Sentences with phrase «party following the general election»

Sugar quit the Labour party following the general election after claiming the party took «a shift to the left» under its former leader Ed Miliband.

Not exact matches

Regardless of which party forms the government following the next general election, improving the state of competition needs to be a key priority.

Trump didn't follow the usual path of a successful presidential candidate, who plays to his party's base to win the nomination, then tacks to the center for the general election.

Grassroots members of Germany's Social Democrats (SPD) decisively backed the party's decision to enter into another «grand coalition» government with Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU), thus bringing to an end months of uncertainty following September's general election.

Following the April 23 general election, seventeen Wildrose Party MLA's were elected, creating the largest Official Opposition caucus since 1997 (when eighteen Liberal MLA's were elected).

Prior to the calling of the 2008 general election, the party standings in the provincial legislature were as follows:

Baby Milk Action sent the following letter to all political parties represented in the parliaments of the UK to ask about their infant and young child feeding policies in the run up to the General Election in 2015.

With a general election due the following spring and a small but vocal group of Conservative rebels prepared to fight the agreement all the way, the prime minister faced a choice: bring forward a bill to ratify Maastricht now and risk going to the country with his party divided and weakened, or postpone until he was safely re-elected.

In this sense, the following months and the results and effects of the imminent general election (as well as the way in which both regionalist and mainstream parties will react to these) will be crucial in shaping the path ahead.

Following Labour's defeat at the 2010 general election, a new intellectual movement, close to the new leader Ed Miliband, began to gain ground within the party.

Following Labour's defeat by the Conservative Party at the 2015 general election, Miliband announced his resignation as leader on 8 May 2015.

Following the 2005 general election he published an in - depth report urging the Conservative Party to learn the lessons of its defeat and broaden its appeal — Smell The Coffee.

In the run - up to the 2010 general election, following a meeting of the editorial staff, [131] the paper declared its support for the Liberal Democrats, due in particular, to the party's stance on electoral reform.

According to Owusu - Bempah, Mahama has no blessing from to lead Ghana and must resist following calls from supporters of the National Democratic Congress [NDC] to lead the party in the 2020 general elections.

An astonishing surge in membership after defeat for the Yes campaign in last year's independence referendum was followed by an SNP landslide in May's general election, when the party won 56 of Scotland's 59 constituencies.

Even with building political pressure to launch a convention that is fully or partially constituted by citizens, it will be at the whim of Parliament (read the governing party / parties) following the next general election as to whether such a convention is established, its form and the task assigned.

The Ipsos MORI monthly polls go back to 1977 and cover the last 9 UK general elections, which were fought between the following party leaders.

Following the general election of 2010, the Liberal Democrats formed a coalition government with the Conservatives, resulting in party leader Nick Clegg becoming the Deputy Prime minister and many other members becoming ministers.

[23] Sir Vince Cable succeeded Tim Farron as party leader following the general election.

Following the election of Tony Blair as Labour leader in July 1994 after the death of his predecessor John Smith, Ashdown pursued co-operation between the two parties because he wanted to form a coalition government should the next general election end without any party having an overall majority.

He became leader of the People's Party in 2004 and Prime Minister in 2011 following the People's Party landslide victory in that year's general election becoming the sixth president of the Spanish government.

Research in marginal seats by Politics Home in August 2008 and September 2009, for example, found a significant boost for the Lib Dems in the follow - up question «And thinking specifically about your own constituency and the candidates who are likely to stand there which party's candidate do you think you will vote for in your own constituency at the next general election?»

Following the General Election, and after failing to persuade the Lib Dems to form a coalition government with Labour, Gordon Brown resigned as Prime Minister and leader of the party on 11th May 2010.

The leadership contest was triggered after Tim Farron said he would step down following the party's failure to make as much progress as he had hoped at the general election, and a series of punishing interviews about his personal views on issues including homosexuality.

With about a week to the 2016 general elections, some Ghanaians have expressed uncertainty over the credibility of the polls following the numerous concerns raised by some political parties including the New Patriotic Party.

On average, in those seats that the party won in by - elections, it went on to hold on to more than four - fifths of its vote share at the following general election.

The NPP supporters are reported to have attempted to take over the station following the party's victory in the 2016 general elections.

Following the result of the 2017 UK general election, the Liberal Democrats were left without an MP in Wales, a situation which had not occurred since the founding of the Liberal Party in 1859.

McGovern was selected as the Labour Party candidate for Wirral South in December 2009, following Ben Chapman's decision to stand down at the next election for family reasons following adverse publicity in The Daily Telegraph over the expenses scandal, and subsequently won the seat in the 2010 general election, defeating the Conservative candidate, Jeff Clarke, by 531 votes.

On 9 May 2005, following the 2005 General Election, Wallace announced his intention to stand down as party leader and Deputy First Minister.

On 1 March 2014, at a special conference the party reformed internal Labour election procedures, including replacing the electoral college system for selecting new leaders with a «one member, one vote» system following the recommendation of a review by former general - secretary Ray Collins.

A City business run by a former Conservative party treasurer has agreed to pay back donations made to five of the party's general election candidates running against Liberal Democrats following a shareholder revolt.

If the party had managed to win such slightly higher support levels in the last general election in the 13 constituencies that fall into this category, then Labour would have ended up winning 50 seats at the election, and the overall seat tallies by party would have looked as follows: Fine Gael 73, Labour 50, Fianna Fail 17, Sinn Fein 11, United Left Alliance 3, Others 12.

Mr Farron joins former health minister Norman Lamb as the contenders to replace Nick Clegg following the party's disastrous general election results.

Follow the latest developments as voters go to the polls in the biggest test for the political parties since the general election.

As the third largest party in the Dail, Sinn Fein is in pole position to form a coalition with either Fianna Fail or Fine Gael if the electoral arithmetic stacks up following the next Irish general election.

The established convention seems to be that the Monarch is not obliged to take the advice of the outgoing Prime Minister, and may take advice from other sources, although if the resignation of a Prime Minister follows a general election in which another party has won a single majority in the Commons, there will be in practice no question about who should become the new Prime Minister.

Meanwhile the General Secretary of the NDC Johnson Asiedu Nketia says he has not made up his mind not to contest for reelection following an announcement of the party's election time table for new leaders.

The Flagbearer of the Progressive People's Party (PPP), Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom, has discounted any possibility of his party joining forces with another party to contest in the upcoming general elections following his disqualification from the Party (PPP), Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom, has discounted any possibility of his party joining forces with another party to contest in the upcoming general elections following his disqualification from the party joining forces with another party to contest in the upcoming general elections following his disqualification from the party to contest in the upcoming general elections following his disqualification from the race.

Speaking to BBC Wales, Mr Bryant said someone with «resilience» was needed following his party's defeat in the general election.

The British National Party, which finished fifth with 1.9 % of the vote for its 338 candidates at the 2010 general election, stood only eight candidates following a collapse in support.

The parties are on the following shares of the vote (with 2005 general election performance in brackets):

Following pledges by all three major parties to reform the Lords at the last general election, the Electoral Reform Society said parliamentarians had «squandered consensus, in the name of cheap point scoring and political games».

Tony Blair originally formed the Blair ministry in May 1997 after being invited by Queen Elizabeth II to form a new government following the resignation of the previous Prime Minister, John Major of the Conservative Party, as a result of the Labour Party's landslide victory at the 1997 general election.

He became Leader of the House of Commons and Lord Privy Seal on 12 May 2010 after the Conservative Party formed a coalition government with the Liberal Democrats following the 2010 general election.

This is partly due to the general disillusionment with the main three parties following the expenses revelations and partly because voters often use local elections to protest against the main parties.

We recommend that the Conservative Party stands for the following pro-democracy principles at the next General Election:

The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) for Imo State, Prof Francis Chukwuemeka Ezeonu, has enjoined political parties to follow the approved guidelines in the selection of their candidates for the 2019 general elections.

This follows the Electoral Commission's declaration of the New Patriotic Party's Nana Akufo - Addo as president - elect after a keenly contested general election on Wednesday, December 7.

Nigel Farage says his UK Independence Party could «hold the balance of power» at the next general election following a win in the Clacton by - election.