also think that it's astonishing that nobody has responsibility for the diversity of democracy nationally, and we shall be taking steps to ask government, the Electoral Commission and elections officers to do this, both in terms of providing support for the identification and training of candidates through a Democracy Diversity Fund, and by monitoring who is standing for election in the first place.

Ferguson, who is standing for Ukip in Southport, warned that those who voted for the three parties were also «guilty by association of treason».

She is standing for election to the Board for the first time.

After the events of this week it's unclear who the Opposition is standing for.

South Australian premier Jay Weatherill, who is standing for re-election this weekend, said the Whyalla project would benefit the wider community by improving local grid stability.

Although Macron served in a socialist government, he is standing for presidency as an independent, socially liberal, and pro-business centrist candidate.

The S stands for smart.

M stands for «Market»: The stock market tends to perform well during November, December and January.

This is getting all to scary for me, Romney scares the hell out of me because this is a country where money rules and that is ALL he stands for.

Pounding on a Book and a Truth that's stood for thousands of years and will stand for thousands more.

Anyway, back to the conversation I heard in the store, I wanted to tell this guy who was proud of his «stand for Christ» that just because people hate you for what you say doesn't mean that you are standing for Christ.

After all, simply because I am pro-life does not mean that is all I stand for.

Offer this truly distinctive hot cocoa featuring rich chocolate flavor from BAKER»S — the brand that's stood for great taste and quality since 1780.

Let is stand for 15 - 20 minutes.

They are standing for election at this years agm, so please read their bios, be impressed and vote!

The rivalry that has been standing for well over 100 years, when the two clubs first met in 1879 will be back on this season as the relegation of Aston Villa into the Championship means the two sides will meet at least twice this year.

A 2017 report claimed that Kaepernick would be standing for the national anthem, but it was denied by his girlfriend, Nessa.

M stands for momstown (and monkeys!!)

So there's one campaign I've seen from someone I trained with actually, you know, it's a stand for called a White Out.

Your feet, fingers and hands can swell, especially at the end of the day or when you've been standing for an extended period of time.

Some moms can do the on - the - floor changing, but I'm an older mom, so I need to be standing for my back.

Or, maybe just whatever it is you stand for...

Pretty soon they'll be standing for election with new freedoms to talk about, so why aren't they thinking about what they will say?

The Green party has been dealt a blow with the news that Siân Berry, its highly - rated candidate for London mayor, will not be standing for the party leadership.

As polls closed, Andy Burnham, one of the 2015 leadership contenders, appeared to declare that he would be standing for the post of Manchester mayor in 2017.

[55] The party chairman, Robin Tilbrook, declared that he was standing for Mayor of London and even asked for donations through one of the party's websites but his name did not appear on the ballot paper.

The Speaker of the House of Commons seeking re-election is treated effectively as if he were standing for a party, except that in this case other candidates may be nominated by any party or as independents as the proceedings begin afresh.

«What you have to do is stand for something, and you say to those people who voted Yes that that was last year's disagreement, and whether you keep Cameron in power in May is this year's decision,» said Murphy.

Please include the following information — name, council seat, committee (s) you are standing for.

The bad night for the Lib Dems had a personally sad note, as a candidate in his early 60s who was standing for election in Newcastle was found dead.

Mr Murphy said he wanted to have a successor as leader in place by the summer, and confirmed he would not be standing for a seat at the Scottish Parliament in next year's election.

Perhaps, more surprising, was the announcement that longstanding, local Labour MP Andy Burnham, was standing for election.