Sentences with phrase «local elections then»

«If people are so dumb that they don't know the difference between a general or local election then they shouldn't be able to vote,» she added.

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Ireland had just had an election then, and the newly elected Prime Minister, Enda Kenny (now triumphing over his referendum result) in one of his first speeches in the Parliamentary chamber, blamed the Vatican for everything whilst the visitation was underway, thus undermining it completely — as though it were Italian or French priests and Cardinals who were guilty of the Irish abuses, conveniently letting the locals off the hook, and redirecting the anger towards Church discipline and teaching rather than criminal individuals.

Finally, the Government is also fulfilling its election commitment made by the then Leader of the Opposition on the 11th July last year to set up a dedicated website that gives consumers a snapshot of local grocery prices.

Then opposition leader Tony Abbott announced before the election that the Coalition would provide $ 16m towards a $ 66m upgrade of the Cadbury Chocolate factory in Hobart «to boost innovation, support growth in local manufacturing jobs and expand tourism».

Jeremy Corbyn's reach and ability to win votes will shortly be put to the test, first with a series of local and devolved elections and then with June's referendum on Britain's membership of the EU.

Two types of recall election are needed: (i) local people forcing a by - election on their sitting MP; and (ii) public petitions calling for a general election: once more than 50 % of the electorate had signed a properly conducted petition, then the sovereign would dissolve parliament for a general election.

If Blair is right and 2018 is the last chance to stop or soften Brexit then May's local elections present the logical place to start.

If voters used local elections purely to vote on local issues, then we'd have to conclude that the spectacular collapse of the Tories in the 90s was because their councillors gave up on bin collection, whilst the Lib Dems were good at sorting potholes during the 2000s but went on strike in the 2010s.

Before then, of course, comes the difficult local election round in which it's likely the Conservatives will be badly beaten in London.

Their lead over the Tories in the PNS then, and more so now, is considerably lower than at any of the local elections while Tony Blair was leader of the opposition.

The resulting general election year PNS then provided a robust baseline for the calculation of the PNS in the local elections that were held during the course of the subsequent parliament.

If a similar pattern is maintained at these local elections — and it was in last year's county council elections — then the Labour vote will increase more (or fall less) were the Remain vote was higher in 2016, while the converse will be true of the Conservatives.

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.

If the general election on June 8 can be considered British politics» «main event» for 2017, then the recent local council and mayoral elections on May 4 can be seen of something of a dress rehearsal.

It took a bashing in local elections in March and then European elections in May.

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

If taxpayers believe councils are not meeting their needs, then they can express that at the next set of local elections.

Over the following four agonising days, the party watched as first the local and then the European election results brutally revealed the cost of entering into coalition with the Conservatives.

Although local election and general election results tend to be quite similar to begin with (the two are 90 % correlated) a statistical prediction might offer a better indicator of what is likely to happen in the future then simply taking the results at face value.

You're supposed to work your way up the ladder, working on political campaigns and in legislative offices, running for local elections and then statewide elections, gaining experience along the way.

McCartney was elected a councillor in the London Borough of Enfield in 1998, for Edmonton, then Palmers Green, and stood down at the 2006 local elections.

And if the two sides can't come to an agreement, then local governments and boards of elections have to pay extra.

The trigger for removing him then could be poor results for Labour in European and local elections.

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.

Richard was selected as Labour's official candidate in Blyth in Northumberland for the October 1974 election, but was defeated by the sitting MP, Eddie Milne, who had been deselected as the candidate for alleging corruption in the local Labour party and was then triumphantly re-elected as something of a local hero.

Basically, under the current first past the post (FPTP) system, if you are a normal non-member and live in a safe Labour seat or an area where we have no chance of winning, the chances are you will be barely aware a local Labour party exists until an election comes along — and maybe not even then.

UKIP's support so far this Parliament has been a series of spikes and plateaus, seeing sudden increases in their poll ratings on the back of election successes like Rotherham, Eastleigh and local elections and the ensuing publicity and then flattening out again until the next opportunity to demonstrate their support comes along.

«If we see the ruling party, witnessing this kind of situation, then we in the opposition parties will start wondering as to what will be our faith when the time for local governments election comes.

Both opinion polls, and local by - election results, suggest that the lead over Labour has widened since then.

They then had to add up the tallies for each candidate, manually transcribe them onto various input sheets, and then hand over the sheets to NYPD officers, who transported them to local precincts, where the information was entered manually into precinct computers, and then finally transmitted to the Board of Elections and the press.

As a former chair of Hammersmith Labour Party in west London, Milne organised an election campaign for the then local MP, Clive (now Lord) Soley, and attended annual conferences as a delegate.

And then there were the triumphs of last month's local government elections - the fall of Labour's bastion in Sheffield, to add to Liverpool last year, and big gains in traditional Labour towns like Chesterfield, Durham, Bristol and Leeds.

When Labour then went on to perform poorly in the local and European election results, things could only get worse.

The usual caveats I give for notional results apply — this is an accounting exercise, estimating what the ward level vote within each constituency would have been in 2015 (basing the distribution on the distribution at local elections) then reallocating the wards to their new constituencies and adding them back up again.

Isn't it odd that M. Coopersmith, who headed the local Independence Party and gave the party's endorsement come election time to the incumbents, had a high paying job in Clarkstown until she lost the Independence Party, then she was let go.

During the May 2000 local elections, the then Tory leader declared that racketeers were «flooding the country» with bogus asylum seekers.

He'd be better off getting his head down, winning some respectable local election results, giving the impression of upwards movement, and then talking up the chance of defections in a couple of years.

The only advantage of a May election is that it can be held on the same day as the Locals in most years and if the Budget has been a give away then it usually has its effects in the pay received just before Polling Day.

Warren then deflected, shifting to discuss multiple recent Democratic Party wins in local and state elections.

Ms Kirkbride could probably win readoption from her local Association if she insists upon it and then survive an independent challenge at the General Election from a Martin Bell - style anti-sleaze candidate.

Currently, New Yorkers vote in as many as five elections a year: there are local elections for towns and villages in March, school board in May, federal elections in June, then again in September for state primaries, and finally in November for the general election.

But if he was replaced after next month's expected drubbing in local and European elections then the path would be cleared for an early election, drawing a line under the expenses scandal.

«Well, since many thousands, even millions, of those who voted Tory at the last local elections will have DIED since then»

Prior to the local elections Cameron's figures had begun to fall — after his trip to Norway and the press coverage of his shoes being chauffeur driven behind his bike his net approval rating fell to +13, but then the Conservative's local election successes gave him a huge boost, pushing his net approval up to +28.

Then, on Wednesday 3 June at 10.30 am, less than 24 hours before polls opened for the local and European elections, Blears resigned.

These grumblings resulted in the deselection of ten sitting Labour Party Councillors in Redcar and Cleveland in advance of the 2015 local elections, including the then Leader and deputy leader of the then controlling Labour group.

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.

But you need to concentrate on a new G election in 2017 never mind waiting till 2020 We voter are ready now for a change in Govt power how about a new G election in MAY 2017 same time as local C.C. elections Then we can have a joint run Govt put in place you Mr Corbyn will have to diced which over party you wish to sharer power with It must be a joint run Govt because we have sampled the one party in power we are all in it togther crap.

Since then, Scottish Labour has been absolutely decimated as a political force in Scotland and its poll ratings ahead of local elections in May are abysmal.

Then came the 2014 European Parliament elections, in which Ukip could — and did — achieve major success, having already made considerable gains in the 2013 local elections.