Sentences with phrase «numbers of seats up»

This is salutary reminder that the political significance of numbers of gains and losses depends very much on the numbers of seats up for election.

Not exact matches

In addition to claims he didn't know what clingfilm was — and was heard «shrieking» at the site of kitchen staff using it to wrap up cold cuts — and that he takes truckloads of possessions, including his own toilet seat, with him on royal trips, Tom Bower's «Rebel Prince» includes a number of claims about Charles» extravagant travel habits.

Overbooking flights is a legal and common airline practice; travelers cancel plans at the last minute, they show up late... it's a numbers game: The airline builds in a buffer of oversold seats to offset the number of people their statistical models predict will back out.

As I made my way up to the second - story balcony — all orchestra seating had been taken by the time I arrived — I was overwhelmed by the number of people climbing up the stairs alongside me.

Southwest said it hopes to increase capacity ± the number of seats on its planes — by 8 % this year, up from its earlier goal of 7 %, the Wall Street Journal reports.

To sum up, the six general elections considered here ended with minority governments, and those minorities all enjoyed a relatively small advantage in the number of seats — ranging from two to 22 — over the official Opposition.

United's cost per seat - mile should be falling as it ramps up the supply of seats and flights, with the expenses being spread out over a greater number of seats, he said.

Lascal's BuggyBoard Maxi is one of the best options out there for a number of reasons, my favorite one being that you can attach a saddle seat (sold separately) so your child can ride sitting or standing (the saddle flips up and out of the way)!

JetBlue does have a seat upgrade offering a number of perks that you can pay extra for, but it is not a requirement to do so unless the flight has already booked up.

You also need to remember to buckle only one child per seat belt and not double up the number of children using the same seat belt.

Gannett's Jon Campbell caught up with Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, who said his conference's plan will consolidate a number of districts in Queens and Nassau County to eliminate the second seat.

If, as looks likely, the Conservatives end up with the largest number of seats, they get to go first in trying to form a government by going into coalition with other parties.

Although gaining 22 seats, Labour lost all but one of its MPs in Scotland and ended up with a net loss of 26 seats, failing to win a number of key marginal seats that it had expected to win comfortably.

As a result of these adjustments the forecast number of seats for both Labour and the Lib Dems has gone up a little and the Tories have correspondingly come down.

When weighted by the number of seats they have up for election, the average Remain vote in those councils that have elections on Thursday is as much as 52 %, some five points above the overall Remain vote in England in June 2016.

The Conservatives tend to pile up large majorities in safe seats and because the planned redistribution of seats did not take place after the 2010 election, Labour has a number of seats with below average electorates, making the vote - to - seat ratio work all the more in its favour.

But the 2nd District is the kind of seat that could get swept up in a blue wave, diminishing the GOP's numbers and potentially the number of Republican women in the House, too.

«In terms of seat numbers, Labour should expect to pick up 300 seats, repeating last year's performance and cancelling out their losses of four years ago,» Mr Sawford wrote.

If less seats earned through electorates, than the number of seats earned by the party vote, then the difference is made up of list seats.

In the Commons yesterday, Labour's Jack Straw quizzed Nick Clegg's Tory deputy, Mark Harper, on whether the reduction is seat numbers would respect historic boundaries and whether the Isle of Wight would be broken up as a constituency with a second seat covering people on the island and the English mainland.

The Greens earned 10.6 % of the vote (up from 6.7 % in 2008) and increased their number of seats in parliament from 9 to 13.

While we were all focused on the battle for control of the state Senate, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and the majority's political arm, DACC, quietly racked up five wins last night, bringing the total number of Democrat - controlled seats to 106.

Voters traditionally use local elections to give the Government of the day a kicking - meaning opposition parties pick up large numbers of seats as a result.

The entire council was up for election, following boundary changes that reduced the number of wards by one, but altogether had added an additional two seats.

When the Parliamentary and Voting Constituencies Bill was passed I celebrated the moment, noting that the introduction of fair - sized seats of equal population could boost the number of Tory MPs at the next election by up to twenty.

Similarly, I recently suggested that that the damaged Republican brand might limit the number of seats that the party picks up.

If he joins after the 2018 elections — and if Democrats pick up a number of seats in an anti-Donald Trump wave — his vote would be far less critical.

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.

Prior to setting up his own communications business, he was on the Conservative Party's professional staff working for Ministers and high - profile back bench MPs, where he masterminded and devised a number of community campaigns which saw the Conservative Party holding to a number of highly marginal seats.

At the weekend they upped the ante with Alan Partridge's alter ego not only starring in an ad, but also hitting the campaign trail in a number of marginal seats with Labour MP Tom Watson.

The simple fact is, the monarch can't refuse permission to form a government from a party leader if they have the required number of seats to make up a majority.

, or without a vigorous opposition press, or with a slanderous and irresponsible opposition press, or which have signed up to supranational bodies outside democratic control, or which have signed up to international treaties ditto, or which make use of protected seats for women or ethnic minorities, or where the if the prime minister is one ethnic group the president is conventionally always another, or where unlimited campaign donations are allowed, or disallowed, or where significant numbers question the legitimacy of the polity holding the vote, or where voting is compulsory, or where non-citizens can not vote, or where they can, or where there is (or is not) a second chamber or supreme court that can block popular legislation...

Some representatives are elected via the traditional first past the post method but voters get to cast a second vote for «top - up» seats, allocated in proportion to the number of votes.

So, by my reckoning there will probably be around 15 re-selection battles where a sitting Labour MP faces up against another sitting Labour MP on the provisional boundaries, though remember that these are subject to change (and it only takes a small adjustment by the boundary commission to shift the number of voters from an old seat above or below 40 %).

Picking up a large number of seats is tough for either party because there aren't as many competitive races on the map following the decennial redistricting process in 2012.

For me, the bigger story is how Labour could indeed end up third in the share of the popular vote but still emerge top in number of seats.

Also some good news in this poll for the state Legislature, which has seen its numbers improve at a time when all of its seats are up for grabs in the November elections.

It will be interesting to see who actually shows up for the lame duck session considering there are a number of lawmakers who lost their seat on primary day and more are likely to be ousted one week from today.

Brown is a very cautious man (despite throwing Prudence to wind) and a large number of his MPs in marginal seats will adopt the Macawber principle and will hope (as Major did in 1997) that by hanging on something will turn up to save them.

The number of competitive House districts is fairly small — about 50 seats out of 435 — so Walden's goal is ambitious, but top leaders backed it at the Tuesday meeting, and warned it wouldn't happen unless members stepped up and opened their wallets.

Also the number of seats was reduced to 45, resulting that the entire council was up for election.

This comes after both sides ended up with an equal number of seats as a result of the November election.

Democrats are sure to pick up at least 28 seats, but that number could rise as high as 30 — or more — depending on the outcomes of several VERY tight contests.

A number of seats will be up for grabs, even if the «Democrats» that run are rather conservative.

During a Monday Democratic National Convention breakfast meeting, a number of New York state delegates agreed that Lopez — the Brooklyn assemblyman accused of sexually harassing scores of female employees — should either give up his seat or submit to a vote of no confidence.

The whole council was up for election after boundary changes reduced the number of seats by one.

The Lib Dems are keen to move away from first past the post (FPTP), which exaggerates the number of seats awarded to a winning party - or the runner - up - traditionally favouring the Labour and Tory parties.

The whole council was up for election, with boundary changes since the last election in 2003 reducing the number of seats by nine.

A number of seats are up for election on Syracuse's Common Council including one vacancy.

If the numbers hold, Republicans are poised to remain in control of the New York State Senate, and even pick up a seat.