Sentences with phrase «of votes in their constituencies»

The person who gets the largest number of votes in each constituency (or ward) becomes the MP (or councillor).

[37] The party received 0.9 % of the vote on the regional list, and between 2.2 % and 2.7 % of the vote in the constituencies and failed to have any members elected.

In the 2015 general election they won 0.2 % of the vote in the constituency of Monmouth, while Plaid Cymru achieved 3.9 % of the vote.

An incumbent Labour or SNP MSP, on average, managed to win some three per cent more of the vote in their constituency than on the list.

He won 52 % of the vote in his constituency in the general election and was a vocal opponent of the coalition's tripling of tuition fees.

He won 52 % of the vote in his constituency in the general election and was a vocal opponent of the coalition's tripling of tuition fees, one of the policies that most damaged the Lib Dems.

The party won such small shares of the votes in some constituencies that they failed to register the minimum 5 % threshold needed to hold onto theior # 500 deposit.

Not exact matches

The party expects to own the constituencies that will rally to the progressive theme: specifically women and youth; and, overall, the majority of the 60 per cent who bothered to vote in the last election.

With only 30 candidates nominated in 87 constituencies, most viewers tuning in to the televised debate will not have the option of voting for an Alberta Party candidate on Election Day.

Ms. Notley was first elected as the MLA for this constituency in 2008, earning 49 % of the vote.

Only in three rural constituencies did these two parties earn at least 11 % of the vote (New Democrats Mandy Melnyk in Athabasca - Sturgeon - Redwater and Bruce Hinkley in Wetaskiwin - Camrose and Liberal Pete Helfrich in Banff - Cochrane.

The average voting population of a constituency in Calgary and Edmonton is more than 33,000 voters.

The Alberta Liberal is the only real progressive alternative considering total vote plurality in the last election and considering the number of constituencies that were second place for ALP.

If the thresholds for the drag - along are set at a level where various stockholder constituencies are protected against transactions that are not economically beneficial to them, the drag - along provision serves a good housekeeping function to make sure that minority shareholders vote in favor of the transaction.

The coalition of black churches in urban communities can no longer be counted on for block Democratic votes, and despite the president's pleas, he may find that his most loyal constituency will not be able to bring significant wins to the Democratic column come Tuesday.

Veteran Israeli politicians expect the Obama administration to give Israel an ultimatum later this year to make peace with the Palestinian Authority» that is, with a political entity that is kept alive on the West Bank by an American - trained militia and the Israeli Army, and that is headed by a prime minister, Salam Fayyad, whose party won 2 percent of the vote in the last elections and who faces a constituency two - thirds of which tells pollsters that it doesn't want any deal with a Jewish state.

In a one - on - one - interview, the former Trades Minister refuted assertions that, he has no «constituency» in NDC and that will affect his chances of getting delegates to vote for him to become the presidential candidate ahead of 2020 national electionIn a one - on - one - interview, the former Trades Minister refuted assertions that, he has no «constituency» in NDC and that will affect his chances of getting delegates to vote for him to become the presidential candidate ahead of 2020 national electionin NDC and that will affect his chances of getting delegates to vote for him to become the presidential candidate ahead of 2020 national elections.

«I think Brexit provides some opportunities, but I represent a constituency where nearly 70 % of people voted to Leave and I have a responsibility to make sure their voices are heard in that debate,» says Jarvis.

The deputy prime minister told reporters he would instruct his MPs to vote against the constituency boundary review in retaliation for Tory MPs» refusal to support House of Lords reform.

Nick Griffin came sixth in his North West constituency, receiving just two per cent of total votes.

Mr Smith will however be able to continue to vote on some or all of these policy areas in other English MPs constituencies where responsibility has not yet been devolved.

In constituencies where over 60 % of the population had voted Leave, the swing, of 0.8 %, was in the Tories» directioIn constituencies where over 60 % of the population had voted Leave, the swing, of 0.8 %, was in the Tories» directioin the Tories» direction.

«It made me think that even though I always kept in touch every weekend with the constituency, never ever let them down, I hadn't realised that it wasn't just the disillusioned and dispossessed that were ready to vote for Brexit, it was quite a substantial chunk of the middle class and we need to take that on board.»

Just to demonstrate how emphatically the No votes outweighed the Yes, in the constituency of Eastleigh (Chris Huhne's backyard), they were using bricks to separate bundles of 1,000 votes.

In the Scottish Parliament election, 2016, SNP saw its constituency vote increase slightly (from 45.4 % to 46.5 %) and its regional vote decrease slightly (from 44.0 % to 41.7 %), leading to a decrease from 69 to 63 seats (out of 129) in the additional member systeIn the Scottish Parliament election, 2016, SNP saw its constituency vote increase slightly (from 45.4 % to 46.5 %) and its regional vote decrease slightly (from 44.0 % to 41.7 %), leading to a decrease from 69 to 63 seats (out of 129) in the additional member systein the additional member system.

If Benson's thesis holds in 2012, the votes of this constituency will be shaped not by convention speeches, but by the social groups these men affiliate with.

Both use a first past the post (i.e. the candidate (s) with a plurality of votes wins) in individual voting areas (parliamentary constituencies at national level, wards an local...

Out of the over two million party members expected to cast their votes, 61,836 voted «No» representing 4.90 % in relation to President Mahama's candidature in 265 out of 275 constituencies.

Correlation between the estimated Remain vote in a constituency and the proportion of petitioners from such constituencies is extremely high (r = 0.93).

However, in the Hungarian system, surplus votes of the party winning the constituency go towards the list as well, skewing the result away from proportionality.

The independent variable is the MP's margin of victory in his / her constituency (i.e. number of votes the MP received over the second - placed candidate).

However, there is one statistically significant result that suggests that constituency factors and re-election concerns might be affecting MPs» positions: MPs elected in seats with higher levels of UKIP vote share are more likely to be uncommitted on the referendum.

Its six points for parliamentary reform (universal male suffrage; no property qualification to become an MP; payment of MPs; equal sized constituencies; voting in secret; and annual parliaments) had first been proposed as a package in the 1770s by John Cartwright.

Your question also touches upon another problem: The fact that first - past - the - post and other systems based on gaining a plurality of the vote in single - seat constituencies distort the vote and can be used to durably keep minority parties out of the parliament and government politics.

Goodwin analysed Labour constituencies with the lowest majorities where over 50 % voted Leave in the EU referendum, and where Ukip are already in second place, or a close third, to come up with his list of 20 target seats.

The Fidesz parliamentary bloc, which enacted constitutional changes without including or consulting any opposition party, slashed the size of the parliament in half, redrew all of the individual constituencies unilaterally, changed the two - round system to a single first - past - the - post election for individual constituencies, and altered the way votes were aggregated.

This scheme doesn't work out because there is a rule specifically made to frustrate it (§ 6 BWahlG, subsection 1, second sentence; in German): If a constituency is won by an independent candidate, the party votes (Zweitstimmen) of all voters who supported this candidate are discarded.

It is alleged Mr Woolas falsely accused Mr Watkins of not living in the constituency when he had promised he would, suggesting the Lib Dem's campaign was being illegally funded by a sheikh and wooing the extremist vote.

There is another MPA assessment due this month, and with the information commissioner demanding the details of the amber - red reports are released, the public accounts committee to debate the details of the stinging National Audit Office report, and a ruling on legal appeals all due for July, the answer for government is simple: get the vote on the paving bill through before any of that happens, whilst trying to con MPs in affected constituencies that if they don't vote for it, the compensation pot will run dry.

While most of those doing so will vote in the neighbouring Sheffield Central constituency, a significant minority will register in Hallam.

Each constituency candidate may, in writing, appoint 1 or more scrutineers to be present at the office of the Electoral Commission when the Commission is performing its duties in relation to special vote declarations for the district.

Remember, there are no truly safe seats: no candidate in the last election got more than half of all the potential votes in their constituency.

These national poll findings suggest that the first time vote may well prove to be particularly open and up for grabs in LibDem - Conservative marginals, but it may be a challenge for both sides to persuade first time voters of the value of backing a candidate who has a chance in the constituency race.

In key constituencies, the perceived risks of a Labour government to economic stability undoubtedly shored up the Conservative vote.

Hitherto, the coincidence of local and general election results provided an opportunity to estimate a PNS for the parallel local elections by comparing the local and parliamentary election results in those constituencies where all the component wards were contested, and then applying the resulting difference for each party to its share of the Britain - wide parliamentary vote.

a constituency candidate for a component party of that party (being a component party that is not listed on the part of the ballot paper that relates to the party vote but is, in accordance with the details held by the Electoral Commission under any of the provisions of sections 127 (3A) and 128A, a component party of that party) has his or her name endorsed on a writ under section 185 as a person declared to be elected as a member of Parliament.

The Liberal Democrats» vote has fallen by half in constituencies where Labour are their main challengers, according to my latest round of polling in marginal seats.

My survey of 1,000 residents of the constituency, completed on Thursday, found that when asked which party they would vote for in a general election tomorrow, 42 % named the Conservatives, 28 % Labour and 19 % UKIP: a 14 - point Tory lead.

There's a fair bunch of people who will either vote Labour or LibDem, depending on which one looks most leftmost (and likely to get in in their constituency), but who would never vote Tory, certainly not after Thatcher.

Which brings me to my favourite part of this result: the strongest Green list vote we've seen since this polling sequence began, indicating a Green group five times larger than that which currently sits at Holyrood, primarily because Labour would no longer be so substantially under - represented in the constituencies.