Sentences with phrase «members take their seats»

On a recent Sunday, Fletcher said he looked out to see seven formerly absent members take their seats in the pews because Mayne is there.

The Regents will see further change when the three new members take their seats under a new chancellor and vice chancellor, marking the end of an era in New York State education, and, according to education policymakers, a new time of thoughtful progression.

Tonight's was the last general meeting of the board scheduled before the new board members take their seats.

The new Assembly member takes the seat held by disgraced former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver for 40 years.

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«If you're a member of a co-working space, come on in, take a seat and work here as many days as you like,» says Susan Evans, co-founder of Office Nomads in Seattle.

Members of our Investment Team take board and / or observer seats when appropriate.

Duggan, at the same news conference, took issue with Rhodes» concern that it is a possible conflict of interest for the mayor and a member of the city council to have a seat on a nine - member, state - created oversight board for a post-bankruptcy Detroit.

With an airline credit card, for example, you can take advantage of things like priority boarding, seat upgrades and companion passes for your friends and family members.

Conversation gradually subsides as the members move to take seats.

A member of Al - Anon said, «When I got out of the driver's seat, it took a terrific load off of me.»

Supporting that point, forum member Paul Jones pointed out that it would cost him # 118 if he signed up to the Auto Cup ticket scheme to take his nine - year - old son to a Champions League fixture at Anfield - a cost that he felt was excessive for a father and child - and he gives up his seat as a result, choosing to move to the adult and child section instead.

Travel budgets tend to take a back seat to holiday wish lists, but according to TD, over 80 per cent of Canadians are members of at least one travel rewards program.

I purchased this car seat because the brand (Graco) was recommended by a family member and the staff took the time to share that there was a Graco Rep in the store who sold me on the safety features.

We have one in each vehicle, but this seat is also easily moved if another family members takes my son for a ride in their vehicle.

Indeed, we have arrived here because, moments after the Akufo - Addo - led administration took over power, at the seat of government, the Flagstaff House, members of the Invisible Forces were caught on camera assaulting a police officer, one ASP Nanka Bruce.

Members of the Northern Ireland assembly today took their seats for the first time since October 2002 in a new bid to restore devolved power.

The footage which was taken by CCTV cameras at the seat of government on January 9, 2017 — President Akufo - Addo's first day in office — showed members of the vigilante group chasing ASP Nanka as he drove out of the Flagstaff House.

But Democrats, too, are increasingly confident the seat will be held, part of a push to take control this spring in the Senate after the return of the eight - member Independent Democratic Conference.

Do they really want to lose those seats because the members were asked to take a loyalty test for their Skelos?

The year after she resigned, following 26 years as a Member of Parliament, just 24 women became MPs and took their seats in Parliament.

A member of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Victor Kojoga Adawudu has said that the government's decision to reverse the name of the seat of government from Flagstaff House to Jubilee House was taken to «massage the ego» of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo - Addo.

He had opposed British involvement in the war at its outbreak in 1914, a highly principled position to take in the face of its huge popularity among members of his own party, resigned his position as the leader of the Parliamentary Labour Party in consequence and then had his illegitimate birth raised by the newspapers in an attempt to get him to resign his seat as an MP (they argued that as he'd used a different name during his life from that on his birth certificate he'd stood for election on false pretenses and deceived his constituents).

Additional member seats are allocated from the lists by the d'Hondt method, with constituency results being taken into account in the allocation.

The additional member seats are allocated from closed lists by the d'Hondt method, with constituency results being taken into account in the allocation.

«preserves the single - member constituency link» Biggest mistake Labour ever made, making that the standard in 1947 — you seem to not be aware that multi member seats based on historic boundaries like Boroughs and Counties were the norm throughout most of the history of Parliament, it was taking that into account that led to the creation of BPr / STV.

The Russian focus on the New York State governor's race is rooted in the Kremlin's desire to install GOP candidate and Kremlin asset Marc Molinaro in the governor's seat, so that Molinaro can pardon any members of the Trump organization who are indicted by New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, which would effectively take away Robert Mueller's backstop in the Justice Department investigation of the Trump Administration.

New Park District School Board Member Catherine Flanagan - Priore (second from left) takes her seat at the table.

Residents of Manhattan, Queens and the Bronx chose three new Assembly members and one new state Senator to fill seats that have been vacant since their predecessors took other offices in January.

Buffalo, NY (WBEN)- The Buffalo School Board member who took the ousted Carl Paladino's seat has resigned from her position in protest after the Board's vote to switch nursing providers.

The final selection hustings for the seat, which has a 21,000 Labour majority, will take place on Saturday, when party members will vote for their preferred candidate to fight the by - election in June.

Antoniello was elected at a time when the party was in dire need of consensus, after the party was torn in two, members and leadership taking sides in their support of either Steven Matteo or Lisa Giovinazzo for the Council seat.

In order to take over, then, the Lexington Club had to elect enough County Committee members, election district by election district within the Assembly District, to seat their District Leader candidates.

Following his arrest for charges of bribery, District 19 Council Member Dan Halloran decided not to run for re-election, and opened the field up to a number of well - connected contenders hoping to take his seat.

Say, party Y won 20 % of the party votes (meaning they have a right to about 120 seats), but their local candidates won in 130 districts; now, even though party Y won't get any additional members from their list, they have 10 seats too many, which can't be taken away from them.

If you talk to any NDC member today, all that they are saying is that if John can let Stan and co take a back seat, they will support him and ensure he wins the 2020 election».

Nevertheless, the Senate Republicans are also feeling bullish about Republican Greg Bernard, who won a special election to fill the remainder of former Yorktown Town Board Member Terrence Murphy's term after Murphy departed at the end of last year to take a seat in the state Senate.

Revere America looks forward to the seating of the 112th Congress and calls on its members to take swift action to immediately undo the most pernicious impacts of this law.»

The NDC lost the Walewale parliamentary seat in the 2012 general election to the New Patriotic Party (NPP); the NDC again lost the Kumbungu seat to the Convention People's Party (CPP) in a bye - election held in 2013 after Alhaji Mohammed Mumuni, the then sitting NDC Member of Parliament (MP), resigned from Parliament to take up an international position.

In addition, a member of the disability community is running in this race — Michael Lopez, a team leader at Verizon and 18 year resident of Avenue C in the district sees this as «a historic opportunity for people with disabilities to take a seat at the policymaking table.»

The debate, organised through Guardian Members, was originally scheduled to take place at a much smaller venue in Westminster, but demand for tickets led to the venue being switched to the Palladium, which seats more than 2,000 people.

When he took his seat on March 29, all members of the Council, including Parks, protested against his «by - election» for which there seems to have been no legal basis.

Inez Dickens is expected to resign her City Council seat around December 31st before taking office as a Member of the State Assembly.

In general elections, voting takes place in all parliamentary constituencies of the United Kingdom to elect members of parliament (MPs) to seats in the House of Commons, the dominant (historically termed the lower) house of Parliament.

According to the sources, Schaffer agreed that Tom Cilmi, a Republican county legislator, will fill Boyle's seat if it opens up while Trish Bergin, a Republican member on town of Islip board and former News 12 reporter and Billy Joel's ex-girlfriend, will take Cilmi's spot on the county legislature.

The disadvantages are that it takes away the final decision on who should be the Conservative candidate away from Conservative members and, critically, it means that high profile MPs, including members of the Cabinet, could lose their seats.

The mayor invested considerable effort, funding and even staff members in helping Democrats trying to take four contested State Senate seats and in ousting Mr. Grimm, and the triumphant Republicans all used his image in their attack ads.

With a combined 213 seats in the Assembly and Senate, it will take at least 107 votes to approve Schneiderman's successor — and with a 104 - member Democratic Assembly caucus, Heastie holds almost all the cards in deciding who that will be.

Taking the fifth seat on the most recent town board, the only one not a member of the Democratic Party, gave him no pause.

``... By winning this seat the Tories gained control of the Council which they were denied by our standing in another ward in May, when the long term incumbent and Eastern Regional Assembly member for Theydon Bois ward was ousted by 23 votes.UKIP took 136 votes having never stood there before.Had we had the notice of the Grange Hill by election in time we WOULD have stood and I'm confident that we would have denied the Tories success.»

[4] The Liberal Democrats took four seats and therefore finished with 13 councillors on the council., [5] while all three members of the Conservative council cabinet were re-elected, including the council leader Barry Norton in North Leigh ward.