Sentences with phrase «over labour»

Before the election the Conservatives ran the council with a 4 - seat majority over the Labour party.

Third party wins — for the first time in fifty years — now work substantially to the Conservatives» advantage (to the tune of an extra 38 seats over Labour).

She will defend a majority of 5,593 over Labour.

Now, further concerns are mounting about the extent of the unions» power over the Labour Party's selection procedures.

And this year, it worked substantially in the Conservatives» favour — worth a whopping 60 seats over Labour.

Just before the election there was controversy over Labour party leaflets that were sent to pensioners claiming that the Conservatives would abolish free bus passes for pensioners.

Our Glasgow East panel, for example, ended the project strongly preferring the SNP over Labour, despite only being able to point to 1 - 2 policy differences between the two.

A report by John Curtice for the Electoral Reform Society shows that while a 15 - point lead over Labour would give the SNP around 45 seats, a 10 - point lead would take the seat tally down to around 35.

Ed Miliband has been questioned over Labour's record on spending in the final televised leaders event before the election.

Dramas from elections past - like the way Michael Foot was nearly sacked as Leader half way through the 1983 campaign, like Kinnock and Hattersley endlessly contradicting each other over Labour's tax plans in 1987, like Kinnock «s «take to the hills» defence policy against a potential Soviet invasion, like the tax bombshell, like Maggie Thatcher's «I want the doctor I want, on the day I want» rant in 1987, like John Major unleashing the soap box in 1992, like Neil Hamilton and Martin Bell slugging it out on Knutsford Heath in 1997, like the Prescott punch of 2001 - seem more vivid than the more measured and choreographed procession of 2010.

When senior Labour MP Mike Gapes was challenged on social media about his attacks on Comrade Corbyn over the Labour leader's disastrous response to the Salisbury poisoning and the Syrian bombing raid, he had a succinct response.

It meant Mrs May's party had a 19 - point lead over Labour - up from 9 points in the previous Opinium poll.

YouGov's monthly poll shows the Conservatives maintaining their six point lead over Labour.

The other, for the Independent on Sunday, shows the Tories extending their lead to 41 per cent over Labour's 24 per cent, and the Lib Dems up on 21.

If the 25 - point lead over Labour continued on polling day it could give Theresa May a bigger landslide than Tony Blair in 1997.

He later formed the SDP, partly over Labour's decision to support withdrawal from the former European Economic Community.

Having failed to differ much on all the main issues, the Conservatives are setting themselves in stone as the mildly - less - worse - than - Labour party and appear to be settling for a minor victory over Labour.

WHAT IT FOUND: Analysis of polling by the Tory donor, known for his love of polls, claimed the Tories could win a majority of up to 172 seats over Labour as UKIP collapses and the party struggles to win over centrist votes.

The Telegraph now have another article on this poll on their website, Tory lead over Labour hits 21 - year high.

RANDOM STAT: The Tory poll lead over Labour shrank to 16 points in this poll - down from 23 points in a YouGov poll less than a week earlier.

Tory hopes of moving into a lasting lead over Labour have not materialised.

The Tories are also building tortoise - like leads over Labour on two of the three elements of the iron triangle of political success: Cameron leads Brown by 31 % to 27 % on the best leader for Britain and the Conservatives lead Labour by 34 % to 30 % on economic management.

The Conservatives» share remained steady at 43 per cent, increasing the Tory lead over Labour from five to seven points.

Just eight days ago, their man was sitting on a 9 per cent lead over Labour and the Lib Dems were where they had been all his political life - absolutely nowhere.

A new YouGov poll suggests that the majority of the public think that Tony Blair is sleazy, the way honours are distributed are corrupt and that rich donors have too much influence over the Labour party.

A party so denuded of economic credibility that the Tories can increase the deficit by # 75bn, miss all of their fiscal targets, and still maintain a double digit poll lead over Labour, on who is most trusted to manage the economy.

The great advantage Tory grandees have over Labour politicians is that they don't have to act, they have no problem saying, «Grandfather was a banker and I'm a banker».

However, from a high point last year when the Tory lead over Labour was more than 20 per cent, the gap between the parties has narrowed with most recent polls suggesting there will be a hung parliament.

Looking through the rest of the poll, the Conservatives & Theresa May have a lead over Labour & Jeremy Corbyn on almost every economic measure YouGov asked about (36 on cutting the deficit, 32 points on managing the economy, 15 on providing jobs, 11 on keeping prices down, 11 on improving living standards, 6 on getting people on the housing ladder), the only exception was reducing the number of people in poverty, where Corbyn & Labour had a 7 point lead.

Shadow cabinet members are expected to demand clarification on Tuesday over Labour's Brexit policy, particularly about whether the party would negotiate to remain in the single market.

UKIP have scored big gains in several council areas over both Labour and Conservatives.

The decision to shift a man once seen as Corbyn's protégé, Clive Lewis, out of his shadow defence brief just days after he said he would not try to change Labour's position on Trident suggests the row over Labour's support for nuclear weapons will re-open next year.

The Ukip leader also said the Tories policy of creating fear over a Labour - SNP coalition drove away Ukip voters to the Conservatives in South Thanet.

Ed Miliband claimed the prime minister had lost control of his party as they argued over Labour and Tory policies about the European Union (EU).

[9] The seat was held for the Conservatives by Lynn Little with a majority of 369 votes over Labour candidate Dave Wesson.

33 % of respondents thought that the trade unions would have too much influence over Labour under Ed Miliband, 29 % thought they would not

The Conservatives biggest strength over Labour is being seen as a party whose «leaders are prepared to take tough and unpopular decisions» (Conservative 62 % to 10 %)

And a row is brewing over Labour's ruling NEC after Mr Corbyn unveiled plans to replace moderate Jonathan Ashworth with loyalist Kate Osamor.

Theresa May has sounded the starting gun for a planned vote on June 8 with a lead of around 17 points over Labour.

Opposition leader Ed Miliband claimed the prime minister had lost control of his party as they argued over Labour and Conservatives policies about the European Union (EU).

33 % think trade unions will have too much influence over Labour under Ed Miliband, 29 % disagree, and 38 % don't know yet.

UKIP's one - point lead over Labour is within... (Comments: 448)

July's ICM poll had the Tory incumbents in an 11 % lead over Labour's challengers.

If, as I expect, the Conservatives benefit from a further slight gain in support between now and Thursday, they could end up with a modest lead over Labour.

The research, conducted by internet polling company Survation, suggested that the longstanding link between ethnic minorities and the Labour party was fraying, and that the Conservatives might at last be breaking through with minority voters, having achieved a 33 % share of the 2015 ethnic minority vote overall or «one million» new voters for the party, and with a lead over Labour among Hindu voters.

In last month's Guardian / ICM poll the Tories had a one - point lead over Labour — 34 % to 33 %.

In her last tweet explaining the row over Labour NHS policymaking, Alexander said: «One other thing: that was not the first time I was undermined but will save that for another day.»

Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls has denied confusion over Labour's pledge to scrap rules allowing some wealthy people to pay less tax on overseas earnings.

When you've all done arguing amongst yourselves and scratching your heads over Labour's oh so mysterious defeat, perhaps you can turn your attention towards something relevant to the lives of millions of people.

There are two current national polls published today, from YouGov and Harris, and both show a ten point lead for the Conservatives over Labour.