Sentences with phrase «leadership bid burnham»

Nicky Morgan, who backed Michael Gove's leadership bid alongside most of her ministerial team, has been education secretary for almost two years.

Nash, a venture capitalist, and his wife became Tory donors in 2006 and helped to finance David Davis's 2005 Conservative leadership bid.

Earlier this week the GMB union, which supported Mr Miliband's leadership bid, announced it was slashing its affiliation funds to the Labour Party from # 1.2 million to # 150,000.

Owen Smith has postponed the formal launch of his Labour leadership bid following the suspected terrorist attack in Nice that has left more than 80 people dead.

Mr Clegg has gained the support of former leader Lord Ashdown and MP Steve Webb, who had been expected to mount a leadership bid of his own.

[87] Many of the parliamentarians who nominated Dugdale for deputy leader also endorsed Murphy's leadership bid, but she ruled out standing with Murphy on a joint ticket.

Anas Sarwar, who resigned as Scottish Labour's deputy leader in December 2014, and who is seen as a favourite to succeed Dugdale, denied claims he was eyeing up a leadership bid.

The No campaign, Better Together, with its focus - group tested slogan, «No Thanks», was essentially run by the Labour Party — chaired by Alistair Darling, the ex-Chancellor of the Exchequer responsible with Brown for the deregulation of uk banks, and directed by Blair McDougall, who had organized David Miliband's failed Labour leadership bid — though its platform included local Tories and Liberal Democrats, to the embarrassment of many Labour functionaries, who preferred to claim that the whole referendum campaign was a waste of time.

Although Ed Miliband agreed to his brother's request to back the Movement for Change, it continues to work very closely with Progress and be run entirely by backers of David Miliband's leadership bid, including Blair McDougall, national director and James Purnell's former special advisor.

A wealthy MP dubbed the «Tory Barack Obama» has been accused of undermining David Cameron with a secret leadership bid.

Later, a source close to Lewis said it was «categorically it is not true» that the MP registered the websites in preparation for a leadership bid.

Presenter Iain Dale said to him: «Just to be clear, you'll be announcing your leadership bid tomorrow?»

A key lieutenant of David Davis in his leadership bid, Mitchell was appointed shadow secretary of state for international development after the election (more information at They work for you)

Campbell's leadership bid last spring was so ineptly run that Chris Huhne came in from a 200 - 1 shot to nearly win.

Yesterday, the couple took their two adopted sons — Isaac, five, and Jacob, two — to David's Westminster HQ to help his campaign team rally support among Labour voters for his leadership bid.

He is decisive, well - organised, and has the enormous advantage of being able to deploy the personnel and infrastructure he has inherited from his 2006 leadership bid.

He committed to touring constituencies where Labour lost seats during his leadership bid to talk those who did not vote for the party as well as supporters.

He said he had enough nominations from MPs to mount a leadership bid but had decided to pull out and throw his weight behind Nick Clegg.

After the country voted for Brexit, he began the initial stages of a leadership bid but dramatically and unexpectedly dropped out when his campaign chief, Michael Gove, made the surprise decision to challenge him for the job.

Corbyn said he was «disappointed» by Eagle's leadership bid and urged her to «think again» but said he would fight any challenge.

Ed Balls has told Peston on Sunday that Angela Eagle's leadership bid is «essential» as Jeremy Corbyn «can't do the job».

He dismissed suggestions from former shadow cabinet minister Owen Smith, who is thought to be considering his own leadership bid, that he would split the party.

Jeremy Corbyn has rejected claims of an «infiltration» of Labour by hard - left groups backing his leadership bid, saying the new supporters will turn Labour into a «social movement» again.

The MP who ran Andrea Leadsom's leadership bid tells openDemocracy that he wasn't involved in commissioning a key opinion poll which boosted her campaign and was funded by the secretive Constitutional Research Council.

In the primary the strongest challenge to Bersani was posed by a fellow Democrat, the 37 - year - old mayor of Florence Matteo Renzi, a liberal moderniser, who had officially launched his leadership bid on 13 September 2012 in Verona, Veneto.

Speculation about his leadership bid came after he failed to win the backing of the Unite union, which gave its endorsement to Ed Miliband.

Former education secretary and chief whip Gove, 48, had kept a low profile since his failed leadership bid before stepping out earlier this month to attend the festival.

John Lehal is a well respected party insider and was Andy Burnham's campaign director last year for his leadership bid.

Allies of Jeremy Corbyn say he they are nervous about him using his platform to launch a future leadership bid, and he is being accompanied by other members of the shadow cabinet on visits to keep an eye on him.

If it had not been for the lavish praise he showered on Nick Clegg, journalists would be writing it up tonight as a leadership bid.

Owen Smith MP has cancelled the launch of his Labour leadership bid in the light of Thursday's deadly attack on Nice.

Ms Evans announced her leadership bid on The Andrew Marr Show on Sunday, warning that Mr Kassam would take the party too far to the right.

Ms Cooper said it was not the «right time» for her to consider a leadership bid but she wanted to remain «part of a strong Labour team».

After significant electoral defeats at the hands of the SNP in 2015 and 2016, and splits over Corbyn's leadership bid last year, senior figures in both wings of the Scottish party say they are keen to preserve unity during the leadership election.

As a relatively new MP, Smith has the advantage of being untouched by the legacy of the Iraq War, an issue which may damage Eagle's leadership bid.

The MP's staff have now refused to answer any calls to the office after they were bombarded with abusive phone calls in the wake of her leadership bid.

«It is the opposite of a leadership bid because this is an unpopular position in the Labour party.»

Alan Johnson, the health secretary, has joined a cabinet push for a major overhaul of the way Britain is governed, in what will be seen by MPs as the start of a leadership bid.

A number of Sunday papers reported that Boris Johnson was either being encouraged to make a leadership bid in an effort to oust Mrs May, or actually preparing one - a claim dismissed as «tripe» by the Foreign Secretary.

When announcing his leadership bid on Wednesday, Ed Balls mentioned the «I» word endlessly, and praised a politician whose sour countenance and self - styled toughness have long embodied the most dried - up school of Labour politics: Phil Woolas, this week heard bemoaning the fact that Labour failed to make more of the policy whereby benefits are refused to those seeking indefinite leave to remain (which would have made for very uplifting posters).

At the launch of his leadership bid Richard Leonard spoke of people in Scotland being «hungry for change».

The former Energy Minister was moved to Liz Truss's old job - getting a seat at the Cabinet table for the first time - despite quitting her leadership bid within days amid a major row over comments she made about motherhood.

Asked if he would stand to replace Mr Clegg if he was no longer leader, Mr Farron said it would be «foolish and disloyal» to consider a post-election leadership bid.

It seemed that she was determined to ensure that his leadership bid failed.

[123] David Miliband was then forced to deny that he was plotting a leadership bid; in July, an article written by him for The Guardian was interpreted by the media as an attempt to undermine Brown.

Cameron was then quick to gloat after Johnson was betrayed in his Tory leadership bid by fellow Brexiteer Michael Gove.

Launching his leadership bid, Mr Brown said he intended to strike a different note to Tony Blair on many key issues, including a greater safeguard on civil liberties.

Balls» leadership bid is supported by Michael Dugher, Brown's former spokesman and newly - elected MP for Barnsley East.

Blunt became a party whip under Howard, but on 9 June 2005 he took leave of absence from that role to support the expected leadership bid of Sir Malcolm Rifkind.

He gave Total Politics magazine a hardly - unequivocal denial of his leadership ambitions: «I'm not pretending that I'm keeping my leadership bid quiet just for the right moment.