Sentences with phrase «lose more seats»

I'm now thinking Labour could lose more seats than we did in 1997.

I had foolishly assumed that whether I liked them or not, people in government were there because they knew how to do their job but the last 12 months alone have included the decision to hold a snap election that then lost them more seats than a bad IKEA intern, Brexit talks that have mimicked that track Paula Abdul did with a cartoon cat, an offensive defence secretary, an international development secretary who had to resign in order to spend less time on holiday, Boris Johnson sadly continuing to be Boris Johnson and all of that and more culminating in an assurance that everything is fine because now our passports will be blue to match the depression everyone will have in 2018.

They were undone, however, by a collapse in the Liberal Democrat vote which meant the party lost more seats to Labour where Labour was the second - placed candidate than they gained directly from the Lib Dems where they were the challengers.

In 2011, Democrats lost more seats in the state house to term limits than Republicans or Independents.

But we forgot that the Tories remain the party with the largest number of votes and strongest parliamentary representation in the country, and that the SNP lost more seats to the Conservatives than to anyone.

But the diversion of resources probably lost it more seats than that.

Labour opposes the reduction, which would cut the number of seats in its urban heartlands and result in the party losing more seats than the Tories.

Not exact matches

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House Republicans lost five seats, making passage in January a more difficult proposition than pushing through legislation in the lame - duck session.

Stephen Poloz is going to get more questions on fiscal policy tomorrow than the NDP lost seats in Quebec.

But if your concern about index investing starts and ends with the notion that some fund managers will lose their jobs, that you might have to pay slightly more for an airline seat, and that it's a small price to pay for lower fees in your 401 (k), your conclusion might be incredibly wrong.

Since retiring, both Bradley (who, last November, was a losing candidate in the race for a seat in the Utah House of Representatives) and Donaldson (who lost Seattle's mayoral race in 2009) have become aspiring politicians, of all things, willing subjects of even more intense public scrutiny.

Although I've found it very cathartic to speak, vent and end occasionally rant about all things Arsenal, we need to act carefully and intelligently right now or we're going to get played by this club even worse than at present... the pro-Wengerites and the suits, who represent a considerable proportion of the season ticket holders, don't want to believe that there is no plan and that Wenger has mailed it in for several years now or that things are going to get much worse before they get better... why would they... many have spent a considerable sum buying some of the highest priced tickets in the World... they want to have a front row seat to see something special and to be seen doing so, which simply provides ample justification for the expense and the time invested... to many of them, Wenger is the sun in their soccer universe... his awkward disposition, misplaced arrogance and his utter lack of balls makes him a rather unusual cult figure, but the cerebral narrative seemed to embolden those who already felt pretty highly of themselves... many might not even of really liked football that much before his arrival and rarely games they weren't attending... as such, they desperately believe that Wenger, and only Wenger, can supply them with their required fix... if he goes, they were wrong and that's a tough pill to swallow... they would have to admit that they were duped... they will definitely resent whoever made them feel this way, but of course it will be too late by then... so when we go overboard with ridiculous comments bordering of anarchy, it scares the shit out of them and they shift their blame towards us rather than at those who really perpetrated this act of treason... we aren't the enemy... we simply woke much earlier and the reason our comments have gotten more vile in recent years is out of utter frustration... in order for any real change to occur at this club we need to bring as many supporters as possible with us or the big money interests will fade and our ultimate objective will be lost... so it's time to focus on the head instead of the heart for now

Liverpool Regaining Third Place Seat, Man United Lose Again Liverpool's bid to keep their top four spot in English Premier League seem to be heading into the right direction as they need one more win before securing it.

One might argue that the Democrats (in both houses) have more to lose, with several of their members who are running for Congress perhaps enjoying the insurance policy that two primaries brings — the option to run for their current seats if a bid for higher office doesn't work out.

Sometimes a state will gain or lose one or more seats.

At the same time, the WFP had blasted Cuomo on the night of Election Day for not doing more to help Senate Democrats, who did not gain full control of the chamber after a trio of freshman lawmakers lost their seats to Republicans.

Republicans did gain in 2014, turning back more seats than they lost in 2008.

Wwithdrawing support from Arcuri and causing him to lose his seat would serve as a warning to other pols that they cross the WFP at their own risk, which just serves to make the WFP all the more powerful.

A more dramatic twist: Double the size of the House - every district now elects two seats: The final two opponents with the most votes, and each one gets a vote value based on their percentage of the voters, so they loser with 49 % of the vote gets 0.49 votes in the house and the winner with 51 % of the vote gets 0.512 votes in the house - this way the losing side gets represented too.

The answer for the losing parties is to work harder to win more votes» From 2005 to 2010 the Lib Dems gained votes nationally... and lost seats.

If that's true, Republicans would still be favored, since 1) the president's party usually loses seats in a midterm, and 2) older, more - conservative voters tend to actually show up (then of course, there's the gerrymandering).

The Tories secured the votes of most former Ukip supporters, which prevented the party from losing even more seats, and helped it secure a handful of gains well away from the capital.

The Truman club was Silver's old club, and cancel wound up winning the seat with support and help from Silver's longtime friend and Chief of Staff Judy Rapfogel, Cancel then ended up losing the 65th Assembly District seat to Yuh - Line Niou in a contested Democratic Primary later that same year (more on the Truman Club in a minute).

Her words were greeted with derision bordering on fury, not least by senior Conservative MPs who told her she must be more contrite and express sympathy for colleagues who had lost their seats.

Indeed had he done they might have lost even more local council seats.

Trump carried this north - central Ohio seat by 11 points, but after watching Republicans lose a district that backed the president by 20 points (the old Pennsylvania's 18th) and struggle to win another that he won by 21 points (Arizona's 8th), that's enough evidence to move the Aug. 7 special election race in a more competitive district.

The lack of any net advantage elsewhere means the Conservatives can afford to lose no more than 23 seats to Labour if they are to remain the largest party.

The junior coalition partners were predicted to lose around 50 seats but ended up ceding more than seven times that number.

After all, Labour have got more seats to lose than the Tories and disillusioned Labour voters are likely to be highly responsive to a «Mansion Tax».

They suggest that Democrats are more likely to lose Senate seats next year than to gain them — and that while there's a plausible path to a Democratic majority, it's a fairly unlikely one.

And assuming Republicans lose seats next year — with swing - district moderates the first to fall — the conservatives will have even more leverage over GOP leadership in the coming Congress.

More likely results are a one seat gain for Democrats (e.g. Heller), a two seat gain for Republicans (e.g. lose Heller but gain the seats of Claire McCaskill of Missouri, Jon Tester of Montana, and Joe Donnelly of Indiana; three Democrats known for the weakness of their 2012 Republican opponents), or a nine seat gain (e.g. every state votes for Senator as it voted for president in 2016).

Watch: the extraordinary moment when The Labour Party campaign chief Douglas Alexander realised he'd lost his seat to Scottish National Party (SNP) 20 - year - old politics student Mhairi Black by six thousand votes.Watch more: Douglas Alexander's concession speech here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7-ZMZeR6a4

While they lost ground in seats with high concentrations of working - class voters, or those with no cars and poor health, they gained 2 percentage points or more in English and Welsh seats with the highest concentrations of middle - class professionals, car owners and those in good health.

Hoffman's weak haul is one factor piquing Republican interest in Matt Doheny, a businessman who's raised more than $ 500,000 since announcing for the seat — he lost the nomination to Scozzafava and bowed out while Hoffman stayed in the race as a Conservative Party candidate.

Table P0 shows that the Conservatives will gain 54 seats and lose 9 seats to end up 375 seats, exactly 100 seats more than all other parties combined.

In Utah's «Safe Republican'territory, where Democrat Doug Owens is again vying for the 4th District seat he lost by 5 points in 2014, he is one of the rare rematch candidates to have raised more than the incumbent.

The word «spoiler» has been tossed around a lot in the NY - 23 race, with Dohney accusing Hoffman, who has refused to say he'll get off Row D if he loses the GOP primary, of being more interested in his own political ambition than in helping the Republicans win back the seat they lost to Democrat Bill Owens last fall after holding it for a century.

But from those that were, we can see a picture that is both grim and variable - Labour losing its ultra-marginals, in with half a chance of clinging onto one or two slightly more solid marginals, in danger of losing some of its semi-marginals, and at risk of losing rock solid safe seats in long - standing Labour heartlands.

But the court - appointed master, US Magistrate Judge Roanne Mann, proposed more or less doing away with Turner's seat, placing him into a veritable sure - lose face - off with Rep. Greg Meeks.

The British Election Study found that Labour gained more Leave voters from other parties than it lost to the Tories, including 18 percent of 2015 Ukip voters - a proportion that must have been lower in safe Tory seats, but correspondingly higher in the safe Labour heartlands where scooping up Ukip voters was the Tories» entire strategy for success.

Relief that it hasn't lost more council seats when this is the first time for more than 30 years an opposition didn't gain is the low expectation of a stalled party.

The Conservatives have gained more seats from the Lib Dems than they have lost to Labour.

As far as the national picture is concerned, vote share matters more than seats gained and lost (Comments: 26)

With nearly 50 councils declared the party had lost just 15 seats out of more than 400, not the apocalypse many predicted.

The LibDems remain subdued below 20 % but there are few signs that the Conservatives are poised to win back many of the thirty and more seats lost to the LibDems at recent elections.

What will make the resulting special election even more interesting is that it comes in a non-local year, giving every elected official in Brookhaven Town outside of Ken LaValle, Dan Losquadro and Dean Murray the opportunity to pursue the seat with no risk of losing their current post.

The Liberal Democrats spent more than # 1.5 m, # 400,000 more than in the last European election, but managed to get just one MEP elected and lost 11 seats.

If the party's support levels nationally were to even lower than the 6.6 % level won in the general election, then the party would be losing even more seats — especially given the narrow margins that Labour candidates (such as Willie Penrose) won seats by in that election.