Sentences with phrase «many voters in the constituency»

Mr. Byfield has been campaigning for more than a year and could make gains if he is able to tap into the base of social conservative voters in this constituency.
Low voter turnout, 34 %, in the 2012 general election suggests that many voters in the constituency are undeclared or unidentified by the parties.
To use the example of Sarah Wollaston again, she has received praise since being elected in 2010 for standing up to her party on a number of issues - because her mandate was granted not by what used to be known (before the smoking ban) as the smoky back room, but by a much larger pool of voters in her constituency.
Rallying support for the New Patriotic Party's Amenfi West candidate for Tuesday's by - election, Nana Akufo - Addo urged the voters in the constituency to vote for Paul Denkyi to signal to the whole country that there is impending change.
Kwasi Pratt, the managing editor of the Insight newspaper has condemned George Andah, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary candidate for Awutu Senya West, for asking voters in the constituency to demand the whereabouts of the husband of his rival for the seat, Hannah Tetteh, on the campaign trail.
How many Conservative voters in these constituencies will consider lending their votes to UKIP having seen that Labour can be beaten locally for the first time in decades?
But there are plenty of middle class Muslim voters in constituencies north of London who are livid at Cameron's refusal to condemn Israel's actions in Gaza.
How should Members of Parliament (MPs) react to a referendum vote when their own views do not tally with those of the voters in their constituency?
The incumbent Member of Parliament for the area Nii Armah Ashitey has sued Dr. Rawlings praying the court to declare her election null and void since she was not a registered voter in the constituency as of the time she contested the primaries of the ruling party.
They are by far the most damning of any voters when it comes to the coalition's performance: just 9 per cent of them say the government is doing well, compared to 16 per cent of Labour voters generally and 39 per cent of all voters in the constituency.
Despite Labour's huge overall lead, only a minority of voters in the constituency (43 %) say they would rather have Ed Miliband as Prime Minister than David Cameron.
Crosby's realisation that Lib Dem seats could be taken and that voters in those constituencies were persuadable, especially when the polls indicated a Labour majority supported by the SNP, to vote Conservative.
The Open Primary meeting - open to any voter in the constituency who registers in advance - will be held at Congleton Town Hall on Saturday 28th November and will be chaired by former BBC North West political editor, Jim Hancock.
Fair - to all voters in every constituency, to the parties, to the candidates, and even the independent candidates.
The Commission crosschecks the petition to confirm if it has been signed by more than half of the total registered voters in that constituency, and also if it is in line with the laws, regulations and guidelines for Recall.
He announced that the total registered voters in the constituency were 135,571, while 51,576 voters were accredited for the election.
«There are core voters in every constituency in Britain.
But when it comes to the «MPship» I will encourage all voters in the constituency not to repeat the mistake of the past but to choose Hon. Baba Jamal to continue with his developmental agenda for the district.
The plaintiffs, Mr Joseph Botchway and the three others had argued that Dr Rawlings was not a registered voter in the constituency and therefore did not qualify to have been in the contest.
Using data from the UK Office of National Statistics, the British Election Study, and past election results, YouGov has estimated the number of each type of voter in each constituency.
But Barwell calculates that such a stance would not endear him to the many ethnic minority voters in his constituency.
Under the AV system MPs could not be elected without the backing of at least 50 % of voters in a constituency.
I can not claim that voters in my constituency, or any other that I have visited, often raise the relative merits of AV versus first - past - the - post or any other system.
Though voters in the constituency are on balance pessimistic about prospects for the economy over the next few years, they back the coalition's «Plan A» for deficit reduction by a wide margin.
Out of this figure, 18, 742 petitioners were eventually verified, which represents only 5.34 percent of the total number of registered voters in the constituency.
On the other hand, centrist voters in those constituencies would believe — and the Conservatives would ram home the message — that a vote for the Lib Dems was a vote for a Labour - led government.
«I, Professor Ukertor Gabriel Moti hereby affirm that the verification of signatures to the petition for the recall of Senator Dino David Melaye of Kogi West Senatorial District has taken place on this day, 28th April, 2018 and that the verified signatures is 5.34 percent of the total number of registered voters in the Constituency and has therefore not satisfied the requirements of the law for referendum.»
That is the mentality of the average voter in that constituency that vote for Labour.
The Prime Minister was in town to urge voters to give him «one last go» at renegotiating the UK's place in Europe, while Chief Whip Mr Gove said it was «very important to reach every voter in this constituency».
Voters in each constituency choose just one MP.
By Thursday, the Lib Dems will ensure that every voter in the constituency knows that the best way to defeat Labour will be to vote Lib Dem.
The Post Office polling station is the largest with the highest number of voters in the constituency and it is known to be a strong hold of the the other contestant in the primary, Linda Akwele Ocloo.
However, it will be won or lost in the 117 marginal seats we need to win in order to gain an overall majority; and it will be won or lost on the decisions of swing voters in those constituencies.
The Legon electoral area holds the highest number of registered voters in the constituency and has been tipped by many pollsters as an important area in determining the ultimate winner of the seat.
It is unclear the specific purpose for which he sent the «gift», but it is believed the gesture was part of the candidate's campaign strategy to woo the students; most of whom are registered voters in the constituency to vote for him in the upcoming elections.
The total number of seats will be reduced from 650 to 600 and the new boundaries will be drawn so as to equalise the number of registered voters in each constituency within narrow margins.
The reform was intended to save # 50m over five years and equalise the number of voters in each constituency.
Most of the non-white population in Harrow East are owner - occupier middle class Hindus, which are far more favourable to the Conservatives than the council / social housed Black and Muslim voters in this constituency.
He wants open primaries, in which all voters in a constituency get to choose the candidates that will stand for Labour, the Conservatives, Lib Dems and the rest rather than party selection committees.

Not exact matches

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.
In a constituency where almost 70 % of voters backed Remain, this was a toxic combination.
Instead, Trump is playing to his constituency of steel towns in the same way he panders to anti-immigration voters.
As more than a few columnists have been writing, voters in Calgary will be the most important constituency in 2019 election.
If, by chance, Mr. Allen did resign as MLA, voters in the northern Alberta constituency would choose a new representative in a by - election.
This will require candidates to build broad support in 87 constituencies across the province, rather than relying on the ability to sign up large groups of voters in concentrated regions.
The average voting population of a constituency in Calgary and Edmonton is more than 33,000 voters.
«Our conclusion is that there are symptoms of a deliberate plan... action to massively move voters to impact elections in marginal constituencies,» Bersih official Chan Tsu Chong told a news conference.
Conservative voters in competitive constituencies should expect their candidates to act more like Lincoln.
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The first President Bush watched fundamentalist and evangelical voters emerge as a powerful constituency in 1990 and 1991.
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