Sentences with phrase «one's second preference vote»

If the results are reflected on polling day, the winner will be decided by second preference votes.

If no candidate gets a majority, the top two vote - getters go on to a second round in which second preference votes of the eliminated candidates are reallocated.

However, many of these are second preference votes for people already voting for Boris Johnson and Ken Livingstone.

That's the maximum difference Ken can make up with second preference votes from Siobhan and Jenny Jones and the rest.

Once all but the top two candidates were elminated and second preferences re-allocated the result becomes Livingstone 51 %, Johnson 41 % (the figures don't sum to 100 % because some people were not reallocated, presumably because they gave second preference votes to candidates that had already been eliminated).

Mr Jarvis received 144,154 votes after second preference votes were counted.

Boris is pulling ahead as I mentioned (albeit with second preference votes caveats) but Labour looks set to make big gains on the London Assembly.

Some analysts think the YouGov poll putting Ed Miliband in the lead got the weighting wrong for the union affiliates, while others claim it underestimated the level of second preference votes going to Ed Miliband.

On second preference votes Ken now 4,000 ahead of Boris.

The Shadow Energy Secretary's campaign says that, among the 271 MPs and MEPs, he is picking up more second preference votes than his main challenger, his brother David, who is still the bookies» favourite.

If no candidate got a majority of first preference votes, the top two candidates went on to a second round in which second preference votes of the eliminated candidates were allocated to them to produce a winner.

The argument presented is that as these are the most likely votes to be redistributed the majority parties would pander to them to gain second preference votes.

Round 2: (after Abbas and Sirajul eliminated and second preference votes redistributed): John Biggs 328, Rachael 319.

Had these 8,000 had the option, which the Alternative Vote (AV) would allow, of casting an additional second preference vote, it is hardly fanciful to assume that Labour would have lost.

In 2007 Baston looked at 256 opinion polls, and at the election results that would have been produced by three electoral systems: first past the post, and two AV scenarios — one in which the Liberal Democrat votes went to the Tories and Labour, and another in which the Lib Dem second preference votes went to Labour.

Greens / UKIP having (even) massive second preference vote tallies will not translate into even a tiny increase in their seat total (Green) or even one seat (UKIP).

Also, this transfer of power point — the first preference votes for the candidates with most first preference votes don't lose any of their power when second preference votes for other candidates are counted.

And latest belief is that it's going to be mighty close between Burnham and Corbyn for leader, with Burnham probably going to need second preference votes.

Perhaps before the voters go to the polls Mr Livingstone might consider announcing that he does not want the first or second preference votes of people who support terrorism.

In 2008, Ken secured 237,000 of his 303,000 second preference votes from Brian Paddick supporters, despite the candidate refusing to tell his supports to lend the Labour candidate their support.

In a shocking blow to Jeremy Corbyn's party, the 30 - year - old councillor triumphed after second preference votes were counted in the Labour - friendly region.

Once second preference votes are taken into account Ed beats David Miliband by 51 % to 49 %.

But consider whether this is more or less likely in the context of AV: there would have been more second preference votes that had the potential to be transferred from both the Lib Dem candidate and the Tory candidate than from the BNP candidate, so Woolas would surely have been far more likely to try to appeal to moderate voters than to try to appeal to those considering voting for the BNP had AV been used instead of FPTP.

Goldsmith may not be exactly white - hot on Khan's tail, but in the outer reaches of the capital his popularity has steadily increased from 27 to 30 %, and his total share of second preference votes is up on last month.

As the election is held under the AV system, their second preference votes will be allocated mostly to the two front runners, as those backing their preferred non-Miliband candidate use the system to have a say in the front runner race as well.

«I am very pleased that the Green party has decided to encourage their supporters to cast their second preference votes for me.»

A major question rests on the second preference votes of those who backed the three other candidates.

Green voters should give their second preference votes to Ken Livingstone to prevent Boris Johnson winning the London mayoral election, members have decided.

In last week's mayoral elections, Berry was third in the first preferences, but won the largest number of second preference votes.

Given the electoral system in this contest the position is clear: all those voting for Helal Abbas or Lutfur Rahman must use their second preference votes for the other to ensure there is no Tory or LibDem win in Tower Hamlets.

We then look at the second preference votes of people who voted for one of the eliminated candidates.

Having received 16,961 votes in the first round, 189 votes behind the independent Michael Maye, Davies was returned in the second count on transfers of second preference votes, with 25,344 votes to 24,990.

I will, however, be giving my second preference vote in the mayoral election to Lutfur Rahman.

[62] O'Connor received 10,695 first preference votes (representing 0.44 % of the votes cast) in the mayoral contest, ranking ninth out of ten candidates; he received 73,538 second preference votes (3.67 %), ranking eighth.

John Biggs won the tower hamlets labour mayoral selection, well just about by 8 votes after the second preference votes were redistributed.

14,547 first preference votes and uncounted tens of thousands of second preference votes!

He is encouraging people to give him second preference votes, and will encourage independents to give their second preference to the Labour candidate.

Labour's Dan Jarvis won the mayoralty with 55 % of second preference votes.

The supportive motion lost by 246 to 270 votes in the first round of voting but won by 309 to 280 votes once the second preference votes had been counted, under the AV system.

The word is that the second preference votes from Cllr Abbas» supporters went to Biggs.

The second preference votes of people who voted for one of the eliminated candidates are then looked at.

While Sadiq Khan was not the organised Labour left's first choice in the process to select Labour's candidate, he was elected on the wave of «Corbynmania» and the left's second preference votes, receiving a strong mandate from Labour members, registered supporters and trade union supporters, beating the Blairite candidate in each section.

Some senior Labour figures believe she will win the contest because, under the party's preferential voting system, the candidate who comes last drops out and second preference votes are redistributed until one person wins more than 50 per cent of the votes.

In the first round Johnson got 971,931 votes (44.01 %) and then 82,880 second preferences votes, giving him a total of 1,054,811.

The London Green Party urged members to give Livingstone their second preference vote.

Millions of Londoners will use the second preference voting system as they vote in the London mayoral election.

There's been a counting «discrepancy» which delayed the final result, which has to include the reallocation of second preference votes.