Sentences with phrase «often voted against the government»
Campbell was first elected as an MP for Blyth Valley at the 1987 general election with a majority of 853 votes, and has often voted against the government on issues such as the Iraq War.
While by - elections are often used as protest votesagainstgovernments and have lower than usual turnouts, this parliamentary contest has a whole number of potentially significant ramifications for British politics.