Sentences with phrase «of ethnic minority candidates»

Runnymede points about that the Conservatives made little progress among minority communities at the last election despite a record number of ethnic minority candidates in winnable seats and despite Conservatives like Sayeeda Warsi playing a prominent role in the Tory campaign.

David Cameron has succeeded in boosting the number of ethnic minority candidates in winnable seats: there should be at least four new black or Asian Conservative MPs to add to the two already at Westminster.

Not exact matches

Nigel Farage stands on stage with an assortment of black and ethnic minority Ukip candidates, as he attempts to dispel perceptions his party is racist

His recent advocacy of selection procedeures for the next round of Assembly Elections that would see women and ethnic minority candidates get preferential treatment underlined his Cameroonian credentials.

[51] Michael Millar, writing in The Spectator, was of the opinion that «the Equality Bill before parliament today gives employers the right to choose an ethnic minority candidate or female candidate over a white male, specifically because they are an ethnic minority or female.»

A damaging row over grammar schools policy, unease among the grassroots about the leadership's efforts to introduce more women and ethnic minority parliamentary candidates and Gordon Brown's self - assured performance as Prime Minister in the summer of 2007 imperilled the Tory recovery.

The bill, designed to increase fairness and diversity in the workplace, would also allow firms to discriminate in favour of female and ethnic minority candidates and require public bodies to disclose the extent of any gender pay gap in their organisation.

In terms of proving progressive credentials to the Left my guess is that the Conservative leadership would also point to the party's acceptance of homosexual rights, efforts to promote women and ethnic minority candidates and the significant emphasis that the party has placed on civil libertarianism and combating climate change.

He easily eclipsed Ken Clarke, the Tory grandee who had turned up to lend his support, suggesting that the Tory leader's big tent approach to candidate selection — particularly in a constituency where 62 per cent of voters are from ethnic minorities — may pay dividends.»

Part of that would include fielding more black and ethnic minority candidates.

Mrs Hodge was candid in her assessment of Labour's three black or minority ethnic potential candidates for mayor.

Nigel Farage stood on stage with an assortment of black and ethnic minority Ukip candidates last night, as he attempts to dispel perceptions that his party is racist.

I would go even further than David Cameron - I would fast track even more talented women and ethnic minority candidates into the seats currently held by our Bedblocker MPs - about 25 % of the Parliamentary Party the last time I looked.

Ten per cent of Labour's new parliamentary candidates are from ethnic minorities, a figure that rises to 15 % in Labour - held seats.

First, the Tories have still not realised that it takes more than picking an Asian candidate to reverse a scandalous neglect of engaging with people from ethnic minorities since the days of Enoch Powell.

[57] According to UCL's Parliamentary Candidates UK project [58] the major parties had the following percentages of black and ethnic minority candidates: the Conservatives 11 %, the Liberal Democrats 10 %, Labour 9 %, UKIP 6 %, the GCandidates UK project [58] the major parties had the following percentages of black and ethnic minority candidates: the Conservatives 11 %, the Liberal Democrats 10 %, Labour 9 %, UKIP 6 %, the Gcandidates: the Conservatives 11 %, the Liberal Democrats 10 %, Labour 9 %, UKIP 6 %, the Greens 4 %.

One of the speakers, the Catholic Bishop of Gboko, His Lordship, Williams Avenya, had reminded Osinbajo of the then presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Muhammadu Buhari's campaign promises that he would not Islamise the country and would protect the interest of all Nigerians including citizens of minority ethnic groups if voted into power.

And just in case there is anyone out there who still thinks that the work we've done to get more women candidates, more black and minority ethnic candidates... that this is some kind of political correctness that Conservatives should avoid.I would say no.

The issue of ethnicity was always going to come up ahead of London's mayoral elections: if Labour candidate Sadiq Khan wins, he will become London's first Muslim mayor, and the first minority ethnic person to hold the office.

Though the party has good policies on equality, it has not prioritised the promotion and selection of women and ethnic minority candidates.

Insulting UKIP in this way looks like a real case of pot and kettle in membership terms, but only the tory party may be seeking to make racism a party policy by imposing candidates from ethnic minorities on constituencies.

The problem is the shortage of women and ethnic minority candidates coming forward.

There will be no black and minority ethnic candidates in the contest to be leader or deputy leader of the Labour party after the MP for Bethnal Green and Bow, Rushanara Ali, pulled out at the last minute.

Amin was the first ethnic minority candidate to be chosen to fight May's election for the Tories, in the key battleground of Dudley North, which has a Labour majority of 649.

Amin was the first ethnic minority candidate to be chosen for this year's poll, and has been pictured alongside Prime Minister David Cameron, Chancellor George Osborne and the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby.

No previous leader of the Conservatives has done as much, for example, to bust open the selection of Parliamentary candidates to include more women (now over a third) and more black and minority ethnic candidates.

It is a matter of fact that white, male candidates have been much less likely to be placed on the A List, than either women, or ethnic minority candidates.

The nomination of priority candidates and the revision of constituency procedures have dramatically increased the number of women and British minority ethnics being selected in target and Conservative held seats.

As much as possible the selection of candidates more recently has been controlled centrally in order to ensure more women and ethnic minorities become MPs.

It was, relatively, a good night for black and minority ethnic candidates: the number of African, Caribbean and Asian MPs has nearly doubled — if only from 14 to 26.

During his tenure, alongside newly elected Leader David Cameron, the Conservatives adopted the A-List of parliamentary candidates, with priority being given to women and people from ethnic minorities.

Labour said it had the best record of any of the parties in selecting female and ethnic minority candidates.

«The establishment of a priority list of candidates for target seats, with specific emphasis on getting more women and people from ethnic minorities into winnable positions.

Even fewer interventions are tailored for racial and ethnic minorities, and not one intervention has been evaluated with sexual - and gender - minority people,» said Robert Coulter, M.P.H., a doctoral candidate in Pitt Public Health's Department of Behavioral and Community Health Sciences and lead author of both studies.

Networking and events group BAMEed will launch in January with the aim of encouraging more black, Asian and ethnic minority candidates into teaching and leadership roles, Schools Week has reported.

Since its inception in 1995, Center X has attracted racially and ethnically diverse candidates, and two - thirds of its current students are members of an ethnic minority.

The latest silk round saw a record number of black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) lawyers appointed as QCs, with success rates for BAME candidates rising on last year and bettering the equivalent rate for white applicants.

Black and minority ethnic (BAME) candidates comprised 6 % of legal judicial posts.

Proposed measures for the Bill, which is expected to be published in October, would allow employers to discriminate in favour of female or ethnic minority job candidates and ban contractual prohibitions on staff discussing pay with each other.