«What the country needs more than ever is certainty, and having secured the largest number of votes and the greatest number
of seats in the General Election, it is clear that only the Conservative & Unionist Party has the legitimacy and ability to provide that certainty by commanding a majority in the House of Commons.
Not exact matches
The current president
of the Eurogroup, Jeroen Dijsselbloem, is at risk
of losing his
seat after a
general election in the Netherlands.
Portugal's minority center - right government collapsed this week after the three leftist parties that won the majority
of seats in September month's
general election refused to support its continuation
of bailout - dictated austerity policies.
He emerged from two
general elections as leader
of the party with the most
seats in a minority parliament.
As the chart above illustrates, there is an interesting correlation between the
seat - advantage a minority government holds over the official Opposition, and the length
of time between
general elections when the minority is
in power.
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.
In other words, although King obtained only a minority in the general election, he sometimes had a majority of parliamentary seats during the next four year
In other words, although King obtained only a minority
in the general election, he sometimes had a majority of parliamentary seats during the next four year
in the
general election, he sometimes had a majority
of parliamentary
seats during the next four years.
The previous
general election was held
in 2001, with the Progressive Conservative Party winning a landslide victory, picking up 74
of a possible 83
seats in the Alberta legislature.
On the political level, we won a
general election, only the eighth time
in 40
elections that a governing party has increased both its
seat count and its share
of the popular vote.
The
election was a landslide win for the PC Party, whom improved both their
seat total
in the legislature and their share
of the popular vote from the 2004
general election.
The Parti Québécois came
in second, winning 45
seats in the legislature, a drop
of 31
seats from the 1998
general election.
On Thursday night when Prasad Panda, 50, won the Wildrose its first urban
seat since its previous two were lost
in the May
general election, Rachel at least got a partial reading
of the zeitgeist
of...
This was
in contrast to 16
seats and 29 percent
of the vote
in the 2004
general election.
After losing his Glasgow - Govan parliamentary
seat in the 1992
General Election, Scottish National Party politician Jim Sillars condemned Scotland as a country
of «Ninety - Minute Patriots,» willing to support Scotland during a football match but unwilling to take the necessary steps to....
The party slipped to third place
in Eastleigh, one
of its top ten target
seats for the
general election, behind Ukip and the Liberal Democrats.
Just one per cent
of the electorate - less than half a million voters
in marginal swing
seats - determined the outcome
of the last
general election.
The state Conservative Party has given its nod to Elise Stefanik, one
of two Republicans contenders (as
of today) vying for the North Country House
seat of retiring Democratic Rep. Bill Owens, ensuring her a ballot line
in the November
general election regardless
of the outcome
of the June GOP primary.
Ironically the only way Pellegrino holds this
seat in a
general election with generic turn out is if she gets a pass
in terms
of an opponent because
of a back room deal.
Bath 1992Although Conservative Party chairman Chris Patten could celebrate an astonishing party
general election victory
in 1992, he lost his own
seat to Lib Dem candidate Don Foster who won with a majority
of 3,768.
The graphs below show how changes
in the shares
of council
seats won by each party are strongly correlated with changes
in general election vote intentions.
A host
of special advisers and lobbyists have been selected to fight key Conservative
seats in the upcoming
general election.
Conservatives say the dramatic shakeup
of Britain's electoral map, which could hand the party around a dozen more
seats at the
general election, was a quid pro quo for the electoral reform referendum, which took place
in May 2011.
The Conservative Party secured a majority
of 331
seats in the 2015
general election.
With the 2016
general elections just five months away, this paper can authoritatively report that, among those nursing ambition to step into the shoes
of President Mahama include; cabinet and regional ministers, deputy ministers, high ranking government officials at the
seat of government and some party gurus
in the legislature.
They emerge from the referendum campaign as the true anti-establishment party, with the chance to sweep the 2019 European
elections and to break through the FPTP system
in the 2020
General Election by winning multiple
seats in the House
of Commons.
Ukip will attempt to secure the balance
of power
in British national politics
in the 2015
general election by targeting around 30
seats, Nigel Farage has said.
As a reminder
of Unite's importance though; Unite are still the biggest funder
of the party (
in the first week
of the
election campaign they gave # 2.4 m
of the total # 2.7 m received by Labour), they have upwards
of one million members they can encourage to register as supporters
in a leadership
election (and indeed activate
in Parliamentary candidate selections), Unite has three
seats on the NEC and
of course Len's chief
of staff, Andrew Murray, was seconded to Jeremy's team for the
general election campaign.
In May's
General Election, when the SNP won Jim Murphy's East Renfrewshire
seat, it did not just topple the leader
of Scottish Labour, it took a constituency that epitomises middle Scotland.
The current endeavor by Tory backbenchers to repeal the Act is based on a simple calculation — most forecasts predict that the 2015
general elections will result
in another hung Parliament,
in which the joint
seat share
of the two dominant parties, Labour and the Conservatives, will be eroded even further.
The Tories easily retained the
seat of Thirsk and Malton as the last result
of the
general election finally came
in.
Local council politics are likely to dominate
in the crucial swing
seat of Gedling come the
general election.
After Scottish Labour was all but wiped out
in the 2015
general election, winning just one
of 59 Westminster
seats, Kezia Dugdale stepped up to fill a leadership void.
At the end
of 2014 the party were trending at around 20 per cent
in several opinion polls with some excitable elements
in the media claiming the party could win as many as 40
seats in the
general election.
If borne out it would be the first time a leader
of the three main political parties has lost their
seat in a
general election since Labour's Arthur Henderson
in 1931.
In each seat we spoke to two types of people: those who voted no to Scottish independence in 2014, Labour or Liberal Democrat in 2015, and who were undecided what to do this time round; and those who voted SNP at the last general election and to leave the EU in last year's referendu
In each
seat we spoke to two types
of people: those who voted no to Scottish independence
in 2014, Labour or Liberal Democrat in 2015, and who were undecided what to do this time round; and those who voted SNP at the last general election and to leave the EU in last year's referendu
in 2014, Labour or Liberal Democrat
in 2015, and who were undecided what to do this time round; and those who voted SNP at the last general election and to leave the EU in last year's referendu
in 2015, and who were undecided what to do this time round; and those who voted SNP at the last
general election and to leave the EU
in last year's referendu
in last year's referendum.
The
election also saw Labour's Laura Pidcock, who is standing for the
seat of Durham North West
in the
general election, lose her council
seat to the Tories.
The 2015
general election saw a large vote
in Essex for the UK Independence Party (UKIP), with its only MP, Douglas Carswell, retaining the
seat of Clacton that he had won
in a 2014 by -
election, and other strong performances, notably
in Thurrock and Castle Point.
He retained the
seat for Plaid Cymru at the 2001
election with a reduced majority, and lost it
in the 2005
general election to Mark Williams
of the Liberal Democrats.
In the south and the midlands, where general elections are determined, Labour holds just 49 out of 302 seats, and the swing against it was over 9 % in many seat
In the south and the midlands, where
general elections are determined, Labour holds just 49 out
of 302
seats, and the swing against it was over 9 %
in many seat
in many
seats.
In November 2018, 87 of these 99 chambers are holding general elections for a total of 6,069 seats — roughly 82 percent of the total state legislative seats in the countr
In November 2018, 87
of these 99 chambers are holding
general elections for a total
of 6,069
seats — roughly 82 percent
of the total state legislative
seats in the countr
in the country.
This is the latest
in a series
of stories on some
of the candidates seeking Capital Region - area congressional
seats in the June 26 primary and November
general election.
Under first - past - the - post, they have fared less strongly
in general elections, typically recording around one per cent
of the UK - wide vote (although a slightly higher average
in the
seats they contest);
in 2010, the Greens won 0.96 per cent
of the vote (1.81 per cent
in the
seats where they put up a candidate), and returned an MP to the House
of Commons for the first time, as Caroline Lucas wrested Brighton Pavilion from Labour.
One pollster estimated that a
general election matching these results would see Labour with a similar number
of seats to the 262 it scored
in 2017, while the Tories would lose 12.
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In the 2015 United Kingdom general election, the SNP received 1,454,436 votes, 50.0 % of the Scottish vote and 56 out of the 59 Scottish seats in the electio
In the 2015 United Kingdom
general election, the SNP received 1,454,436 votes, 50.0 %
of the Scottish vote and 56 out
of the 59 Scottish
seats in the electio
in the
election.
Speaking before the publication
of his anticipated political memoir, written after his party was reduced to eight
seats in last year's
general election, Clegg hit out at David Cameron and his Conservative partners
in government.
When he lost his
seat by just 888 votes
in the 2017
general election, Tory peer Lord Ashcroft described him as «one
of the brightest
of the younger generation».
He said he's motivated to lead the party at the regional level
in order to unite all
of its members to collaborate to win at least six parliamentary
seats in the region at the next
general elections in 2020.
If one thing's clear, however, it's that the
general election in this
seat is being played out
in the shadow
of the TCP plant.
While Callum Kerr is widely admired for his stint as MP for Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk (BRS) but he has the smallest majority
in Scotland and the Conservatives are so confident that their candidate John Lamont gave up the safety net
of a Scottish parliament
seat to take on the
general election campaign.
The SNP's remarkable achievement
of winning 56
of Scotland's 59 Westminster
seats in the
General Election cemented Sturgeon's position as the dominant figure
in Scottish politics.