Sentences with phrase «outright election victory»

But they did it, winning the Tories» first outright election victory since John Major in 1992.

Not exact matches

A momentous day in British politics It was a day in which the electorate allowed none of the parties to claim outright victory in yesterday's general election.

During the subsequent leadership election on 20 November, he polled 152 votes (40.9 %) in the first round of voting by Conservative MPs, enough to prevent an outright Thatcher victory.

Opinion polls were eventually proven to have underestimated the Conservative vote as they unexpectedly won an outright majority, which bore resemblance to their victory at the 1992 general election.

In such a landscape, the report stresses the need for Labour to accept the impossibility of outright victory in the next election and prepare instead for an era of «quasi-federal, multi-party politics», where it relies on the assistance of other parties.

Three days before the general election, Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Nick Clegg insist they want outright victory.

Ken Clarke is a big beast, but would he really want to return to a Tory Cabinet if - a big if - the party was to fluke an outright General Election victory?

One would have thought that, with the LibDems trailing at 10 % in the polls and likely to end up after the next election with little more than 10 MPs, and with Labour leading the Tories by a solid 10 % in the polls, we should be going flat - out for an outright Labour victory.

Tsipras led Syriza to victory in the general election held on 25 January 2015, falling short of an outright majority in Parliament by just two seats.