Sentences with phrase «one's thin majority»

The Conservatives won on a wafer thin majority in 2010 and the ousted Labour MP Nick Palmer attempted a return in 2015, only to see the Tory majority grow to eight percent..

In Croydon Central, Barwell had been sitting on a wafer thin majority of just 165 - and in 2016 he published a book about «how to win a marginal seat».

Ms Rudd would come up against several hurdles as a prominent Remainer as well as having only a wafer thin majority of 346 in her south coast constituency of Hastings.

Then there are the Senate Republicans, who maintain a razor thin majority in the Senate with the aid of Brooklyn Democratic Sen. Simcha Felder.

Nevertheless, the Senate Republicans have a relatively thin majority and want to keep Klein and company close.

He's not the leader with a razor thin majority like Sampson.

Thirty - four percent want a bigger Democratic majority; 26 percent should prefer to see the GOP back in power and 32 percent like the current razor - thin majority situation where just one or two lawmakers are hold the process up indefinitely.

The wonderful hindsight of the 2015 general election following the publication of this volume showed us that a wafer - thin majority Conservative government could be capably formed while coalition arrangements are rapidly, but with dignity, consigned to history.

This list takes us from City of Chester's wafer - thin majority down to Labour's 6.8 % lead in Clwyd South.

Grieve warned that the Commons, where the prime minister has a wafer - thin majority propped up by the Democratic Unionist party, would be similarly robust.

The Mail (as Guido Fawkes had already done) pointed out that Mr Huhne, MP for Eastleigh, had used his family to defend his wafer thin majority at the last General Election.

Paul Falvey, a tax partner at accountancy and business advisory firm BDO, says: «Hammond's hands are not only tied by Brexit uncertainty, they are handcuffed and manacled by low growth forecasts and a wafer - thin majority in Parliament too.»

If he loses his race, which polls now show is tied, Republicans will be left with a razor - thin majority of only 51 seats in the Senate.

That could have made a big difference in the Senate, where the GOP holds a razor thin majority.

Either situation may bring division within the Conservative party, which has only a wafer thin majority to begin with.

With a razor - thin majority, he wouldn't have much of a choice.

But his fragile grip on power will be tested again in the coming weeks when the Senate, where he has only a wafer - thin majority, votes on financing Italy's military presence in Afghanistan, a mission opposed by some leftist senators.

Tory MP Simon Kirby has a wafer - thin majority and the Greens have stood down their candidate to give Labour a better chance of victory.

And transport secretary Chris Grayling's former special adviser Will Gallagher has been named as the Tory candidate for City of Chester, where Labour has a wafer - thin majority of 93.

This is a blow to both Calcaterra and the Senate Democrats, who included her on a list of marquis challengers and were banking on her to help them grow their razor - thin majority.

Four - year terms running in non-presidential years could give Republicans in the narrowly divided Senate a boost in maintaining their thin majority.

While Flanagan and the Senate Republicans maintain a razor - thin majority, they'll likely need the backing of Klein's IDC going forward should a vacancy arise.

The agenda comes as the IDC is renewing its alignment with Senate Republicans, who are retaining a razor - thin majority in the chamber.

There's a possibility of Democrats losing their thin majority in the State Senate in Albany as well.

Most of the $ 492,000 of GOP donations went to the Republican's state senate campaign committee, which held onto its thin majority in the chamber last November, said Susan Lerner of good government group Common Cause.

Senate Republicans, who are currently holding on to a thin majority despite a massive disadvantage in voter registration, have dangled the possibility of a constitutional amendment as a possible compromise, in exchange for a degree of latitude in this year's process.

If anything, it's the fragmentation of the party system or razor - thin majorities that might play a similar role in most parliamentary democracies.

The letter blasted the Senate GOP majority for trying to maintain its razor - thin majority by drawing partisan - motivated district boundaries that critics say divide minority communities on Long Island and upstate.

When it comes to the New York State Legislature, most electoral attention is paid to the Senate, which Republicans control by a thin majority and only because an elected Democrat caucuses with them and they have a power - sharing agreement with a five - member faction of breakaway «independent» Democrats.

Then six years later, the European Court of Human Rights, by the thinnest majority, ruled that the killings were illegal and «disproportionate to the perceived threat» — there was never actually a bomb in Gibraltar at the time.

A former Asda marketing manager, Davies is clearly not the ideal customer for a prime minister with a wafer - thin majority.

Her wafer - thin majority has been sliced down by two.

As The Daily News's Ken Lovett noted, the challenge of razor - thin majority in the chamber was apparent on Monday night, with Senate Republicans missing Sen. Tom Libous, who was scheduled to return to Albany, but continues to recover from cancer surgery.

The IDC could be an important player given the razor - thin majority the GOP maintains in the chamber.

But Fiala's candidacy could be a competitive one as Republicans seek to hold on to a paper - thin majority in the chamber.

A Larkin retirement could have a significant impact on the fight for control of the state Senate, where Republicans hold a thin majority and are girding for a heavy turnout of Democrats in a presidential election year.

But for now, a more near - term goal for Democrats is taking over the state Senate, where the Republicans have a thin majority, but an alliance with the Independent Democratic Conference that could preserve their power.

The district has a Republican enrollment advantage, but the GOP needs to keep the seat in their column as they face a razor - thin majority in the chamber.

Via Katzblog, Al Gore will be giving some fundraising aid this fall to the New York Democrats in the state Senate as they try to maintain, and build on, their razor - thin majority.

They are not the wafer - thin majorities but the seats with 6 - 14 per cent majorities, the ones that David Cameron needs to form a majority government.

Israel's prime minister has a thin majority which includes the far - right and Russian - speaking Lieberman, who is minister of defense.

Senate Republicans have a thin majority in part due to their alliance with Brooklyn Sen. Simcha Felder, a Democrat who sits with the GOP conference, giving them a needed 32nd member.

The theory among observers at the Capitol is that the Republican conference needs to keep the IDC close, given their thin majority.

For months, suspense has hung on every bill dependent on the razor - thin majority of Senate Democrats, who might withhold their votes or their presence to leverage pet issues.

But while it may represent a defeat for those Tories who saw this election as a potential opportunity to rid themselves of David Cameron, he must now govern with a wafer - thin majority.

Democratic senators who have broken away from their colleagues in the regular Democratic conference, IDC senators form a power - sharing agreement with Senate Republicans, helping the GOP enhance its razor thin majority.

Those votes can often tilt close state Senate races, as Republicans seek to maintain their razor - thin majority.

But in the process, he appeared to alienate his colleagues and Republican donors, reportedly threatening to resign his seat to deny the GOP their thin majority in the 63 - member chamber.

They're not the wafer thin majorities but the seats with 6 - 14 per cent majorities, the ones that David Cameron needs to form a majority government.