Sentences with phrase «local election performances»

Moreover, in terms of nationwide share of the vote, it was one of the worst local election performances since the party's formation.

Whisper it, but some in Labour's ranks observed their party's local election performance and were a little underwhelmed.

In summary, the local election performance from Labour this year is not the unprecedented disaster Corbyn's opponents have claimed — others have done worse — but neither is it in any way positive news.

It is not, as some of Corbyn's detractors have claimed, the worst local election performance for decades (Ed Miliband's Labour did a little worse in 2011 and William Hague did significantly worse for the Tories in 1998) but it is the sort of local election performance heralding failure at the next general election.

Not exact matches

Ukip candidates are hoping to put in a strong polling performance today as voters go to the polls in local elections across England.

The Labour leader attracted unusually high levels of criticism online during his interview for BBC Radio 4's The World At One programme, in which he refused to speculate on his party's performance in Thursday's local elections by declaring he is not interested in «political commentary».

There's no doubt that the Conservatives will rate their performance in the local elections as a good one, or at least not as bad as it might have been.

Tory MPs had hoped that Labour's disappointing performances in the local and European elections and the Newark by - election would have finally finished him off.

Meanwhile, for the Liberal Democrats, their changing opinion poll performance relative to the Conservatives, but not Labour, has historically been correlated with headline local election seat changes.

For these and other reasons, it is more instructive to consider party performance this year by comparison with last year's local elections, rather than those in 2009.

The union is trying to repeat that performance in the 107th District, where local members account for almost 5 percent of the registered vote — a large voting bloc for an election where turnout will likely be less than 20 percent of the electorate.

It provides a single, seemingly straightforward measure of party performance that can tell us not only how well or badly a party has done as compared with four years ago, but also as compared with any previous local elections for which a PNS is available — even though the places in which local elections are held varies considerably from one year to the next.

After repeating the mantra that local elections are local, the overall performances of the main parties at local elections are often discussed by journalists and others.

After strong performances in the European and local elections and then two sensational by - election victories there was a real buzz about UKIP.

We should be cautious though in interpreting the forecast for the Liberal Democrats — for the simple reason that it has never happened before it is impossible to know what the effect of being in government is going to be on the performance of the Liberal Democrats at local elections relative to their eventual performance at the next general election.

Local elections are not the only elections that can give us information about future electoral performance.

[55] He also proposed a target to double the number of Lib Dem MPs within two elections, and before the 2008 local elections confirmed that he was pleased with their performance in the polls.

A month ago, Labour had one of its worst ever performances in the local elections, pointing to disaster for Corbyn in Thursday's general election.

Above all, Benn never once in 1981 took any responsibility for the impact of his campaign, his policies, his personality, on Labour's standing in the polls and its actual performance in by - elections and local elections.

«The performance of the towns in state and local elections tends to favor conservative candidates,» Langworthy said.

Not only is a strong performance in next year's euro - election a near - certainty, it will have chances to shine in the local elections now just eight weeks away and, probably, in further by - elections later in this Parliament.

The new YouGov poll indicates the party is on course for the best performance in London local elections of any party for more than 40 years, but still may not capture the Tory flagship councils in Wandsworth and Westminster.

William Hague has dismissed calls from Tories on the right of the party, including one minister, for Downing Street to respond to its poor performance in the local election results by tacking to the right.

'' I also want to commend the party members for their performance during the local government elections.

They will hope that a strong local campaign can trump their national performance in the upcoming Richmond Park by - election, where the Conservatives are not fielding a candidate against Zac Goldsmith.

If you take an overall view of Labour's performance they seem to be holding their own, but not making any significant advance — of the 164 local by - elections so far this year (up to August 11th) Labour have made a net gain of 2 seats.

Nick Clegg has signalled his determination to press ahead with reform of the House of Lords in a move likely to anger Conservative MPs who have identified the issue as an electoral millstone that contributed to the dismal performance by coalition parties in last week's local elections.

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He was debating with Labour MP Diane Abbott, reviewing their parties» performances in the local elections, she predicted the «UKIP bubble would burst» around the time of the Newark by - election next month.

The UK Independence party, which has historically put in a lacklustre performance in local elections, has been averaging 13 % of the vote in the seats it contested — five points higher than a year ago — making 2012 a record year for Nigel Farage's Eurosceptics.

He has got his own forecasting model, based on the link between performance in local elections and performance in national opinion polls.

Meanwhile, a leaked internal analysis of Labour's performance in May's local elections, obtained by the Observer, offers a grim forecast of the party's future under Corbyn.

In a sign of rumblings in the Labour party over its mixed performance in the local elections, the MP for Bassetlaw condemned what he called the «so - called strategists» for failing to exploit Farage's admiration for Margaret Thatcher.

BBC polling expert Professor Sir John Curtice added: «It is thus far from clear that the party has secured a marked revival in its overall performance this year, and its projected share is certainly well down on the 25 % or so of the vote that was routine for the party in local elections held before the formation of the coalition in 2010.»

«The fate of the local government elections will depend on whether you have approved of his performance.

Since then, they have won one parliamentary by - election, in Richmond Park, and have posted a string of impressive performances in local council contests after taking a robustly pro-EU position after the Brexit referendum.

Despite its own underwhelming performance at the local elections, Labour was buoyed as a new poll by Tory peer Lord Ashcroft showed that Ed Miliband's party was 12 % ahead of the Tories in 26 key marginal battlegrounds.

According to the BBC's projected national vote share, the Conservative party is three points down on what it achieved in 2017's county council elections but, after eight years in government, it is better than its performance in any of the local elections held between 2012 and 2014 and in 2016.

June 2009 though has the advantages for Labour that they can save money by combining Local, EU and General Election campaigns and also maximise Labour turnout in the EU and Local Elections, a much improved performance in the EU and 2009 Local Elections along with a solid General Election victory and Labour dissidents in parliament will largely fall quiet for some time and the next parliament will be off to a good start for the Prime Minister.

However, her slick performance on the podium at the Ukip manifesto launch belies a particularly high - profile gaffe in the wake of last year's local election results when she blamed London's «more media - savvy and educated» population for the party's lack of success in the capital.

As you can see an over performance by Labour in local elections compared to the general election in all but one of these seats, several including the Reading by pretty huge margins.

According to the BBC's projected national vote share, the party is three points down on what it achieved in 2017's county council elections but, after eight years in government, it is better than its performance in any of the local elections held between 2012 and 2014 and in 2016.

The use of at - large elections frequently results in one party winning all of the seats on a council, and this situation tends to make the local elections a popular referendum on the performance of the party in power at the national level.

A UK Independence Party (UKIP) spokesman has been much mocked on social media for comparing the party's disastrous performance in the English local elections to the Black Death.