Sentences with phrase «more seats in parliament»

Boundary changes and the reduction in the number of MPs from 650 to 600 will see the Conservatives gain at least 20 more seats in parliament.

In 1998, for the first time, the BJP gained more seats in parliament than Nehru's venerable India National Congress party.

If May is successful in winning more seats in parliament, she would have a stronger hand in Brexit negotiations, and would be more likely to remove the country from the E.U. single market trade zone.

Not exact matches

Greek TV networks predict that New Democracy will take about 127 seats in the parliament, which when combined with the 32 seats for PASOK, give the coalition more than the 151 seats needed to form a government.

In parliament, a majority is achieved when the largest party has more seats than all other parties put together, which requires 326 seats.

[x] The introduction of quotas in parliament for young people under the age of 30 years old — for instance, through reserving 50 seats or more for the age group 18 - 30 years old — could be an important part of the solution for at least 6 reasons.

It seems somewhat likely that we'll end up with the Tories having more seats than Labour, but the parties of the left having a majority of seats in parliament.

In the opening half of the current parliament, it was the grassroots who were least invested in the present government; local authority elections were a much more important priority for councillors, many of which have already paid the price with their seats for the Lib Dem - Tory tie - uIn the opening half of the current parliament, it was the grassroots who were least invested in the present government; local authority elections were a much more important priority for councillors, many of which have already paid the price with their seats for the Lib Dem - Tory tie - uin the present government; local authority elections were a much more important priority for councillors, many of which have already paid the price with their seats for the Lib Dem - Tory tie - up.

They took a smaller share of the vote than at the previous election, but they managed to more than double their representation in parliament, [31] winning 46 seats, [28] through tactical voting and concentrating resources in winnable seats.

It not only deprived him of seats that are rightly his, it undermines any hope that Clegg will be able to carry his party into a second coalition with Cameron in a future hung parliament — a parliament which is now more likely because of the failure of boundary changes.

This includes fixed terms for five years (when average time between elections has been four); the vote to dissolve parliament before calling a general election requiring 55 per cent support in the House of Commons (meaning the Liberal Democrats can not withdraw their support from the Tories and cause a general election as the Lib - Dems, Labour and other parties altogether hold less than 55 per cent of the seats); and stuffing the House of Lords with many more Conservatives and Liberals to weaken opposition there.

More tangibly, a strong local government presence can help win seats in parliament.

A number of speakers challenged the continuing anachronism of having 26 seats reserved for bishops in the House of Lords, while others pointed out the contrast between the recent House of Commons vote against legalising assisted dying and the overwhelming public support in favour suggested that a more representative Parliament would also be a more progressive one.

I don't put much store in opinion polls, but if true it would only indicate roughly what you would expect to happen at this point in the parliament - 32 % isn't that much lower than Labour got in the 2005 General Election and all it would suggest is that the Liberal Democrats are having a reversal - tactical voting could see them holding onto many of their current seats, indeed it is even possible that if they got 17 % of the vote that if it focused in an area that they could actually end up with more seats, where the switches in support are occuring is crucial - if they are focused then if the Conservative Party were to get 39 % then it might still result in them getting fewer seats than Labour or in extremis winning a 150 seat majority or so?

I have no doubt that the Conservative Party will make major gains in votes and seats in the next 10 years that will build to their return to power ultimately, but they are a long way off actually winning a majority and it has to be said that a Hung Parliament now looks more improbable than at any time since 2001, demographic factors are working against the Conservative Party as well - Labour seats mostly are held with far lower turnouts which is partly why Labour can get fewer votes than the Conservatives and end up with an overall majority and far more seats than the Conservative Party.

Conservative attempts at tackling this have so far proven unsuccessful: Ukip has held steady in the polls, topped May's European Parliament elections, and on Thursday Douglas Carswell won the party's first (elected) seat in parliament by 35 points over his former party, and nearly 50 more thParliament elections, and on Thursday Douglas Carswell won the party's first (elected) seat in parliament by 35 points over his former party, and nearly 50 more thparliament by 35 points over his former party, and nearly 50 more than Labour.

«It is certainly our belief that Labour needs more trade unionists in Parliament, as opposed to seats being handed out on a grace - and - favour basis to Oxbridge - educated «special advisers», but we make no apology for that.»

Internal surveys were reported to have shown that the joint list would win more than 50 seats in the upcoming elections, a total unheard of by a single party in decades, and one that if realized would virtually guarantee Netanyahu continuing as prime minister in the next parliament, no matter which candidates ran and no matter which alliances were formed against him.

Recent polling of key marginal seats by Lord Ashcroft found that Cameron's party can afford to lose no more than 21 seats to Labour in order to remain the largest party in parliament.

Robinson said this showed that it was the collapse in support for other parties that gave the BNP a seat in the European parliament - their share of the vote went up from 1.6 %, to 8 % - not the fact that more people were voting for them.

On an equal amount of votes — 34.5 % a piece — the Conservatives would have almost fifty seats more than Labour, Labour would need to have a lead of about four points over the Conservatives just to get the most seats in a hung Parliament.

This was because the SNP gained 47 seats out of 129 in the election, which was some way short of achieving an absolute majority of seats in the Scottish Parliament, but more than any other single party gained.

Yet in terms of policy payoffs, evidence suggests that the more proportional dispersal of parliamentary seats in the Scottish Parliament and National Assembly for Wales has created the conditions for non-government parties to exert influence, particularly in times of minority government.

His letter to members adds: «It is certainly our belief that Labour needs more trade unionists in parliament, as opposed to seats being handed out on a grace - and - favour basis to Oxbridge - educated «special advisers», but we make no apology for that.

The more seats the Lib Dems hold on May 7, the greater the chance they'll have to play a role in forming a government in the event of a hung parliament.

In many cases, larger constituency units have come about as a result of a loss of seats — whether it be the loss of a European Parliament seat by the Republic of Ireland or the loss of County Council seats by some (of the more rural) counties — added to the overall increase in seat numbers for City and County Council electionIn many cases, larger constituency units have come about as a result of a loss of seats — whether it be the loss of a European Parliament seat by the Republic of Ireland or the loss of County Council seats by some (of the more rural) counties — added to the overall increase in seat numbers for City and County Council electionin seat numbers for City and County Council elections.

The Conservatives more than doubled their number of seats in the Scottish Parliament elections, up to 31 from the 15 secured in 2011.

The significance of a five - point lead is that it is the point at which, on a conventional projection, Labour would win more seats in a hung parliament than the Tories.

This did not lead to increased seats or votes in those institutions of which the FDR was a member, because if this had been the result, it would have indicated that a new state had indeed been created; but in due course, due to the inevitable increase in population, Germany did indeed acquire more seats in the European Parliament and more votes in the Council of Ministers.