Sentences with phrase «leadership election on»

To give Hanan his due, he has argued stalwartly with successive Conservative leaders for withdrawal from the EPP and he supported Cameron in the leadership election on this basis and urged others to do so.

Dugdale won the 2015 leadership election on 15 August 2015.

«Folk might remember I fought a leadership election on the other side of that particular argument,» she added.

«If you thought the way to become leader of the Labour party was to follow a very defined route, then all of a sudden Jeremy Corbyn winning the leadership election on the route you're not meant to take - it tips it all on its head, doesn't it.

Things came to a head at the party congress when Janković won an internal leadership election on April 26.

During the subsequent leadership election on 20 November, he polled 152 votes (40.9 %) in the first round of voting by Conservative MPs, enough to prevent an outright Thatcher victory.

After Jeremy Corbyn won the 2015 leadership election on 12 September, Thornberry was appointed Shadow Minister of State for Employment.

Indeed, as many as 164,000 people signed up to vote in the party's leadership elections on the last day of registration, with many crediting the rise of Jeremy Corbyn for this exponential growth.

Not exact matches

But she said the project is on hold and future plans are unclear as a result of the change in USPTO leadership after the presidential election.

I think we're on the cusp of a generation of government, political and social leadership that come from the «outside» as barriers of entry to these fields are lowered and we see more competitive elections, which will hopefully be more content - driven.

During the 2008 election, Obama promised his presidency «will mark a new chapter in America's leadership on climate change.»

While I understand that the NDP must feel intense pressure to capture votes — including from people who have never taken a course from John Smithin — I often wish that the NDP would show a bit more policy leadership on the issue of the deficit and debt. I was particularly disappointed during the 2008 federal election campaign when Mr. Layton stated, unequivocally, that the NDP would not run a deficit in the following year if elected (even though it was clear that Canada was entering a recession).

Despite being in the midst of a leadership contest, which ends with a vote on October 18, 2014, the NDP continues to nominate candidates for the next election.

Find out more on key issue areas and events in the 2008 federal election, including the minority / majority government question, the economy, leadership, the environment, and Canada in Afghanistan.

Clark supporters from beginning to end, the Holborn Group gave $ 5000 to her leadership campaign — and on the day of the last provincial election, wrote another cheque for $ 5000.

Find information on Canadian federal electoral history from 2006 - 2008, including 2006 general election results, changes in party leadership, and political party standing prior to 2008 general election.

Find information on registered political parties in the 2008 federal election, including party leadership, background information, and election platforms.

Stamos is the most high - profile Facebook executive to leave since the 2016 election, and really the first public indication that Facebook's leadership team might not be on the same page about how to deal with the company's fake news problem.

From recruiting many emerging Pro-Life leaders who have gained valuable knowledge and skills in political leadership on our provincial board to activating lifelong Pro-Life supporters at the grassroots level, helping them engage effectively in our last provincial election.

The Japan election could have consequences for the future leadership of the Bank of Japan and the country's impact on global interest rate trends.

The election will also have an important impact on the leadership at key financial regulatory agencies, especially the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), along with the Department of Labor, which is increasingly active in regulating retirement products.

He has often cautioned in his posts that it will not be a good idea for the leadership of the party to impose him on its members as flag bearer for election 2020.

that might increase their motivation to keep him hanging on to the leadership whatever the general election result.

On one hand, their districts are closely divided, and they need to display independence from the liberal House Democratic leadership in order to appeal to the centrist, swing voters who will likely make the difference between winning and losing in the 2014 elections.

He went on to graduate at the top of his class with first class honours in Politics and Modern History at Manchester University, winning the Robert McKenzie Prize for political science, his first book contract and election to the (sabbatical) leadership of the students» union, Labour Students» National Committee and NUS National Council.

And the ongoing row over a cut - off date for the leadership election led to McDonnell attacking the «small clique» on the National Executive Committee that was trying to restrict the vote to members who had signed up before 12 January.

``...... In my support for President Mahama, Nutor [host] in this 2016 elections what didn't I do in support of the cause when I was keenly on Bawumia anywhere he goes doing press conferences, was I not supporting and working for leadership?

«I have a live and current understanding and experience of the changes in the party, both from the two leadership elections and the general election where I was out on the doorstep with all of these new members,» says McKeever, who missed out on the Commons by just 1159 votes.

There are past instances of parties winning elections with the least - popular leader, or without a perceived handle on all things economic, but there's no obvious precedent for a party to win an election when it is behind on both leadership and matters fiscal.

Mr Cameron will meet with president Thein Sein, whose leadership he praised for allowing the release of political prisoners, the holding of by - elections and the legalisation of previously outlawed political parties, on the trip.

Kennedy said he's focused on doing his job and preparing for the general election in November, but that doesn't mean he's happy with the current leadership.

Beginning with Republicans, while securing this year's Presidential election, many in the top leadership of the Republican Party have seen the «writing on the wall».

Conservatives betting their # 3s on his winning the Labour leadership could lose their party at the election.

In its official response to the Ukip leadership election, Labour opted to focus on Nuttall's previous comments about the NHS.

For all Ed Miliband's talk of restructuring the British economy and creating a responsible capitalism, the party's position on the core issue of the deficit was dangerously muddled: after three years of opposing «austerity», the Labour leadership spentthe run - up to the election trying to minimise its differences with the government.

Now that we have been rushed into a leadership contest, there is an urgent need for those MPs who see themselves as democratic socialists (of whatever hue) to get together at a meeting in the Commons to agree on a candidate for the leadership election.

Never mind that under Corbyn, Labour has increased its vote share on its 2015 general election showing, and grown its percentage majorities in all four by - elections fought under his leadership.

As a reminder of Unite's importance though; Unite are still the biggest funder of the party (in the first week of the election campaign they gave # 2.4 m of the total # 2.7 m received by Labour), they have upwards of one million members they can encourage to register as supporters in a leadership election (and indeed activate in Parliamentary candidate selections), Unite has three seats on the NEC and of course Len's chief of staff, Andrew Murray, was seconded to Jeremy's team for the general election campaign.

Her re-election to the leadership post comes as Democrats struggled in elections last week, though two races remain too - close - to - call on Long Island.

These MPs will have ambitions of climbing the greasy pole and may have chosen to back Remain to satisfy Cameron or may have chosen to sit on the fence in case a Leave candidate such as Boris Johnson or Priti Patel wins the leadership election.

Even, improbably, Jeremy Corbyn has used it, telling his delirious fans in his leadership acceptance speech, «I want us to stand up and say «we want to live in a society where we don't pass by on the other side of those people rejected by an unfair welfare system»,» and motivating them again 18 months later at the start of the 2017 Election campaign by claiming, «we know that the people of Britain don't pass by on the other side.»

Democratic Senate lawmakers tried — and failed — to force a vote on gun control via a parliamentary gambit, attaching proposals to an existing bill, a move known as a hostile amendment, trying to make the Republican leadership to formally vote them down in an election year.

Gov. Eric Greitens of Missouri was indicted on a felony invasion of privacy charge, accused of photographing a nude or partially nude person without the person's knowledge or consent in 2015, threatening his hold on the leadership of the state and creating chaos across Missouri's political landscape in an election year.

Indeed, after the elections, President Mbeki called personally to congratulate the Chairperson on her warmth, hard work, exemplary leadership and excellent organization of the elections.

Congratulations to Kez Dugdale and Alex Rowley on winning the Scottish Labour leadership elections.

The Labour leadership contenders are spending more on their campaigns than the Green Party spent nationally in the general election.

I hope all of the candidates hoping to succeed David Cameron will appear before this caucus during the leadership election and be quizzed on their ideas for reforming capitalism, increasing housebuilding, bringing the «undeserved rich» down to size and harnessing tomorrow's technologies for popular rather than sectional gain.

Plus economist Dambisa Moyo on how to fix the crises in global democracy and Libby Brooks on the SNP's deputy leadership election

Election years tend to chill swift movement on appropriations bills — especially when there's potential turnover in leadership of one or both chambers.

Potential candidates for the Labour leadership were being discussed even before Miliband resigned on the morning after the election.