Sentences with phrase «most votes then»

«If the Conservative party has won the most seats and most votes then it will be incumbent that we will have that period of stability and that is what we will do,» she said, but her long - term future remained uncertain.

Not exact matches

For most corporations, the basic governance structure is this: shareholders vote for, and hence empower, a board of directors, who then have a fiduciary responsibility to look out for shareholders» interests.

Those projects that had the most votes would then get «whitelisted» and receive the investments.

Most importantly, church assemblies should reclaim their role as representative assemblies chosen to deliberate thoughtfully on significant matters of Christian faith and life, rather than continuing to act as legislatures that reduce everything to stark alternatives and then make hurried decisions by forced choice majority voting.

The public was then asked to vote on the flavor that they would most like to enjoy.

Ideas can be submitted until the end of the day tomorrow, when Helsinki Airport and Finnair will select a shortlist of the best and most practical ideas then put them to a public vote to decide the overall winner.

Fans then had to help cast the vote by retweeting who they thought was most worthy of the award, and the Costa Rican international thought he'd help the process along by voting for himself.

Last year in the Tap City an outfielder who spent nine years in the farm systems of three other teams wound up second in the National League Rookie of the Year vote (Scott Podsednik); a 29 - year - old reliever released by the Rangers in March 2003 became a lights - out closer (Danny Kolb); and a journeyman discarded by Texas in April and then Toronto in July became one of the league's most effective starters over the final two months (Doug Davis).

I will say that if you simply can't bring yourself to vote for anyone from the Steroids Era, then not voting for anyone probably does make the most sense, due to this simple fact: If you vote for only players who haven't been suspected of steroid use, it's inevitable that you will actually vote for players who did, in fact, use steroids.

After having everyone vote on the categories, the teachers then went out and actually bought a little trophy that said, «Most likely to not pay attention.»

If Scots vote as the polls suggest, then Nicola Sturgeon will soon have some claim to being called the most successful British politician of her generation.

It would also allow people to take more time when voting, rather than just voting for president then picking the down ballot candidates by whose last name they like the most.

After that, the majority always votes for the candidate promising the most benefits with the result the democracy collapses because of the loose fiscal policy ensuing, always to be followed by a dictatorship, then a monarchy.»

Labour got the most votes in London back then, but only managed a 2.1 per cent lead over the Conservatives.

Congestion pricing has died multiple deaths in public policy debates, most recently 10 years ago when the Assembly declined to take a vote on a plan backed by then - Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

(There might also be eg red - green and / or even Tory - Ukip options either involving or not involving the yellows) When, for example, the major party vote was 40 - 30 one way or the other (eg 1983, 1997) then the centre would most often join the winning party, or let it govern alone.

The impact of this was also clearly demonstrated the last time the Conservatives were in government: even though the newer cohorts of Conservative MPs were then the most Eurosceptic in their attitudes, they were also the least likely to vote against the Maastricht Bill.

In most seats this is only a marginal difference — in Lib Dem held seats it can be substantial, as repeatedly shown in polls of Lib Dem marginal seats using a two - stage national - then - constituency voting intention questions (see here by Lord Ashcroft, and here by YouGov).

But David Cameron faces the most immediate problem: if the vote is Yes, then Scotland would be lost on his watch.

Today, however, such a system is not commonly practiced and most parliamentary system parties» rules provide for a leadership election in which the general membership of the party is permitted to vote at some point in the process (either directly for the new leader or for delegates who then elect the new leader in a convention), though in many cases the party's legislators are allowed to exercise a disproportionate influence in the final vote.

The more seats a party or grouping has, the more chance it has of forming a government - with 198 seats out of 646 the Conservative Party could only form a government if significant numbers of other MP's decided to back them, as happened in 1924 when there was a situation that the Conservatives didn't want to form a coalition with either other main party and equally the Liberals didn't want a coalition with Labour and the Liberals and Conservatives saw it as an opportunity to allow Labour into government but in a situation in which legislation was still reliant on Liberal and Conservative votes and they could be brought down at the most suitable time, supposing the notional gains were accurate and in the improbable event of the next election going exactly the same way in terms of votes then 214 out of 650 is 32.93 % of seats compared to at 198 out of 646 seats - 30.65 % of seats and the Conservative Party would then be 14 seats closer towards a total neccessary to form a government allowing for the greater number of seats, on the one hand the Conservatives need Labour to fail but equally they need to succeed themselves given that the Liberal Democrats appear likely to oppose anyone forming a government who does not embark on a serious programme to introduce PR, in addition PC & SNP would expect moves towards Independence for Scotland and Wales, the SDLP will be likely to back Labour and equally UKIP would want a committment to withdraw from Europe and anyway will be likely to be in small numbers if any, pretty much that leaves cutting a deal with the DUP which would only add the backing of an extra 10 - 13 MP's.

As an aside, most people don't get paid mileage to and from work, but then most people don't vote on their own benefits either.

If one adheres to the civic responsibility associated with a vote, then I would expect every candidate to vote, and to vote for themselves as the person they believe to be the most qualified candidate.

Then, the single candidate with the most votes from each political party will be that party's nominee in the general election.

Considering that the choice of voting system to the most powerful legislature in the country is of fundamental importance to the very fabric of society, I believe that, if there is anything close to a majority of the electorate in favour of changing the voting system, whether that be to PR or not, then the question must be put to the electorate.

The environment secretary then suggested that Johnson's remain - voting critics should move on, saying the «debate should be forward looking on how to make most of life outside EU - not refighting referendum».

First he spent $ 200,000 per vote in a poorly run failed campaign for governor, next he helped elect Alan Hevisi as NYS Comptroller and then he gave us the most corrupt NYS Senate in history under democrat control.

If the top candidate method is used to gauge the number of votes for party (i.e. assuming the number of votes in support of a party is equal to the number of votes for its most popular candidate) instead of the raw vote, then the party's vote shares are: Labour 72.3 %, Conservatives 16.2 % and Liberal Democrats 11.4 %.

The candidate with the most votes is then elected.

Then, regardless of the strength of a Democratic majority in the Senate, use 51 votes to fill EVERY Federal judgeship qwith the most liberal judge immaginable.

A party such as the Lib Dems who take every opportunity to decry an electoral system that does not fairly convert votes cast into seats gained could not then turn around and say they were backing a party with the most seats (but fewer votes) and hope to retain any credibility, at least in terms of consistency.

then the unions need to put their oen candidates forward has most of this party has we now isnt a true labour party but sadly who do you vote for has its more the same i cant see a way forward but you state the monies from the election 1997 then this must haver been tory money has blair was maggies product put into lanour to take em to the tory lite whot ever i can not in all my days say to my friends vote for them has untill the tb of this party go back to their tory party jeff3

Not sure, if this is undetAnd, labour spent more than the Tories in 2005 75 % of labours spending in 1997 came from the private side, and recall 1979 when the closed shop meant everyone had to joina Union, that union had to give money to the labour party, we knew the next election would be the most vicious since 1992 ′ we win the campaign, lost the election that time, The Tory press isn't as strong as it was then, the tories haven't got lost of «extremist» stories about labour they had thrn to smear us now, They're a smaller party not just cos of Ukip, But labour has a lot of keen strong members, and it'll come doen to 70 or so marginal seats what happens, while not losing our working class votes in Newcastle, birmingham Luton Rotherham, Scotland, and if they're not abstaining, or voting Ukip, we have to ask why they're voting tory

If the voter instead equally prefers B and C, while A is still the most preferred candidate and D is the least preferred candidate, then all of the above votes are sincere and the following combination is also a sincere vote:

The two most popular will then go on to a vote of the wider party membership, with the result due on 9 September.

Most of the discussion during both special meetings took place in executive session with the Town Board then returning to public session to vote on the resolutions.

The PAC should be empowered in at least the cases of the most egregious misfeasance to table a resolution for debate and voting on the floor of the House of Commons which, if passed, would then be sent to the Lords, and if agreed there too, would command the force of law for being implemented.

Given the potentially economically catastrophic vote to leave the EU last Thursday, an outcome that most Labour Party members, and most Labour voters opposed; and which was opposed by the overwhelming majority of affiliated trade unions; then it is essential that the Labour Party quickly develops a policy of how to deal with the fall out.

But if constituencies ultimately deliver MPs that most people have voted for, then why is this a problem?

«And if you want a politician who thinks that a good photo is the most important thing, then don't vote for me.

As described in the state party's exquisitely detailed 41 - page selection plan, the slate will then be sorted by the delegates in each district who receive the most votes, alternating by gender down the list of top finishers to achieve male - female balance.

The team's experimental collaborators at Samsung and MIT then voted on which molecules were most promising for application.

The researchers then compared the groups» online behaviors, and matched 6.3 million users with publicly available voting records to see which group was actually most likely to vote in real life.

Since we were in a yoga studio and on the floor, most of us were feeling the need to stretch a little after the two and a half hour mark; the group voted to have a short yoga practice and then continue the discussion.

Submit your board's URL into the site to enter, then share your board with friends to earn the most votes!

Gold will be given to the dating site with the most votes, followed by Silver and then Bronze.

In «Lincoln,» then, what happens on the way to the president getting the 119 votes he needed to pass the 13th Amendment is a series of high - stakes encounters — with Pennsylvania radical Republican Thaddeus Stevens (Tommy Lee Jones), with his secretary of state and former campaign rival, William Seward (David Strathairn), and, most amusingly, with three disreputable political operatives, played by John Hawkes, Timothy Blake Nelson and James Spader, enlisted to procure votes by any means necessary.

First in the amendment debate, and then in the vote that follows, the two most principled characters in the movie are driven to outright lies: Stevens, agreeing at last to play the long game, denies that he believes all men are equal, arguing only that they should be treated equally before the law.

If the film likely to have the least first - choice votes is The Post or Darkest Hour, you should consider then what those voters are most likely to have as their second - and third - choice picks.

If the South is willing to surrender, then no one but the most radical Republicans will vote for Abolition and slavery will continue, conceivably forever.