Sentences with phrase «local council seats in»

Farage does have roots in the constituency in which he is campaigning and UKIP won seven of the eight local council seats in May 2013, as well as topping the poll in the European Parliament elections in 2014.

Not exact matches

Local elections are often said to be about local issues but actually most of the changes over time in shares of council seats won the Conservatives, Labour and Liberal Democrats can be accounted for by changes the popularity of these parties at the national lLocal elections are often said to be about local issues but actually most of the changes over time in shares of council seats won the Conservatives, Labour and Liberal Democrats can be accounted for by changes the popularity of these parties at the national llocal issues but actually most of the changes over time in shares of council seats won the Conservatives, Labour and Liberal Democrats can be accounted for by changes the popularity of these parties at the national level.

Local government elections don't have any direct impact on each other and there is no consensus way to quantify the fact that an election in a small city, or a city with more seats on its council, may be less important than in a major city, or a seat with fewer seats on its council.

Local council politics are likely to dominate in the crucial swing seat of Gedling come the general election.

Five years ago, Welsh Labour did very well in the Welsh local elections, increasing the number of council seats they held by around 70 %; by the end of that night they had substantially more councillor in Wales than did the Conservatives, Plaid Cymru and the Liberal Democrats put together.

However, if he claims to be a democrat, he can not defend a system which, in Scotland, in 2003 for example, gave his party 41 per cent of the seats in local councils on 32.6 per cent of the votes.

In general Labour traditionally does better than average in urban areas, and the Conservatives better in rural England, and at this particular point of the local election cycle, most council seats up for re-election were urbaIn general Labour traditionally does better than average in urban areas, and the Conservatives better in rural England, and at this particular point of the local election cycle, most council seats up for re-election were urbain urban areas, and the Conservatives better in rural England, and at this particular point of the local election cycle, most council seats up for re-election were urbain rural England, and at this particular point of the local election cycle, most council seats up for re-election were urban.

We need to appeal to people, and I would note that in these results, while I'm sorry that Conservative councillors who've worked hard lost their seats, in places like Amber Valley in Derbyshire, the heart of England, a part that's actually been Labour for decades, we still have a Conservative council, a place where I launched our local election campaign.»

In the 2014 local elections, Berry was elected to the Highgate ward of Camden London Borough Council, holding the seat of outgoing Green councillor Maya De Souza in a split result for the warIn the 2014 local elections, Berry was elected to the Highgate ward of Camden London Borough Council, holding the seat of outgoing Green councillor Maya De Souza in a split result for the warin a split result for the ward.

Teamsters Local 237, a union that represents more than 30,000 government workers in the city and parts of Long Island, has thrown its support behind Heidi Harrison Chain, one of five Democratic candidates vying for Melinda Katz's (D - Forest Hills) Council seat.

Mr. Linares» chief opponent in the race for the Council District 10 seat, Ydanis Rodriguez, appears to have nailed down most of the key local endorsements.

In local elections held on 22 May 2014, the Liberal Democrats lost another 307 council seats [84] and ten of their eleven seats in the European Parliament in the 2014 European electionIn local elections held on 22 May 2014, the Liberal Democrats lost another 307 council seats [84] and ten of their eleven seats in the European Parliament in the 2014 European electionin the European Parliament in the 2014 European electionin the 2014 European elections.

ASTORIA — A local real estate agent who's been pushing the city to restore the long - shuttered diving pool in Astoria Park has jumped into the race for the neighborhood's City Council seat.

[148] In the 2008 local elections they gained 25 % of the vote, placing them ahead of Labour and increasing their control by 34 to more than 4,200 council seats — 21 % of the total number of seats.

The party failed to win any council seats in Manchester, Liverpool or Newcastle in the local elections earlier this year, and today's visit with shadow chancellor George Osborne is part of a wider drive to persuade voters that the Tories have changed.

In many seats, Ukip activists can now argue on the doorstep that they are the dominant force in local elections, and a strong presence on the counciIn many seats, Ukip activists can now argue on the doorstep that they are the dominant force in local elections, and a strong presence on the counciin local elections, and a strong presence on the council.

But if they're wise enough to vote Liberal Democrat at the next local elections in Hull, or for the Conservatives in any seat where we are well - placed to defeat Labour, then they will have a council that is fulfilling its statutory duty.

Local elections are taking place in England, Scotland and Wales on May 4 with 4,851 council seats up for grabs.

Labour officials have launched an investigation after the party lost its only seat on a local council after failing to field a candidate in a crunch by - election.

Mr Corbyn became the first opposition leader for 50 years to lose council seats in his first local elections and saw the party routed in Scotland and falter in Wales.

The south of this seat is comparatively Conservative — it includes run down areas like West Kensington and council estates like Lytton, but at a local level the Conservatives swept dramatically to power in 2006.

In the recent United Kingdom local council elections, the UK Independence Party (UKIP) won 147 seats, an increase of 139 seats, garnering more than one million votes (around 23 %) across 35 local governments...

These are just two examples of easily avoidable types of problems that District Leader Frank Gulluscio, who won the Democratic primary last month for the City Council seat currently held by Eric A. Ulrich, state Senator Joseph Addabbo (D - Howard Beach), and local community activist Betty Braton say could be avoided in the future if two bills currently before the New York City Council are passed.

The younger Vallone, who was first elected to his Astoria City Council seat in 2002, pointed to his time in office tackling local issues like graffiti and fighting cuts to the police department's budget as head of the City Council's Public Safety Committee.

APC won 14 chairmanship seats in the council polls and PDP won four seats, while elections were rescheduled in five local government areas.

The revelation has provoked glee among the BNP's opponents, however - particularly after the party's relative success in England's local elections, when it won 33 council seats and became the official opposition in Dagenham.

Clegg's act of defiance might not win many votes directly, but it will give activists a huge spring in their step as they plough through Tory shires, fighting to win county council seats in next week's local elections.

Galesi's chief operating officer, David Buicko, has a seat on the local Regional Economic Development Council and his company has received money before for the Mohawk Harbor development, next to Rivers Casino in Schenectady.

Heather Wheeler After fighting Coventry Sotuh at both the 2001 and 2005 elections, Heather was selected in November 2006 to fight her local seat of South Derbyshire, where she is Tory group leader on the council.

However, here we have a rather unusual situation where a minor party are obviously at least in the running to win the seat given the last general election and their strength on the local council, what's more local voters are reasonably likely to be aware of it.

The ruling All Progressives Congress in Ogun State won all the 57 chairmanship seats in the 2016 local government and local council development areas election held on Saturday in the state.

Local Election Update from Beverley I am delighted that across the West Midlands we have held 30 Council seats and gained one new seat in these recent, very toughly contested Council elections.

This will exacerbate the effects of years of depletion of local government representation: in those local council elections held on May 7, the Lib Dems lost control of four councils, and 324 council seats.

Ikoiwak explained that no fewer than 100 candidates were contesting for the chairmanship positions in the 31 local government councils while 800 candidates were for the 329 councillorship seats.

Later on, Corbyn also hits out at the BBC for promoting the narrative that Labour needed to do better in May's local elections — when it lost fewer than 20 council seats — to show it was on track to win the next general election.

The local election count has begun in Abingdon, with all 63 seats on Oxfordshire County Council up for re-election.

Just over seven million people were eligible to vote in the local elections, with 4,851 council seats up for grabs.

Labour did take the most votes in the local elections on the same day but lost seats due to the introduction of proportional representation for local council elections.

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has won all the chairmanship seats in the 33 local government councils and the 35 Local Council Development Areas in the slocal government councils and the 35 Local Council Development Areas in the sLocal Council Development Areas in the state.

Nick Clegg has said «it's never easy to see dedicated, hardworking Liberal Democrat councillors lose ground,» after his party lost two councils and more than 100 seats in English local elections.

It is also feared the Lib Dems could lose up to 500 council seats in the local elections, further destabilising Mr Clegg.

«The Ijaw ethnic nationality in Ondo State, compared to Edo, enjoys local political independence having a local government of our own; a permanent seat in the state House of Assembly; a permanent representative in the state executive council; permanent secretaries in the state civil service among other positions at the state level,» the statement added.

He proved to be an unparalleled campaign leader in the local elections, both in 2006 (in the North Warwickshire Borough wards of Hartshill and Arley & Whitacre, when all five seats were gained by the Conservatives) and in May this year, when the Conservatives took control of Nuneaton & Bedworth Borough Council for the first time ever.

Seats on 150 councils are up for grabs in this year's local elections — the first major test of public opinion since last year's snap general election.

Respect won five seats in May 2012's local elections, ending Labour's majority control of the city council.

Having discussed old issues facing Labour with centrists in my local party, I am fearful that any keen new members will either rapidly become disillusioned by the inertia within local party activists, or that they will be thwarted by those that have made comfortable life styles out taking up local council seats and going along with the flow.

The races for Mayor, Public Advocate, Comptroller, Borough Presidents, and City Council members may be currently overshadowed by the presidential election, but the new city campaign finance filings further reveal who is planning to run for which seats in 2017 and the extent to which candidates for local positions have been successful in their fundraising efforts.

The 2006 result was one of Labour's worst local election results in London, with its share of the vote (30.1 %), its number of council seats (684) and number of councils (7) all at their lowest levels since 1968.

Labour took heart after it topped the local polls in England with 31 % of the vote — up two points on last year — as the Tories came second and Ukip failed to translate an expected victory in the European elections into a breakthrough in council seats.

Whilst she is married to an MP, the fact is that she is a politician in her own right, having stood as a Labour council candidate at the local elections this year and indicated her desire to fight a parliamentary seat in the future.