Sentences with phrase «of local council elections»

Rather than waiting to combine them with the next round of local council elections, and despite the fact that the government had committed to holding subsequent PCC elections alongside other elections, the 2012 PCC elections were held as stand - alone elections in November, outside the normal electoral cycle.

On the conduct of local council elections, he said, «It is regrettable that the State Independent Electoral Commission, SIECOM, is yet to release the time table for the local government elections despite all the support they have received so far from the State government.»

Episode 53 (4 May) Council of Despair - A local elections special: One of the golden rules of politics is to manage expectations - and Labour broke it with style ahead of the local council elections.

«Since 1979, no opposition party has gone on to win a general election after being behind in the first set of local council elections in the parliament.

«On Saturday 12 May 2018, General Mohammed accompanied the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Liuetenant General TY Buratai to pay condolence visit to the families of late Sheikh Isyaka Rabiu in Kano and thereafter visited Depot NA in Zaria before returnimg to Kaduna in the evening after the conduct of the local Councils elections.

Not exact matches

The full results of the local elections won't be known until Friday evening, as some councils don't start the count until the day after polling...

Local elections are often said to be about local issues but actually most of the changes over time in shares of council seats won the Conservatives, Labour and Liberal Democrats can be accounted for by changes the popularity of these parties at the national lLocal elections are often said to be about local issues but actually most of the changes over time in shares of council seats won the Conservatives, Labour and Liberal Democrats can be accounted for by changes the popularity of these parties at the national llocal issues but actually most of the changes over time in shares of council seats won the Conservatives, Labour and Liberal Democrats can be accounted for by changes the popularity of these parties at the national level.

The Newark by - election faces a greater risk of a legal challenge because of «inadequately performing Electoral Commission officials», a local council chief has said.

Their method is much more thorough and uses information from local by - elections to estimate the National Equivalent Vote and pays attention to the actual shares of the vote in the different county council divisions last time.

«The PDP holds that the governor and the APC are jittery and unpopular of going into the grass roots elections in the state, thus the decisions to control the councils by nomenclature of executive secretaries and sole administrators, which are alien and offensive to the provisions of our Constitution, which under section 7 guarantees only democratically elected local government council administrations.»

Late additions to the list of Labour's councils are improving the party's final showing from last month's local elections.

Local council politics are likely to dominate in the crucial swing seat of Gedling come the general election.

On the basis of this result, a local charity had organised elections in each of Mahra's provinces to identify 260 delegates who were to attend a Congress in the capital, al - Ghayda, to elect The Mahra Council.

Almost all English district and unitary councils — 279 of 293 — held elections too, and there were also votes for six mayors, for many parish and town councils, plus the odd local referendum.

If a similar pattern is maintained at these local elections — and it was in last year's county council elections — then the Labour vote will increase more (or fall less) were the Remain vote was higher in 2016, while the converse will be true of the Conservatives.

Also on the republican list of demands: abolition of the Privy Council; full proportional representation in elections for the House of Commons; decentralisation of power to local and community authorities; a voting age of 16; fixed - term parliaments; state funding of political parties; a ban on outside earnings for MPs; more powerful Commons select committees, with powers to confirm or block ministerial appointments; elected police chiefs and elected mayors in all the major cities.

A total of 31 political parties have announced their decision to boycott the Local Councils» election in Kaduna State holding on May 12.

[99] On the same day, Labour polled ahead of all other parties at the local elections, winning 31 % of the vote and taking control of six additional councils.

Local council election results in the wards making up Hallam constituency, while by no means good for the Liberal Democrats, paint a more equivocal picture than the polls, as a comparison of the 2010 local election results with those in the most recent local elections in 2014 sLocal council election results in the wards making up Hallam constituency, while by no means good for the Liberal Democrats, paint a more equivocal picture than the polls, as a comparison of the 2010 local election results with those in the most recent local elections in 2014 slocal election results with those in the most recent local elections in 2014 slocal elections in 2014 shows.

If the general election on June 8 can be considered British politics» «main event» for 2017, then the recent local council and mayoral elections on May 4 can be seen of something of a dress rehearsal.

Ahead of the local elections, the Labour leader sought to manage expectations by suggesting the party would not lose seats on English councils.

The governor of Kaduna state, Nasir El - Rufai, has confirmed that he will challenge in court elections in the local government councils won by the Peoples Democratic...

Five years ago, Welsh Labour did very well in the Welsh local elections, increasing the number of council seats they held by around 70 %; by the end of that night they had substantially more councillor in Wales than did the Conservatives, Plaid Cymru and the Liberal Democrats put together.

Subsequent to announcing her intention to retire, Gash was elected Mayor of Shoalhaven Council at the 2012 NSW local government elections.

The party fielded a candidate in the 3 March 2011 local by - election for the Walkden North ward of Salford City Council.

However, largely because London accounts for no less than 42 % of all the seats up being contested this year, amongst the councils that do have local elections this week there are more seats being contested where the Remain vote was higher.

Local government's four - year electoral cycle means that the baseline with which to compare these elections was 2011, when most of the actual council seats up this year were last won and lost.

The local elections will be fought in the tough terrain of metropolitan councils, where the Lib Dems have suffered serious collateral damage from the coalition.

Our June Scottish Public Opinion Monitor placed Labour on 32 % among voters in Scotland, an increase of nine points since January, reflecting the party's relative success in May's local council elections.

Elections for municipal or other local offices (city councils, governing boards of schools, hospitals, etc) are nonpartisan by law, with the exception that home - rule cities may legislate partisan elections for thElections for municipal or other local offices (city councils, governing boards of schools, hospitals, etc) are nonpartisan by law, with the exception that home - rule cities may legislate partisan elections for thelections for themselves.

If taxpayers believe councils are not meeting their needs, then they can express that at the next set of local elections.

In general Labour traditionally does better than average in urban areas, and the Conservatives better in rural England, and at this particular point of the local election cycle, most council seats up for re-election were urban.

We need to appeal to people, and I would note that in these results, while I'm sorry that Conservative councillors who've worked hard lost their seats, in places like Amber Valley in Derbyshire, the heart of England, a part that's actually been Labour for decades, we still have a Conservative council, a place where I launched our local election campaign.»

In the 2014 local elections, Berry was elected to the Highgate ward of Camden London Borough Council, holding the seat of outgoing Green councillor Maya De Souza in a split result for the ward.

In local elections held on 22 May 2014, the Liberal Democrats lost another 307 council seats [84] and ten of their eleven seats in the European Parliament in the 2014 European elections.

As well as the obvious point that councils spend billions of pounds on important public services, an unexpectedly good or bad local election result can have an important psychological effect on a party.

The demand comes in the wake of disastrous election results, which saw the Lib Dems punished in local councils and an overwhelming rejection of AV.

With local elections being held all over the country on May 2nd, these results do not look good for the Tories, who will be defending their control of 26 county councils and three unitary authorities in England in addition to the mayoralty of North Tyneside.

[148] In the 2008 local elections they gained 25 % of the vote, placing them ahead of Labour and increasing their control by 34 to more than 4,200 council seats — 21 % of the total number of seats.

Ukip's victory in a recent council by - election puts even more pressure on the Conservatives ahead of the May local elections.

Winning council seats and by - elections up and down the country with the toughest and best generation of local government leaders we have ever had.

The party failed to win any council seats in Manchester, Liverpool or Newcastle in the local elections earlier this year, and today's visit with shadow chancellor George Osborne is part of a wider drive to persuade voters that the Tories have changed.

And as you may have it, the stakeholders approved it and the three senatorial districts of the state gave consent to the endorsement for him to go and constitute caretaker committees that will run the affairs of the Local Government councils in the state pending when the elections will be conducted, and that prompted the decision to set up the caretaker committees.

Many feel that Derbyshire County Council will be the toughest nut to crack in local government for us on 4th June, but one needs to remember that Labour have not faced us when there has not been a General Election on the same day since 1993... and that was not a good year for Conservatives anyway!Accordingly, we have worked hard to establish a Shadow Cabinet, engage in active but constructive opposition and really get to grips with the workings of the County Council so that we can put our vision for the future in place quickly; to employ a cliché: «to hit the ground running».

The new YouGov poll indicates the party is on course for the best performance in London local elections of any party for more than 40 years, but still may not capture the Tory flagship councils in Wandsworth and Westminster.

Also on Local government: The number of candidates for the Police and Crime commissioner elections on November 15th is coming through thick and fast and Birmingham City Council pays # 35 million a year in sick pay

From 1980 — 1 relations with local government became increasingly confrontational, as Labour made large gains in local elections, with a new generation of council leaders such as Ken Livingstone in London and David Blunkett in Sheffield seeking to generate employment through their councils.

Speaking in Harlow, where Labour took control of the council in last week's local election, Miliband said: «The reality now for people aspiring to get on is that they feel they are running up against a brick wall in terms of unemployment and getting on the housing ladder.»

Referencing both William Shakespeare and Walter Scott, Hannan claims the recent elections for the European Parliament and local councils in the UK were the beginning of the end for the Liberal Democrats: «nothing will come of nothing... as the Lib Dems slide away, unwept, unhonoured and unsung».

It is most unlikely that the Conservatives will retain South Ayrshire council, following the introduction of PR in local elections.