Sentences with phrase «minister stood for election»

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Viktor Yushchenko, then a Ukrainian opposition leader, was poisoned during the campaign for the 2004 presidential election in which he stood on a pro-western ticket against the current Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich.

Congratulating Theresa May on becoming Prime Minister, Huw Evans, Director General of the Association of British Insurers (ABI), said: «The appointment of our second woman Prime Minister is a positive day in British public life which will hopefully encourage many more women to stand for election to Parliament.

The former prime minister has announced that he will be standing down as MP for Witney, triggering a by - election in the coming months.

Labour's former deputy prime minister said he would stand for the job, overseeing the work of Humberside police, in elections set for this November.

A Labour minister has denied claims he considered standing as the Conservatives candidate for the London mayoral election.

The former Dulwich and West Norwood MP, who stood down at the general election after 20 years in Parliament, earned widespread plaudits for the role she played in London's bid for the 2012 Olympics and her subsequent performance as Olympics minister.

He is not contesting this election — Defence Minister Joao Lourenco is standing for the governing MPLA party.

In Bordeaux, the incumbent Mayor and former Prime Minister Alain Juppé, defeated in the 2007 parliamentary election, stood for re-election.

Meanwhile only one serving minister will stand for election, from the liberal Civic List party.

UKIP leader Nigel Farage has said he will not be standing in the Newark by - election, sparked by disgraced former Tory minister Patrick Mercer's decision to quit over a cash - for - questions scandal.

Earlier this week Cable praised Sarah Teather's attack against the coalition's immigration and welfare policies, which the former minister cited as reasons for her decision to stand down from parliament at the next election, as «eloquent».

It is extremely rare for a public official to issue a warning of this kind to a politician of Mr Grayling's standing close to a general election — although Sir Michael issued a similar warning last June to the Equalities minister Harriet Harman, about exaggerating the pay gap between men and women.

The Leader should be someone who is ready to win the 2020 election and become Prime Minister of the UK, and then stand for re-election and win again in 2025.

One outgoing cabinet minister not likely to stand in any leadership election said: «We have got to make sure we don't pretend this was a victory for style over substance.

The Scunthorpe MP and former minister, who has been barred from standing for Labour at the next general election, said further examination by his own lawyers showed that taxpayers had paid for part of the capital sum of his mortgage.

Of the others who have been acting up since the election, Sadiq Khan (replacing Lord Adonis at Transport) and Rosie Winterton (replacing Harriet Harman as Shadow Leader of the House and Minister for Women) stand a good chance as does John Healey (Housing) who attends Shadow Cabinet but is, strictly speaking, not a member.

The sticking point between them comes when they meet with Sir John Peel, again standing election for prime minister, and Albert assures him that, should he win, Victoria will reverse her earlier decision and appoint Tory wives as her ladies in waiting.