Sentences with phrase «local parties support»

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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.

Any substantial defections requiring the support of major opposition party New Democracy would open up the possibility of broader changes to the government or a referendum, said Saravelos, who calculates that between 10 and 40 Syriza lawmakers could dissent based on local media reports.

Much, however, will depend how well the two parties campaign during the election, and how that public support takes root in the 308 local campaigns across the country.

Inspired by the YouTube appeal made by MFM founder Sir Paul McCartney in advance of the COP21 climate talks in Paris in December, a pro-veggie proposal was put to the local authorities by the Catalan Republican Left party and won the support of the ruling Barcelona en Comu party.

Strategic Plan Focus for July — Goals 2, 3, and 4 World BF Month is the perfect opportunity to promote a culture supportive and accepting of breastfeeding (goal 2) through parties and health fairs, etc., build, link, and ensure access to state and local resources (goal 3) by providing information to moms about resources online and in your community, and to engage stakeholders in alignment of goals and actions to increase breastfeeding support (goal 4) by pulling in other groups that work with moms and babies to help with World Breastfeeding Day / Week / Month (WBM) activities!

Población local activism flourished throughout the 1970s and 80s, supported by the Vicariate of Solidarity — progressive branches of the Catholic Church — internationally funded NGOs, left - wing political parties, and radical armed groups (such as the FPMR and the Lautaro Youth Movement).

Being face to face with the Lib Dems» campaigning and local government record does not make for a friendly disposition to their party, and we all know that - as with, say, elections in London or Scotland - will force us to seek out Lib Dem support if we're to win elections.

Bohen, a Democrat, ran in last week's special election with the local Republican committee's support after failing to gain his party's endorsement for the special election.

Secondly, and more importantly when it comes to the future of the party, we had spent decades building up a very local base of electoral support, from council to parliamentary levels, on the basis of populist, or indeed protest, issues that played well with disgruntled voters, but almost impossible to deliver in government.

Both the main parties recognised the support role played by Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) and the Northern Powerhouse.

This engages local party members in thinking about policies we want to propose, and then submitting them and gaining support for them at conference.

Republican state Sen. George Amedore of Rotterdam, who represents a swing state Senate district likely to be competitive in 2018, has attracted a Democratic challenger with strong support already from local party officials: Pat Strong, a Kingston business owner.

The actual numbers give mixed support for the idea that local elections tell us how well a party will do at the next election.

Sure, commando strike teams can take a lot of work to organize and train, but groups such as MoveOn.org and the Obama campaign have created mini-online industries to support their offline work, providing volunteers with step - by - step guides to holding house parties, fundraisers, local press events and the like.

Balter not only is the designated candidate of the local Democratic parties, but also has gained support from some high - profile New York Democrats, including Fordham Law Prof. Zephyr Teachout, a onetime House and gubernatorial candidate, and U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand.

Bedford attorney and political newcomer Samard Khojasteh is continuing to forge ahead with his bid to represent the Republican Party in the yet - to - be-called 37th Senate District special election, assembling a campaign team and sending out a letter seeking the support of local committee members.

Local Democratic Party leaders are scheduled to meet May 11 to select a candidate to be their designee, which will require the support of 50 percent plus one of the voting attendees.

The free schools programme, despite suggestions that it would fuel social divisions and undermine local democracy, now has the tacit support of the Labour Party.

Thus they are strongly supported by parties like the Liberal Democrats, UKIP, the Greens and so, that often pile up millions of votes in FPTP contests but may win few or no seats, because they are less commonly or rarely the largest party in a given local area.

Dafis was a Member of Parliament for Ceredigion from 1992 until 2000, having been supported by a coalition of local Plaid Cymru and Green party activists, the latter of which had worked with him on a number of environmental initiatives.

He must support PR in the House of Lords, or local government along with party funding reform and lobbying transparency.

The two candidates have split support from the local Democratic party machines and elected officials, and have overshadowed two other Democrats on the primary ballot, community activist Tamika Mapp and former State Assemblymember Israel Martinez.

Local Blairites have been so eager to suppress the goings on in Tower Hamlets that they used procedural obstacles to prevent a motion being raised at the last NEC that, with the support of Unite and other unions, would have seen Rahman back in the party.

My forecasting model for seat gains / losses at local elections has previously been a simple model based on change in party support in the polls.

Instead, in this case, the message asks recipients to send a note of support to a Democratic local organizer, using a national party field staff conference as a hook.

Sometimes candidates would pay some sort of dues to the local party to support it if it was hard up for cash as the candidates usually have more money than the local party.

Maziarz and Erie County Conservative Party Chairman Ralph Lorigo remain at odds over the local support for Democrat Chuck Swanick's candidacy against Sen. Mark Grisanti.

Zuma used pro-poor populist rhetoric to position himself as a leader who was in touch with the people to build grassroots support from the local party branches up to the provincial level.

«I've been down to Balcombe myself and I've met several members of the local Tory party who were supporting the protest camp and in some cases supporting it quite significantly in terms of money and food and all the rest of it.

In 2011, the local political opposition to parties supporting HS2 at national level was fragmented.

For instance, the Service Employees International Union Local 32BJ, representing 120,000 workers in eight Eastern states, has sometimes supported candidates the party opposes.

As you have stated that you intend to stand in the local, election despite not having been selected for the Party, and despite Mrs Clarke asking you to agree to support whoever is properly selected by the Association to fight the Willerby and Kirkella ward, I am forced to act to protect the Party by refusing to agree to you being nominated to represent the Conservative Party at the 2015 General Election as candidate for Hull West and Hessle.

However the IDC positions itself, Alcantara said she still considers herself a «mainline Democrat,» who supports left - leaning, progressive issues and broke rank with her local party establishment to support Sanders.

Toulon had Conservative and Independence Party backing, and was supported by most local police unions.

Their problem is the mirror image of the Lib Dems — while Clegg's party could not retain enough local support to offset national unpopularity, Farage's was unable to concentrate votes to convert a national surge into local success.

It has been threatening for some time to pressure local Labour parties to withdraw their support for certain candidates ahead of the next election.

WASHINGTON — Democrats plan to announce today that the national party will increase its support for Juanita Perez Williams in her bid for Congress, despite objections from local party officials and activists in Central New York.

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.

The chairwoman's spokesman Bartlett said she «looks forward to recognizing the local party's efforts to elect and support Democrats on Long Island, because local and state parties are vital components of the national party's strength.»

The Reform Party supports candidates for local, state and federal office.

The «Mongolian Barbecue Great Place to Party» PartyContested Wimbledon at the 1997 election to drum up support for a local Mongolian restaurant.

Labour have been accused of «purging» critical voices from the party after a Labour - supporting blogger was banned from voting in the leadership race, after criticising his local council.

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To get on the ballot, a candidate must have the endorsement of 200 members from 20 local party organisations as well as 10 % of the parliamentary party, which amounts to needing the support of less than one of the eight remaining Lib Dem MPs.

The Conservative party is taking UKIP seriously, education secretary Michael Gove has said as support for Nigel Farage's party surged in the local elections.

The Green Party is supporting candidates for federal, state, and local - level offices across the country in the 2018 election cycle.

«I'm proud to have the support of the local Independence Party.

The three borough party committees, formal local affiliates of the larger Democratic Party, will officially announce their endorsements on Thursday, joining Brooklyn county, which has already announced its support of de Blasio's candidacy for a second party committees, formal local affiliates of the larger Democratic Party, will officially announce their endorsements on Thursday, joining Brooklyn county, which has already announced its support of de Blasio's candidacy for a second Party, will officially announce their endorsements on Thursday, joining Brooklyn county, which has already announced its support of de Blasio's candidacy for a second term.

MAYVILLE - Chautauqua County Legislator Rod Rogers (Green Party - Forestville) is announcing that his initiative to improve effectiveness in local government has earned bipartisan support.

In May, Mourdock toppled longtime Indiana Republican Sen. Richard Lugar in a bitter primary contest with the support of national, state and local tea party groups.