Sentences with phrase «large number of seats»

If an airline is said to have «good award seat availability» that means that each flight has a large number of seats available to those looking to book with miles.

Kulveer Ranger After fighting Makerfield in 2005, Kulveer applied for a large number of seats, reaching a number of finals.

However, as a result of the rise of the party, its victory in the earlier European Elections in the UK, and the threat of it taking a large number of seats in 2015, the Government of the day offered a referendum on EU membership... and as a result, UKIP is a fair part of the way towards achieving its aim, even though that governing party from previous AND current Prime Minster down do not want to leave the EU.

But the figures for England also showed it was going to lose a large number of its seats where Labour is the challenger.

Any business that had done that would be looking very hard now at both its strategy and its management to see how we get some of that back because otherwise we are going to lose a large number of seats at the next election.»

Picking up a large number of seats is tough for either party because there aren't as many competitive races on the map following the decennial redistricting process in 2012.

Those gains were relatively minor, if only because Republicans held a large number of seats in state legislatures going into the election.

«Any business that had done that would be looking very hard now at both its strategy and its management to see how we get some of that back - because otherwise we're going to lose a large number of seats at the next election.»

[96] Following the results, Sturgeon claimed that the election was a «clear and emphatic victory for the SNP», despite the large number of seats gained by the Scottish Conservatives.

They could, for example, lose a large number of seats with 49 % of the votes.

You divide seats so there's a small number of seats that are almost purely, e.g., Blue and the create a larger number of seats that are 51 % red, and even though the popular vote might favour Blue, the artifact of seat boundaries elects Red.

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.

Putting aside any demands for May to stand down, the party with the largest number of seats must reach out to other parties to strike a deal to share power.

The Conservatives are 2 to 1 on to have the largest number of seats in the new parliament, Labour 2 to 1 against.

Instead, the party with the largest number of seats — in this case, it looks like the Conservatives — will attempt to form a coalition government with one of the smaller parties.

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.

In this form, the plurality principle can be problematic and ambiguous given the disproportionality of the UK's first - past - the - post electoral system, as a result of which the party with the largest number of seats may be different from the party which wins most votes.

Voters traditionally use local elections to give the Government of the day a kicking - meaning opposition parties pick up large numbers of seats as a result.

«The rules are that, if it's a hung Parliament, it's not the party with the largest number of seats that has first go - it's the sitting Government.»

The electorate gave the Conservative party by far the largest number of seats and share of the poll.

In the 2010 general election on 6 May that year, Labour with 29.0 % of the vote won the second largest number of seats (258).

Labour is currently the Official Opposition in the Parliament of the United Kingdom, having won the second - largest number of seats in the 2017 general election.

The Labour Party had the largest number of seats in the House of Commons, but not an overall majority.

Of the eleven forecasts nearly half had Labour winning the largest number of seats.

Labour has «lost its moral authority» to govern Scotland, the SNP claimed today as it won the largest number of seats in the Scottish parliament.

The SNP have taken the largest number of seats - 47 to Labour's 46 - but Labour could yet form a coalition.

However, if after an election no one party has an absolute majority in the House (as in 1923, 1929 and February 1974) then the Queen will send for the leader of the party with the largest number of seats (as in 1929 and 1974) or with the next largest number of seats (as in January 1924).

He hasn't got a majority but wins the largest number of votes and even possibly the largest number of seats.

Assuming that no party has a majority and the Liberal Democrats finish with the third largest number of seats, what are the most likely scenarios?

In 1974, Labour supporters protested at Heath's attempt to hang on when he had not won the largest number of seats but Harold Wilson bided his time before forming a minority government.

The Liberal Democrats held the largest number of seats and Cllr Rodney Berman was Leader of the Council.

Well, if the proponents of the change looked at UK election results they would see there are large numbers of seats where the incumbents already receive at least 50 per cent of the votes.

The election produced a hung parliament, with the Conservative Party led by Arthur Balfour and their Liberal Unionist allies receiving the largest number of votes, but the Liberals led by H. H. Asquith winning the largest number of seats, returning two more MPs than the Conservatives.

[9][10] It was also the first time a party other than Labour or Conservative had won the largest number of seats in a national election since the December 1910 general election.

Meanwhile his decision to repeatedly state that the party with the largest number of seats should form the next government is set to undermine the legitimacy of any minority Labour government should we see one next month.

Nick said he would hold to his Election campaign commitment to talk first to the party with the largest number of seats - the Conservatives.

The election resulted in a hung parliament, with the Conservative Party winning the largest number of seats.

The council has been run for the past four years by a coalition of 30 Conservatives, who won the largest number of seats in 2010, and seven Liberal Democrats.

In 2015 a different political party won the largest number of seats in each nation of the UK for the first time.

Whatever the constitutional convention about the party with the largest number of seats getting first shot at forming a government, the pressure on Clegg to back a Cameron - led administration if the Tories won the largest share of the vote — rather than support a party that had lost its majority — would be intense.

Brown, who could still win the largest number of seats while falling behind the Tories in the number of votes, could use the extra week to woo Nick Clegg.

Not exact matches

In addition to the large - scale alterations at its VIP locations, the company made a number of changes to its seating:

In addition to our standard Dedicated Desks, we have a select number of premium dedicated desks, featuring larger L - shaped work surfaces and a fully operable window for enhanced natural light and direct access to fresh air without having to leave the comfort of your own seat.

This smacks to many of a deep - seated hatred of homosexuals, rather than of a recommitment to biblical principles of marriage, especially in light of the small number of homosexuals who seek to be married in the Church compared with the large numbers of heterosexual Christians who have actively sought divorce.

Next Tuesday night, with Leonard's future on the line, they will be fighting for the largest purse in boxing history, $ 15 million — $ 8 million for Duran, $ 7 million for Leonard — before what could be a record boxing crowd in terms of both gate and numbers, 80,000 fans in the Dome (1,297 of whom will pay a record $ 1,000 for a ringside seat), perhaps 1.7 million in 345 closed - circuit locations around North America and thousands more who will view the fight via satellite on other continents.

We have had the joy of helping a large number of families traveling around and make their excursions and treks a great deal more providing so as to consider the comfort of whole family, for example, crib rentals, pack - n - play rentals, car seat rentals, stroller rentals and high seat rentals and also several other child embellishments.

A large number of parents daily send emails to www.CarSeat.se with all sorts of great questions about rear facing and the Swedish car seats.

Buying an infant car seat is stressful because the market is completely oversaturated with a large number of options.

«What the country needs more than ever is certainty, and having secured the largest number of votes and the greatest number of seats in the General Election, it is clear that only the Conservative & Unionist Party has the legitimacy and ability to provide that certainty by commanding a majority in the House of Commons.

Vacant seats abound in the state Legislature at the moment, leaving a large number of New Yorkers without representation in Albany.