Sentences with phrase «of leadership contests»

«From what I've heard so far it doesn't seem much worse than in most of the leadership contests that we've had in other parties as well as our own, so it's not a major departure I don't think,» he said.

And crucially, for now at least, the feverish talk of leadership contests seems to have gone quiet.

Despite being in the midst of a leadership contest, which ends with a vote on October 18, 2014, the NDP continues to nominate candidates for the next election.

In spite of a strong performance in a BBC Question Time head - to - head debate in the final stage of the leadership contest, Davis could not match his rival's general popularity.

Following hustings, the Labour party will convene a special conference to formally declare the result of the leadership contest.

The shock survey suggested that a massive 43 per cent of Labour supporters and members would vote for Corbyn in the first round of the leadership contest.

At the start of the leadership contest, no credible commentator considered that he might actually win the damn thing.

It would appear some Labour members aren't feeling so patient with regards to the results of the leadership contest.

And he stressed the importance of a leadership contest involving several candidates.

«The whole point of a leadership contest is to replace him with someone who is capable of winning again.

This inevitably renewed talk of a leadership contest and, by the end of the year, four names were in the frame: David Miliband, Balls, an increasingly impressive Harriet Harman, and James Purnell.

Or he can continue talking the language of the leadership contest and pander to the unions that elected him.

[1] The threat of a leadership contest receded due to his perceived strong handling of the global financial crisis in October, but his popularity hit an all - time low and his position became increasingly untenable after the May 2009 expenses scandal and Labour's poor results in the 2009 Local and European elections.

Ed must genuinely have hoped to have his big brother back around the shadow cabinet table after the bitterness which marred the later stages of the leadership contest — and the narrow outcome which must have shocked him almost as much as it did his defeated.

Ensure that those in Lewisham who had voted for a Labour government knew their MP was doing her bit, prepared to put the differences of a leadership contest behind her.

Of all the leadership and deputy leadership candidates, only Corbyn and Watson voted through the «No» lobby on that occasion.This capitulation by Harriet Harman has been seen by some, including LabourList's Conor Pope, as her attempt to guide the narrative of the leadership contest.

This capitulation by Harriet Harman has been seen by some, including LabourList's Conor Pope, as her attempt to guide the narrative of the leadership contest.

No matter how real the fevered hallucinations currently seem on this acid trip of a leadership contest, they aren't real.

Tensions in the Tory Party have escalated following the former Mayor of London's shock decision to pull out of the leadership contest

Labour's ruling national executive committee has already suspended all local party branch meetings for the duration of the leadership contest.

Currenty, the winner of the leadership contest will take over from David Cameron on September 9.

Harriet Harman has taken over as acting Labour leader - as she did in 2010 after Gordon Brown's resignation - ahead of a leadership contest likely to take place later this summer.

Gove, backed by education secretary Nicky Morgan, has been knocked out of the leadership contest after persuading just 46 MPs to support his bid.

Not exact matches

Her reputation as a conciliator was part of her appeal during the 2013 leadership contest, a skill she's used to make peace with public school teachers angry over wage - freeze legislation and appointing herself agriculture minister to mend fences with communities upset over decisions to cancel the slots - at - racetracks program and the installation of industrial wind turbines.

These seats were last contested in 2012 and saw Labour make gains of over 500 councillors under the leadership of Ed Miliband.

But such a scenario, which seems unrealistic on its face, is at best a long way off given the near - certainty of another divisive Liberal leadership contest.

Below you'll find Google Trends charts for the 100 days before the campaign's last month for both the Conservative and Liberal leadership contests, along with explanations for some of the biggest spikes in search volume during that time.

Prospa proved its influence and leadership by winning the headline Fintech Leader of the Year award, with Greg Moshal and Beau Bertoli crowned as joint winners in a tightly contested field.

It is pennies compared to the $ 1.8 million raised by Jim Prentice during the Progressive Conservative leadership race, but in the world of the Alberta NDP leadership contest, the money is flowing.

He became one of Mr. Prentice's campaign co-chairs during his party's 2014 PC leadership contest and was rewarded with an appointment as Minister of Infrastructure, a position he held until the 2015 re-election.

Both Minister Morton and Minister Lukaszuk supported Mr. Mar on the final ballot of the PC leadership contest.

In a recent op - ed in the Edmonton Journal, Public Interest Alberta «s Larry Booi called on the new NDP government to institute campaign spending limits, lower contribution limits to $ 1,200 per year, impose much stronger rules on disclosure of contributions and spending and extend the rules on contributions and spending to cover party leadership and constituency contests.

Here is a preliminary list and map of MLAs who are supporting candidates in the 2011 Alberta Progressive Conservative leadership contest.

After weeks of coyness, MLA Sandra Jansen, 53 (Calgary - North West) finally announced her candidacy for the Progressive Conservative leadership contest.

Both Mr. Horne and Mr. Liepert were strong supporters of Mr. Mar in the leadership contest and would have likely ended up in similar positions had he not been defeated on the third ballot vote on October 1.

Mr. Kowalski and a cadre of rural MLAs mobilized rural Alberta Tories to vote for Mr. Klein on the second ballot of the 1992 PC leadership contest after Nancy Betkowski placed first by one vote on the first ballot.

Even Dr. Sherman was a member of the federal Liberals before he was elected as a Progressive Conservative MLA in 2008 (he supported Gerard Kennedy in the 2006 federal Liberal leadership contest).

Banff - Cochrane MLA Ron Casey was one of two MLAs to endorse Ken Hughes «short - lived leadership campaign and has remained quiet since he dropped out of the contest on May 12, 2014.

After winning leadership of Alberta's PC Party, Kenney would run in a second leadership contest in a newly formed party

If we are a Christian congregation we can elect a man of virtue as pastor but there is no need for any contest concerning leadership.

The winner of the Conservative contest therefore needs to be not only a brilliant negotiator, but also a genius that can deal with the gradual realisation of some in the «Out» camp that the deal available from the EU will be nowhere near as dreamlike as the one floated in the leadership contest.

Now every candidate in the Conservative leadership contest is insisting that the UK must have access to the single market while also claiming that it must also no longer be obliged to accept free movement of labour.

With the (arguable) exception of football and the Grand National, I tend to make predictions where I think I have better information than other people opining on them (political events; leadership contests, etc).

The Labour leadership contest has entered into a period of calm, with the ballots closed and the result not set to be announced until Saturday.

I agree that I'd like to see electoral reform as one of the issues debated in the leadership contest.

Rudd has sought to turn Monday's leadership contest into an American style primary by asking the general public to contact their elected representatives in support of his comeback.

As the Labour leadership contest hots up, supporters of Jeremy Corbyn and Owen Smith are furiously hitting the phones.

Despite Australia's high level of political decentralisation, no - one outside the caucus in Canberra has any say in the Federal leadership contest.

Shortlist also contains comedy - club - owner - turned - MP as the fifth leadership contest of the summer gets underway.

Of course Khan is highly unlikely to be back in the Commons in time for a pre-2020 leadership contest.