Sentences with phrase «majority at the election»

At the weekend Labour digested polls suggesting the Tories will not secure an overall majority at the election unless they do considerably better in the marginals.

As none of the parties were able to achieve an absolute majority at the elections, the selection for the speakers could provide some clues as to what discussions have been going on behind closed doors.

Still fresh and revived from his triumph at the general election - and to wipe out the Conservatives» majority at an election called suddenly and unexpectedly by a prime minister who was twenty five points ahead in the polls was a genuine triumph - Jeremy Corbyn's words will be received by renewed adulation from his admirers and a new respect from critics who he proved to be wrong in many of their outdated assumptions.

If Labour fails to win a parliamentary majority at this election it had better respect the wish of the British people - something for which Barder apparently has very little respect - which would have spoken clearly against having a Labour government.

They were pointing towards the possibility that David Cameron might be denied an outright majority at the election.

He was re-elected in the 1950 general election with the largest Liberal majority at that election, despite facing both Conservative and Labour opposition.

Ed Miliband has denied SNP claims that he would rather work with a Conservative government than with the Scottish nationalists, if no party wins an overall majority at the election.

The Conservatives will struggle to win a majority at the election, according to a new opinion poll which shows their lead remains at just three per cent.

«However, as a law - abiding party, we hereby urge our members and the people of Kogi state to remain calm and not despair over this slap on democracy as the courts would soon deliver justice with regard to the authentic governor with the mandate of the majority at the election.»

He has previously described the PM as a «dead man walking» who was «death row» following her failure to win a majority at the election.

About nine police forces have been investigating the accusations of higher - than - permitted spending in a number of marginal seats, which could have helped the Tories gain a majority at the election.

Speaking immediately after the results were declared, Mr Farage first congratulated David Cameron for winning a majority at the election, an achievement he said «nobody thought was possible».

The narrow two point lead held by the Conservatives would be enough to deprive Labour of an overall majority, but it is nowhere near the sort of lead the Conservatives would require to win a majority at an election — still, on voting intention Cameron does seem to have made a difference.