Sentences with phrase «local constituency mp»

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Despite receiving the support of local Conservative members and several leading Tory MPs, Goldsmith's decision to resign from the Conservative party in protest at the decision to build a new airport runway in his constituency meant he was barred from accessing the crucial local voter data he required.

Mr Akufo - Addo said in reference to Sports Minister Nii Lantey Vanderpuye and Local Government Minister Collins Dauda, who, the NPP has accused of instigating their followers to visit violence on NPP members in Odododiodoo and Asutifi South constituencies, respectively, where the two ministers are MPs.

«The TUC's March for the Alternative on 26 March promises to be one of the biggest events that we have ever organised, but local campaigns and protests that do not hit the national headlines could well make just as much an impact in those constituencies where there are coalition MPs with small majorities.

Even though they have been given a free vote by their anti-war leader Jeremy Corbyn, many Labour MPs will feel pressure from their constituency parties and local left - wing activists not to vote in the same lobby as the Tories.

Labour MPs representing metropolitan constituencies may want to adopt an anti-Brexit stance, but MPs for constituencies in the North and Midlands which voted Leave will be keen to reflect local opinion.

And it's why, like Stephen Lloyd, Mike Crockart and other Lib Dem MPs, I have been running a local employment initiative in my constituency, Get East Dunbartonshire Working.

The government is standing firm in its approach to gypsy campsites after sustained attacks from local MPs concerned about travellers» sites in their constituency.

For a start I fail to understand why MPs such as Dominic Grieve and Paul Goodman whose constituencies are within ten miles or so of Ealing Southall and who have worked enthusiastically with their local Muslim, Hindu and Sikh communities over many years, building trust and support, were not brought in to advise on the strategy of this campaign.

11:51 - Harman is currently talking about the prominence of first ladies in constituencies - local MPs» wives being especially well - known.

At a local level, the portal details construction's activity across the UK so that MPs wanting to engage with the industry in their own constituencies can get a better feel for its influence.

The Lib Dem leadership rules state that a leader can be removed by a vote of no confidence passed by a majority of MPs or by a statement calling on him to go submitted by 75 local constituency parties.

In a 2009 article on MPs» expenses, we said «senior Labour sources» had predicted that Shahid Malik MP, who had stepped down as justice minister pending an investigation into his renting a flat in his Dewsbury constituency from a local businessman, would not return to government and that the prime minister, Gordon Brown, had «lost confidence in Malik».

John Slinger was a member of the Labour Party from 1991 until September 2016, was previously a member of the party's National Parliamentary Panel, Vice-Chair of a Constituency Labour Party, a local election candidate and researcher to Labour MPs in the House of Commons between 2003 - 2006.

He has focused in particular on how to reform politics by devolving power to local constituencies through referendums on important issues and on recalling votes for citizens who are unhappy with the performance of MPs and other elected officials.

«MPs in constituencies visited by the battlebus would have no reason to consider whether it should be included in their local return; they were directed that the bus would be visiting as part of [Conservative HQ] national spending,» she said.

Earlier, Mr Miliband received a standing ovation from union members, constituency MPs and members of local parties from around the country at London's ExCel centre, as he urged them to «seize» the chance to change Labour.

Zahawi said: «Now is the time for MPs from across the political spectrum to build on the growing momentum behind apprenticeships across their local constituencies.