Sentences with phrase «key seats»

«This is a strong performance from the SNP with our vote increasing in key seats across the country,» he said.

This allowed the party to send its most dedicated volunteers into key seats, in which data had identified specific voters whose turnout could swing the contest.

Labour is well - placed to win a «whole number» of key seats in the 2015 general election, Douglas Alexander has said following local election results.

Since taking office in 2012, Congresswoman DelBene has been a stalwart supporter of environmental legislation, and she has parlayed her work into key seats on the House Agriculture and Judiciary Committees.

Spending on direct mailings and poster campaigns are being scaled back to focus resources on a string of local campaigns in key seats as well as targeting voters online.

The move will make it harder for Labour to take key seats from the Conservatives in the 2015 general election campaign.

Polling showing them losing key seats is unfair to their respected candidates, they claim.

A dozen police forces passed files to prosecutors concerning the Tories» use of a battlebus to campaign in key seats during the 2015 election

Moldings on rear window, liftgate and body side; left remote - control outside mirror; right sun - visor vanity mirror; color - keyed seat belts; folding rear shelf panel; rack - and - pinion steering; stainless steel exhaust system.

You can work at your computer, read a magazine, or any other low - key seated activity.

«That's why we've placed more than 100 community organisers in key seats across the country, more than Labour has had in any election before.

In a lively hustings, the Potypridd MP went to war over Europe, the «futility» of Corbyn's leadership, his inability to win key seats... and T - shirts.

Two other key seats that lie outside of the Sydney basin are Robertson (ALP 1.0 %) and Dobell (ALP 5.1 %).

200 candidates in key seats selected.

Crabtree writes: «No more print - outs to take door to door or voter lists to review, just party workers keeping CCHQ [Conservative headquarters] updated in real time about voter turnout and key seat performances using dedicated BlackBerry - like devices.»

In numerous key seats in Northern England and the Midlands, the model has the Tories underperforming.

In England, in those areas that would be considered key seats for a future general election, we made nine gains and 44 losses.

Exit polls are usually far more accurate than a standard opinion poll as they are based on how people in key seats actually voted - though politicians were quick to say it was still too early to say if the prediction would be borne out.

Given this is his last general election as leader — «not according to your last question,» he interjects, laughing — which three key seats on the night of 7 May would he be looking out for as proof that he was heading back to Number 10?

As a result, it could well face a particularly strong challenge from the Conservatives in such key seats as Moray, currently held by Angus Robertson, and in Perth and North Perthshire, where the incumbent is Pete Wishart.

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.

Then, for 1984, the Reliant and Aries were given a minor facelift, without losing their squarish looks; the upgraded interior gained a new instrument panel with gas, temperature, and voltage gauges, and a trip odometer; color - keyed seat belts; molded trunk carpet; and another 7.5 inches of front seat travel.

David Cameron tells The House magazine he wants to use the boundary review to select more women candidates in key seats

When an organization grows beyond its ability to fill its key seats with the right people, it has set itself up for a fall.

The Tories may be able to outspend us by as much as three to one, but on the ground in the key seats, we aim to outnumber their diminished and demoralised activists by the same margin as we fight this election conversation by conversation, doorstep by doorstep, community by community.»

Research by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism showed how Tory fundraising dinners were resulting in rich donors» cash being funnelled directly into 80 key seats — the 40 the Tories want to hold on to and 40 more they want to gain.

Then there was the «Key Seats» unit, who provided logistical support to the agents, organizers and activists in the constituencies that we had to win.

With Labour struggling desperately in the polls, local initiatives are emerging to try and provide a united left - of - centre challenge to the Conservatives in key seats.

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By gathering information on key seats, we have found that Labour can only hope to steal four in the region and that none of the other parties can expect to make any significant gains either.

Labour were already concerned by the local election results, in which they had underperformed in a number of their key seats.

By mid-November, in its key seats, Labour had contacted over 15,000 voters per constituency, 21 % on average.

«The Tories may be able to outspend us by as much as three to one, but on the ground, in the key seats, we aim to outnumber their diminished and demoralised activists by the same margin as we fight this election conversation by conversation.»

Using the manifesto and anti-establishment rhetoric to bring out thousands of young voters and previous non-voters in key seats was also critical to Labour's performance.

All the hard work over the last couple of years is paying off... and all the key seats are buoyed by the reception they're having.

Selecting the best Parliamentary Candidates we have ever had, with more women candidates in key seats than ever before.

Shortly before 6 am on Friday, Labour held two key seats in Southampton to bring its total to 258 so far and deny the Conservatives the possibility of securing a majority.

For each time we've included a guide to key seats to watch out for - then bullet points with every seat in that time slot.

UKIP's capacity to change constituency - level outcomes by grabbing 15 - 25 % of the votes in key seats will matter just as much as its potential to win further seats outright.

This will allow you to telephone canvass these key seats if you can not physically get to them.

Election campaign co-ordinator Stephen Gilbert, has briefed Conservative MPs (and the media) that the next election will be fought in 80 key seats.

Ed Miliband's goal of four million individual conversations was on course to be exceeded, and though the Tories were spending over twice as much, voters in key seats were nearly 10 % more likely to have heard from Labour than from other parties.

«We won the local elections, we beat the Tories in the Euro elections, we were making gains in some of the key seats we need to win for the General Election.

«Increasingly, secretive groups, which don't have to declare where all their cash comes from, are channelling cash to key seats,» shadow Cabinet Office minister Jon Ashworth said.

Lib Dem insiders believe that Farron's views on homosexuality lost them key seats such as Nick Clegg's constituency of Sheffield North.

This opens up a key seat at a time when the Republicans can ill afford to lose one, and no doubt will spark a fierce battle in 2014.