Sentences with phrase «overtaking labour»

This corruption is known to those at UK level who should intervene but is tolerated because a) there's little chance of the Tories overtaking Labour and b) those that might overtake Labour are unacceptable.

And some senior Tories, too, are sceptical about their party's prospect of overtaking Labour.

You get one chance, and the SDP came within 2 % of overtaking Labour in 1983, but crashed back to earth with 25 % of the votes yielding just 23 seats.

As jet fuel costs rise in accordance with oil prices — and already fuel has overtaken labour as airlines» biggest expense — air travel could risk becoming unaffordable for the average person.

The 2011 elections also suggest that it is unlikely that this region will contribute to attempts by the Tories to overtake Labour in opposition.

The Conservatives have overtaken Labour as the party voters would most like to see run the NHS and the education system, a new poll reveals.

The SNP aimed to capitalise on its 2015 electoral gains in the Scottish Parliament elections, Plaid Cymru sought to overtake Labour in the Welsh Assembly elections and take control of the Senedd, and the UK Independence Party (UKIP) intended to increase its overall leverage in the UK in a series of other elections held across the nation.

If this pattern is repeated, UKIP is likely to overtake Labour by polling day.

Opinion polls showed that Heseltine would boost Conservative support by 13 percentage points — enough to overtake Labour.

In 2004, the respective figures were 12 %, and again 8 %, although the Lib Dems overtook Labour.

The latest polling by YouGov shows that the Conservatives have overtaken Labour among voters on social grades C2DE, broadly considered working... The latest polling by YouGov shows that the Conservatives have overtaken Labour among voters on social grades C2DE, broadly considered working... The latest polling by YouGov shows that the Conservatives have overtaken Labour among voters on social grades C2DE, broadly considered working...

The latest polling by YouGov shows that the Conservatives have overtaken Labour among voters on social grades C2DE, broadly considered working...

Low April 17th: Another polling disaster - The Liberal Democrats overtook Labour in the first polls after the first televised leaders» debate.

«The fact is that this tsunami that has overtaken the Labour party has led to the creation of an army.

Our social media operation has overtaken the Labour Party in just five months, we have literally thousands of supporters on the ground and are continuing to grow at an exponential rate day on day.

The result for the SDP — Liberal Alliance was a disappointment, in that they had hoped to overtake Labour as the second party in the UK in terms of vote share.

We said we'd overtake Labour at this election, and we've done so for the first time ever.

Not exact matches

Fuelled by a low peso and cheap labour costs, Mexico's booming manufacturing industry has already overtaken Canada's in terms of the dollar value of exports to the U.S. Indeed, Canada is contending with more than just low oil prices.

Membership of the Corbyn fan club overtaking the Greens when it topped 40,000 puts the grassroots movement behind only the Lib Dems, SNP and Tories plus, of course, Labour itself.

YouGov have been showing UKIP challenging Labour for first place since the debates, they've now overtaken — topline European VI stands at CON 19 %, LAB 28 %, LDEM 9 %, UKIP 31 %, GREEN 8 % — UKIP in first place, Greens challenging the Lib Dems for fourth.

Spencer would need to overtake the Liberal Democats and attain a swing from Labour of 17.45 % to take the seat.

Mrs Beckett, who left the Cabinet earlier this month, overtook Mr Bercow in the betting this weekend after a surge of support among Labour MPs.

Labour could be about to overtake the Conservatives on the key test of public trust with the economy, according to a new poll.

Labour overtook the Liberal Democrats to become the largest opposition party and won two seats from them in Brighton Hill South and Brookvale and Kings Furlong.

[1] In Welsh Assembly elections the Welsh Conservatives were the third most supported party, having been overtaken by Plaid Cymru in the 2016 election; although following a defection from Plaid Cymru to Labour, and a defection from UKIP to the Conservatives, they are now the second largest party in the Assembly.

Labour retains a narrow lead over the Tories on the constituency vote among those who are likely to vote, however it has been overtaken by Ruth Davidson's party on the list.

If Labour do get closer to the Conservatives in the polls (or indeed overtake them) in the new year, then Gordon Brown really should call an election there and then.

Latest opinion polls show labour leadership candidate overtaking his main rival Jeremy Corbyn.

While the change is far too small to be significant, it does contradict the ICM poll last week which suggested Labour had overtaken the Conservatives.

A whole generation now of political analysts and reformers have pointed out to Labour that the first past the post voting system becomes incredibly unstable in any multi-party context, and your best bet is to change to proportional representation before you get overtaken.

The election saw the Conservative Party lose overall control of the council, instead overtaken in number of seats by the Labour Party, without any absolute majority.

Unless any candidate wins more than 50 per cent of the votes (unlikely in the Labour race), he or she can easily be overtaken; the candidate coming last is eliminated in each round and the second preference votes of those who backed him or her are redistributed until one candidate secures more than 50 per cent.

The Conservatives have lost control of Trafford Council after 14 years - with Labour now overtaking them as the largest party.

«It's a remarkable achievement that Teach First has hired so many top graduates this year, overtaking recruitment at long - established graduate employers,» says Martin Birchall, managing director of High Fliers Research, which tracks the graduate labour market.

It would hold high gears with some load at speeds as low as 1500rpm without labouring, but would also stump up plenty of performance for overtaking, even on a light throttle.