Sentences with phrase «party leadership challengers»

Not exact matches

Though leadership challenger Owen Smith is standing on an anti-austerity platform, many party members fear that Labour will pivot rightwards if he's selected.

It's not out of the ordinary for a challenger to tie their potential opponent to the national party's leadership.

Felder already has a primary challenger in newcomer Blake Morris, but there doesn't seem to be much enthusiasm for him from party leadership.

Despite a vote of no confidence, Corbyn has insisted he won't resign, citing the large mandate he won in the 2015 leadership election, when he finished 40 percentage points ahead of his nearest challenger in a vote of party members.

Labour's constitution stipulates that any challenger who wishes to contest the party leadership against an incumbent leader (as opposed to contesting a vacant post) must be nominated by 20 % of Labour MPs and MEPs, which would currently be 51 MPs / MEPs.

Perhaps it was this which helped Gordon Brown see off his challengers for the Labour party's leadership.

«The rules by which the Labour Party is governed are unambiguous: the leader does not require any signatures to be nominated in a leadership election where there is a potential challenger to the leadership,» the letter states.

As the fall out from last week's tuition fee vote continued, Tim Farron, the Lib Dem president and possible future leadership challenger, raised eyebrows by claiming a pledge to abolish the fees in some form could still feature in his party's next election manifesto.

If the two sides could not work together in the state Senate, the state party said it would run primary challengers against IDC members and possibly change up the leadership among the mainline Democrats.

«David Miliband has formally launched his bid for the Labour leadership with a call for his party to «reform, repair and reconnect» with voters, as Ed Balls, the Brownite challenger, prepares to throw his hat into the ring.

Labour leadership challenger Angela Eagle has told Peston on Sunday that she is fighting to save her party.

Casey seemed to part ways with his party's leadership when asked by CNN's John King whether Democratic Party leaders - including President Obama, Vice President Biden, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, and Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell - should be making public pledges of support to Specter in an apparent effort to dissuade any would - be primary challengers to the former Republparty's leadership when asked by CNN's John King whether Democratic Party leaders - including President Obama, Vice President Biden, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, and Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell - should be making public pledges of support to Specter in an apparent effort to dissuade any would - be primary challengers to the former RepublParty leaders - including President Obama, Vice President Biden, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, and Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell - should be making public pledges of support to Specter in an apparent effort to dissuade any would - be primary challengers to the former Republican.

Elsewhere, fellow former leadership challenger Liz Kendall criticised the left wing of the party for not being enthusiastic enough about remaining in the bloc.

Labour leadership challenger Owen Smith has been heavily criticised for calling on his party to «smash» Prime Minister Theresa May «back on her heels».