Sentences with phrase «of polling day»

Homemade bombs are sometimes planted by workers from rival political parties to intimidate voters ahead of polling day.

ending with the close of polling day for the second general election that takes place after the date of receipt by the Electoral Commission of the duly completed return

On the morning of polling day Cameron's team sat round Steve Hilton's kitchen table in Oxfordshire and made their predictions; most were for the Conservatives being the largest party but without a majority.

At Sunday services prayers were said for God's guidance ahead of the vote and churches across Scotland have been invited to stay open for the duration of polling day.

With one day to go, we interview the former politician and academic David Howarth — who won a surprise victory to become the Liberal Democrat MP for Cambridge in 2005 — for his insight on the twists and turns of Polling Day, and the daily pressures of life in Westminster.

On September 18th, meanwhile, two exchanges between Mr and Mrs Salmond capture the highs and lows of polling day.

«Labour revives idea of polling day referenda to wrongfoot Cameron Main If Cameron does not change course his government will face opposition on TWO fronts»

Highlights of some of the BBC images of polling day and the counting through the night for the Scottish referendum.

It is normal, as an announcement of the date of polling day becomes imminent, for the opposition party to be granted limited access to the machinery of the Civil Service in order to go through their plans for government.

Nick Clegg has launched a personal guarantee for voters in a final run of leaflets and newspaper adverts ahead of polling day.

who would, if he or she continued to reside in that electoral district until the close of polling day, have continuously resided in that electoral district for a period equalling or exceeding 1 month, --

On the eve of polling day, UKIP leader Nigel Farage told interviewers he would be «for the chop» if he failed to get elected in the Kent seat of South Thanet.

The realpolitik of even being possibly associated with the plot was exemplified when a local news reporter rang one wrongly identified rebel, Paul Farrelly, at 2 am to inform him they would be splashing on news of his disloyalty to the prime minister — the morning of polling day.

Ahead of polling day, neither David Cameron and Ed Miliband will ever tire of saying that they can win a majority.

Comments ahead of polling day that UKIP was «about a lot more than me», and that he was «a complete convert» to proportional representation, hinted that he believed the game was up.

Diane Abbot's mysterious resignation as Shadow Home Secretary on the eve of polling day is revealed — she has been diagnosed with diabetes.