Sentences with phrase «onto the ballot paper»

Her exit allowed her supporters to transfer their backing to other candidates to enable them to get onto the ballot paper.

Johanna Baxter hit out after the NEC voted by 18 - 14 in favour of putting Mr Corbyn straight onto the ballot paper for Labour's forthcoming leadership election.

In 2015, rather than scraping onto the ballot paper, Corbyn, with 152 CLPs behind him, would have led the field.

Yesterday I wrote to Harriet Harman to urge her to use her position as Acting Leader in association with the party's national officers to secure a reduction of the qualifying threshold for candidates to be allowed onto the ballot paper.

All six declared candidates secured more than the 45 nominations from MPs that was the minimum requirement for them to get onto the ballot paper by close of nominations at 12:30 UTC +1 on 17 May 2007.

Meanwhile, MPs are said to be resigned to the fact that Mr Corbyn would make it back onto the ballot paper for the contest triggered by a coup.

He was successfully nominated onto the ballot paper for Labour Deputy leader with most number of nominations.

She broke away and formed her party but failed to make it onto the ballot paper in the 2012 elections.

So why did Diane Abbott only make it onto the ballot paper through the intervention of David Miliband, who himself only backed her in an attempt to create a more diverse Labour leadership race?

Only John McDonnell has reason for dismay: she will take Campaign Group MPs» nominations from him, and probably ensure that neither of them will get onto the ballot paper.»

Time is running out for John and Diane, at least one of whom can not get onto the ballot paper, to decide who should withdraw.