Sentences with phrase «lost his seat at»

OPINION: If Rio and BHP thought their political troubles ended when Brendon Grylls lost his seat at the recent election, they had better think again.

Since losing his seat at Haas at the end of last year Gutierrez has shifted his focus to Formula E, where he has not only forgotten how to finish 11th but has remembered how to score points (something that wouldn't be a problem in IndyCar).

The Mexican suffered a bit of bad luck, to be fair, but he still failed to score a single top 10 result and lost his seat at Haas F1 to Kevin Magnussen.

It basically confirms that Massa didn't want to retire at all, but when faced with losing his seat at Williams he decided to bow out on his own terms to avoid his F1 career trailing off like his countryman, Rubens Barrichello.

He went on to represent Welwyn Hatfi eld as the Conservative MP from 1987 until he lost his seat at the 1997 general election.

«I can't help noticing that the great Gisela Stuart should have lost her seat at the last election and she didn't.

That Clegg is at risk of losing his seat at all is remarkable, since this is just not something that happens to the leaders of mainstream political parties.

Both coalition parties have a clear incentive to stay in power for the full term, as it's the only hope they have of not losing seats at the next election.

The Liberal Democrats will lose seats at this election.

The West of Scotland is, in common with the rest of the country, a region where Labour has lost seats at a considerable rate, with 2016 likely to continue the trend.

And Tory Cabinet Minister Chris Grayling attacked Mr Balls as «the man who stood alongside Gordon Brown through the crash, the man who lost his seat at the general election, the man who presided over Norwich City's football fortunes as they got relegated».

He was appointed foreign secretary in the new Labour government although he lost his seat at Smethwick in a bitter contest tainted by racial slurs.

A bumper crop of seven cabinet ministers lost their seats at that election.

The former SNP leader — who lost his seat at the general election in June — told the bawdy gag at the opening performance of his one - man show at the Edinburgh Fringe yesterday.

Anyone who doubts the electoral power of the student vote should speak to former Education Secretary Charles Clarke, who lost his seat at the last election after refusing to commit to vote against higher tuition fees.»

After losing seats at the 2001 election, the National Party lost one frontbench position under the Coalition agreement, Scott becoming the sacrificial lamb.

Adrian Kavanagh, 14th January 2014 As noted in the earlier post on the Fine Gael TDs who lost their seats at the 2002 General Election, former TDs can often decide to contest the following local elections after having lost their... Continue reading →

He was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Crewe and Nantwich at a 2008 by - election, but lost his seat at the 2017 general election to the Labour candidate, Laura Smith, by 48 votes.

If she loses her seat at the next general election, when the constituents get the chance to send a message on whether they think she's let them down, this could be the defining final moment of her parliamentary career.

This spawned the phrase, «Portillo moment», referring to a cabinet minister losing their seat at the fall of a government.

She lost her seat at the 2010 general election when she finished third in the election in Watford with 14,750 votes, behind the Conservative Party candidate Richard Harrington (19,291 votes) and the Liberal Democrat Sal Brinton (17,866 votes).

Young lost his seat at the 1931 general election to the Conservative candidate Albert Goodman.

No serving Cabinet minister lost their seat at the election; Tony Blair aside, the Milibands and Ed Balls are the best Labour has.

In essence, as far as the Tories are going to be concerned, the Lib Dems have increased the chances of them losing their seats at the next election.

In 1981 though, Edward Lyons, the sitting Bradford West MP joined the newly established Social Democratic Party, but he lost the seat at the 1983 general election.

She may last to the European Elections but not beyond that and will more than likely lose her seat at the next General Election.

Alan Cochrane wrote that many Labour MPs in Scotland feared losing their seats at the 2015 general election without a change of leadership.

Goodwill was appointed last June to replace Edward Timpson, who lost his seat at the election.

It is unclear if these schools will close or convert to non-profit status, but either way, an estimated 1 million students could potentially lose a seat at their school if their school shut down.

Don't lose your seat at the 11th annual OEM Accessory Roundtable at the SEMA Show, hosted by Jack Stavana, Director of Accessory Operations, Mazda North American Operations.

Also in this episode: Nick Heidfeld loses his seat at the Lotus Renault Formula One team, Audi releases the hybrid version of the A8 flagship and Hyundai sets the sticker price for the sporty Veloster three - door.

Also in this episode: Nick Heidfeld loses his seat at the Lotus Renault Formula One team, Audi releases the hybrid version of the A8 flagship and Hyundai sets the sticker price for the sporty Veloster...

Has Nintendo lost its seat at that particular table?

The committee previously hosted one UKIP MEP, and the British National Party's Nick Griffin who lost his seat at the election.

Not exact matches

Given that the opinion polls at the moment have a small Conservative lead and given that four years ago when most of the seats were up for grabs there was a small Labour lead, if indeed the Labour party is gaining ground in London it must be losing ground somewhere else.

The current president of the Eurogroup, Jeroen Dijsselbloem, is at risk of losing his seat after a general election in the Netherlands.

Republicans hold the Senate by the slimmest majority possible, at 51 to 49 seats, and losing even one or two seats could further hamper their ability to enact Trump's already slow - moving agenda.

Up against NDP and Liberal opposition parties both opposed to Gateway, Harper «can't afford to lose many seats» in B.C., observes Richard Johnston, a professor of political science at the University of British Columbia.

Reducing seat size in the face of these trends risks losing loyal customers at best — and discriminates at worst.

-LRB-...) The party in power has lost House seats in 9 of the last 10 congressional elections held at the midpoint of a president's first term.

On Thursday night when Prasad Panda, 50, won the Wildrose its first urban seat since its previous two were lost in the May general election, Rachel at least got a partial reading of the zeitgeist of...

Still, the biggest winner appears to be Hezbollah and its allies, who look set to scoop up at least some of the seats lost by Hariri's coalition, largely because of the expected fragmentation of the Sunni vote.

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The Tories only need to lose two seats to cede control of its flagship council in the north of England.

Black, white, gay, straight, male, female, single, divorced, lost, searching — everybody has a seat at Rhimes» table.

It is personified by Dr Evan Harris, the Liberal Democrat MP who lost his Oxford seat at the last election substantially because local church members drew voters» attention to Dr Harris» ulterior motives on a variety of issues from abortion to euthanasia.

Then there is the Judgement Seat of Christ, where Jesus will evaluate our lives post salvation, it is at this event rewards for repentance will be issued or lost, the main sin repented of in believers being selfishness and selfish living.

(h) Of the individual believer, who, though losing reward at the judgment seat of Christ hereafter, will not lose his salvation, 1 Cor 3:15; 5:5

He lost his seat in the upper house at the 2016 federal election after being bumped down the ticket.

There's a chance Vergne is still a little bitter at getting left out of the team - when he started racing in Formula E in at the end of 2014 (once he'd lost his F1 seat) he seemed pretty miffed about the whole thing.

If you were on the pitch and you make back passes, lose the ball easily, don't charge down at opponent when in position, then you look at your manager / coach and he's seated, relaxed, not even bother about your abysmal display, the player wouldn't even be bothered to make any improvement