Sentences with phrase «local constituency party»

Among his targets were Michelle Mone («a laughable vulgarian»); Labour's Dave Watts (a «leery drongo»); Anne McIntosh, former Tory MP for Thirsk & Malton «who so impressed her local constituency party that it dumped her»; former party official Emma Pidding («a busy - bee activist whose orangey lipstick has long been an annual wonder on stage at Tory party conferences»).

Balls spent the weekend meeting his local constituency party in Morley & Outwood to decide whether he would stand.

In May — June 2003 or 2004, Ashley Green succeeded Alexandra Messervy as local constituency party chairman.

The lobbyist in question is Alan Donnelly, chair of Mr Miliband's local constituency party, according to the Sunday Times.

In a further blow to the embattled minister, his local constituency party will discuss the furore this week.

Winning lots of new councillors will revitalise local constituency parties up and down the country and help rebuild a Labour campaign machine that rusted and fell apart over thirteen years in power.

At the end of an election, the marked postal voter lists are open for public inspection and also can be purchased by the Electoral Commission, candidates, elected representatives, government departments, police forces, registered political parties and local constituency parties.

A progressive boycott of Labour party conference by local constituency parties has been revealed in figures presented to Labour's National Executive yesterday.

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.

The veteran left - winger has won the backing of more local constituency parties in Wales and the UK than the other three candidates.

Asked on ITV's Peston on Sunday show whether it would lead to deselections, Mr Corbyn said: «There will be selections made by local constituency parties.

Not exact matches

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.

He has insisted his replacement must be selected by local constituency members rather than be parachuted in from party headquarters.

In its federal election, Germany uses mixed - member proportional representation, where a voter makes two votes: one picks a particular candidate in local constituency, second for a party.

Hitherto, the coincidence of local and general election results provided an opportunity to estimate a PNS for the parallel local elections by comparing the local and parliamentary election results in those constituencies where all the component wards were contested, and then applying the resulting difference for each party to its share of the Britain - wide parliamentary vote.

In a number of Labour targets, constituency polls and local election results suggest the party simply does not have enough of a lead (and sometimes none at all) over the Conservative incumbent.

Having spent the last few days consulting with local people in my constituency and considering in detail the evidence and proposals from the Government I am very saddened to have received the following message from someone who says they are a Labour Party member but not clear where from.

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.

The six constituency NEC places are also being elected this year, with nominations by local Labour Parties being made up until 24 June and ballot papers being sent to all members around 7 July.

Militant's tactics were to take over moribund constituency parties by the simple expedient of joining the party, getting themselves elected to local committees and then boring and antagonising more moderate members into resigning.

In bringing together such a wide range of information, including candidate names, previous election results, demographics, party funding information, election forecasts, and information about constituency history, the Dashboard is the most comprehensive data source for citizens seeking to find out more about their local area.

Mr Corbyn said the suspension of local party meetings for the duration of the leadership race over fears of intimidation was a «mistake», saying he has not stopped discussions from taking place in his Islington North constituency.

He has written extensively on Scottish constituency and local electoral politics and is currently completing a second edition of the book Political Parties in the UK.

After all, their strong presence in local constituencies has been the party's greatest asset since the days of Paddy Ashdown.

Watson claims that these groups — previously known as Militant and Socialist Organiser — are using the methods used by Militant in the 1980s to take control of local constituency Labour parties (CLPs).

Doubtless Labour, whose support fell by five points, will argue that it had its own particular local difficulties in Copeland — the party's leader, Jeremy Corbyn, used at least to be antipathetic to the nuclear power industry, on which the constituency is heavily dependent.

My MP and I were walking down the High Street in the constituency when he saw a member of the local party who is a bit overly affectionate with him.

He insisted that Labour would fight May's «extreme Brexit» and said he had been visiting local constituency Labour parties across the country and speaking to thousands of members and supporters, «so I know how strongly people feel about Brexit».

Corbyn's allies have so far struggled to get his supporters accepted by constituency parties, with local or union - backed candidates preferred.

With FPTP, in a General Election a good local MP may lose their constituency because of the national swing against that MP's party, regardless of the personal merit and exemplary track record of the MP, because people decide to vote on a «party» basis.

In it she describes what fun she and her local party had during a day of volunteering in her constituency clearing flower beds, planting bulbs and launching a new tenants» association.

While the party had fared especially well in the more working class parts of the city at the 2009 Local and European elections and the 2011 General Election, Labour actually fared (slightly) better in the more middle class Dublin constituencies at the 2014 Local Elections than they did in the more working class electoral areas.

At a constituency level, in order for an MP or their agent to face sanction, a court would have to prove beyond reasonable doubt that there was «wrongful and dishonest intention» on their part, rather than merely a misallocation or misunderstanding between the local and national party organisation.

This enabled Keetch to adopt a high local profile on foreign affairs and security issues that played well in the constituency, whatever the stance of the party's policies.

There are 299 such local constituencies, which means 299 seats get filled directly no matter what the outcome of the party - preference vote.

While the Irish Speakers also give up their party membership and are elected automatically at general elections, much like Westminster, their local electors still get the chance to vote for party candidates to fill the constituency's remaining seats.

Branches and party councils organise the Party's local activity including selecting candidates, campaigning and liaising with Constituency Labour Parparty councils organise the Party's local activity including selecting candidates, campaigning and liaising with Constituency Labour ParParty's local activity including selecting candidates, campaigning and liaising with Constituency Labour Parties.

As with some other constituencies that have produced sensational election results, from Lincoln (1973) to Blaenau Gwent (2005), the trust between a loyal, almost tribal, electorate and the local party was snapped.

Co-convener Patrick Harvie, when quizzed on why his party was standing just three candidates in Scotland, said: «Our local branches make their own decisions and most of our local branches have decided they've put their energy, time and money into the local election campaigns this year and they're not in a position to run in every constituency.

Generally speaking, the party's vote is fairly dispersed; it does not yet have the local infrastructure, targeting experience and tactical nous to mount successful constituency campaigns.

Things are complicated because individual voters do not just have a general party - preference vote that will decide this overall make up of the parliament, but also vote for a personal representative to represent their local constituency.

At a branch level, particularly hot on the heels of local elections, it's no wonder that parties have their eyes on constituency presence and vote - share rather than the corridors of Westminster.

The party's northern constituencies are all hopeful the spending could boost their local economies, but nationally in Westminster the party could benefit from scepticism - and find more voter - friendly ways of spending the money.

So henceforth, the Labour Party will establish standard constituency agreements with each trade union so that nobody can allege that individuals are being put under pressure at local level.

Her decision to abandon her constituency in favour of seeking fame and fortune in the jungle has not sat well with those in her party at a local or national level.

The complaint against Mr Brown, raised by Conservative MP Greg Hands, related to Mr Brown subletting his constituency office in Kirkcaldy to his local party from July 2005 to March 2008.

What is needed is a daily, hourly, assault on the key constituencies, re-building shattered constituency associations, identifying key local issues that connect with the voters, establishing links, bonds of trust, between the party and the local and regional media.»

But the 25 - year - old failed to win the backing of her local constituency Labour party of Eastwood in Renfrewshire last night, meaning she can no longer run.

[3] In September 2007, the Easington Constituency Labour Party (CLP) selected local councillor and CLP secretary Grahame Morris as their candidate for the 2010 election.

A leaked document purporting to comprise Unite's «political strategy» last week, suggested that the union «flood» the local constituency Labour parties with Unite members, which would be marshalled by central command, with the aim of delivering the union's strategy within the party.