Sentences with phrase «part in local elections»

Look at the London local elections in 2006, the turnout was so low that many Conservatives, Lib Dems, and even Greens and BNP people were elected; a feat which wasn't repeated in 2010 when Labour voters for the General election took part in the local elections, letting Labour gain many more seats despite being less popular nationally than in 2006.

Voters in parts of England and Northern Ireland are taking part in local elections on Thursday, as well as the European elections.

The bad examples start at the top, where Brazil's congressmen, who have yet to vote anything of importance this year, work a two - day week and have already announced a three - month unofficial recess later this year so they can take part in local election campaigns — while receiving their full salaries.

Not exact matches

Speaking at the first Prime Minister's Questions since the general election earlier this month, Corbyn said years of Conservative government cuts to local authority budgets had put public safety at jeopardy and had played a part in the fire that destroyed a tower block in Kensington, west London earlier this month, killing at least 79 people.

'' The government sector has been a drag, there is still one more budget fight coming in the next few weeks and that's going to be a challenge, but if we get through that we are into the part of the election cycle where government drag turns into a small boost, we are already seeing some rehiring at the state and local level and that is significant as well.»

The survey was launched last month as part of The Vancouver Board of Trade's efforts to inform and engage local businesses in the lead - up to the Nov. 15 election.

To secure his grip on power in RS by perpetuating an environment of fear of violence, Mr Dodik is using the referendum as part of his campaign for the 2016 local elections.

Regardless of the national dynamics at play, local factors will determine the outcome of many an election in 2012, and a campaign's own hard work is part of that equation.

But these negotiations foundered, in part because the Conservatives would not countenance the introduction of proportional representation for local government elections.

In 2017 elections were held for Greater Manchester, the Liverpool City Region, the, Tees Valley, West of England and the West Midlands as part of the devolution deals allowed by the Cities and Local Government Devolution Act 2016.

The elections in Bayelsa State was also in two parts - the substantive election on December 5, 2015 and a supplementary in Southern Ijaw local government and 101 polling units in six local governments across the state.

We need to appeal to people, and I would note that in these results, while I'm sorry that Conservative councillors who've worked hard lost their seats, in places like Amber Valley in Derbyshire, the heart of England, a part that's actually been Labour for decades, we still have a Conservative council, a place where I launched our local election campaign.»

The net effects of this trend are reflected in the vote intention polls, but geographical implications for this year's local elections are not part of my model.

In many parts of my own area, at least in local authority elections, there has often been no Labour candidatIn many parts of my own area, at least in local authority elections, there has often been no Labour candidatin local authority elections, there has often been no Labour candidate.

With the help of YouGov and as part of an ESRC - funded project on UK party membership in the twenty - first century, we (Professor Tim Bale and Dr Monica Poletti (Queen Mary University of London) and Professor Paul Webb (University of Sussex)-RRB- have conducted a new survey of Labour's new members, fielded just after the May 2016 local, devolved and mayoral elections.

The party failed to win any council seats in Manchester, Liverpool or Newcastle in the local elections earlier this year, and today's visit with shadow chancellor George Osborne is part of a wider drive to persuade voters that the Tories have changed.

While the party had fared especially well in the more working class parts of the city at the 2009 Local and European elections and the 2011 General Election, Labour actually fared (slightly) better in the more middle class Dublin constituencies at the 2014 Local Elections than they did in the more working class electorelections and the 2011 General Election, Labour actually fared (slightly) better in the more middle class Dublin constituencies at the 2014 Local Elections than they did in the more working class electorElections than they did in the more working class electoral areas.

This is what made Galloway's promise to curb the influence of biraderi in local politics such a key part of his 2012 by - election victory.

The 2017 Gloucestershire County Council election took place on 4 May 2017 as part of the 2017 local elections in the United Kingdom.

If the Tories can help inject momentum into parts of the country that have been struggling, there is every reason to suppose that local people will start to look at them in a new light at election time.

And he insisted posters featuring his picture were rightly considered part of the Tory campaign in the local elections which also took place on May 6.

The APC primary elections held on Thursday and Friday, ahead of the June 3 Local Government polls in Benue, have sparked off protests in some parts of the state.

There was some good news for Fianna Fail at last weekend's elections; emerging as the largest party at a local authority level in the state (with 266 seats) and faring especially well in certain parts of the state.

Democratic Nassau County Executive - elect Laura Curran rode a relentless anti-corruption campaign message — boosted by the anti-Trump wave seen in other suburbs — to take parts of the county that Republicans typically dominate in local elections, political analysts said.

The NEV is a notional projection of what the local election shares of the vote would be if every single part of the country had had local elections, these figures are just people in areas that actually do have local elections.

The 2017 Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2017 as part of the 2017 local elections in the United Kingdom.

The 2011 Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect one third of Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council as part of the 2011 local elections in the United Kingdom.

In part two we talk about whether the state should eliminate ISTEP for another exam, meth addiction and the impact of the 2016 national elections on local races.

JAMESTOWN - Nearly all the local candidates for this year's election were in Jamestown last night to take part in the Chautauqua County League of Women Voters «Meet the Candidates Forum» at the Robert H. Jackson Center.

Local government elections took place on London on 3 May 2018, as part of the wider local elections in EngLocal government elections took place on London on 3 May 2018, as part of the wider local elections in Englocal elections in England.

Local government elections took place in London, and some other parts of the United Kingdom on Thursday 6 May 2010.

The Government has been warned the new policy - which will partially come into force for May's local elections - could deter immigrants from taking part in the democratic process, the Observer reported.

The Justice Joy Unwana - led panel nullified the results of the entire Bomadi and Burutu Local Government Areas because «there was absence of the constituent elements of an electoral process» Also the tribunal nullified the results of the election in parts of Warri North, Warri South, Warri South - West, Ethiope West and Burutu local government aLocal Government Areas because «there was absence of the constituent elements of an electoral process» Also the tribunal nullified the results of the election in parts of Warri North, Warri South, Warri South - West, Ethiope West and Burutu local government alocal government areas.

In a speech that was equal parts wish list, progressive victory lap and ominous critique of the federal landscape, the governor issued an ambitious list of 30 - or - so proposals, including implementing a uniform sexual harassment policy for state and local officials, tightening up efforts to combat election meddling, ending homelessness and expanding access to food at school to combat child hunger.

It may also suggest that Ukip support is in part a protest vote exercised in relatively unimportant local elections and that this support dissipates once the protest has been registered.

On his part, the Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode charged members of APC in the State to work round the clock to ensure that the party wins all available elective positions in the forthcoming July 22 Local Government elections.

Ashley Dittus, chair of the Ulster County Young Democrats, surmised that part of the impetus for the early rush of candidates was the desire to get out in front of a newly energized and engaged party base dismayed by Trump's election and determined to effect change at the local level.

They went round the local government areas in the northern part of the state, and intimidated the people with the aid of riot and regular police personnel just to ensure that candidates of the APC were declared winners of the election.

There are local elections on Tuesday and there's been a struggle to find candidates to run in many parts of Colorado.

This is a three part module designed for KS2 explaining democracy in straightforward terms, including: - what democracy means - how the system of voting and elections works in the UK - the way that local, national and European government works - an overview of how an idea becomes a law This includes a PowerPoint presentation and an activities sheet.

With Reform Fervor in the Air, Local School Board Elections See Record Outside Spending This year, huge amounts of money and passion are flowing down the ballot into the school board elections — part of an all - out war over public schooElections See Record Outside Spending This year, huge amounts of money and passion are flowing down the ballot into the school board elections — part of an all - out war over public schooelections — part of an all - out war over public school reform.