Sentences with phrase «people voted in that constituency»

The more advertising the monitors noticed, the fewer people voted in that constituency (see graph).

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«I think Brexit provides some opportunities, but I represent a constituency where nearly 70 % of people voted to Leave and I have a responsibility to make sure their voices are heard in that debate,» says Jarvis.

a constituency candidate for a component party of that party (being a component party that is not listed on the part of the ballot paper that relates to the party vote but is, in accordance with the details held by the Electoral Commission under any of the provisions of sections 127 (3A) and 128A, a component party of that party) has his or her name endorsed on a writ under section 185 as a person declared to be elected as a member of Parliament.

There's a fair bunch of people who will either vote Labour or LibDem, depending on which one looks most leftmost (and likely to get in in their constituency), but who would never vote Tory, certainly not after Thatcher.

The person who gets the largest number of votes in each constituency (or ward) becomes the MP (or councillor).

A telephone poll of 2,000 people who voted Liberal Democrat was conducted in Liberal Democrat - held constituencies between 18 - 29 November 2010.

A constituency candidate at an election who applies for a recount of the votes or a person who files an election petition may, by notice in writing to the Electoral Commission, require the Electoral Commission forthwith to annotate the list attached to the master roll pursuant to section 187 (3):

It was only when people were asked how they would vote in their own constituency that Labour's lead reasserted itself: six points in Rother Valley, five points in Plymouth Moor View, three points in Dudley North and one point in Great Grimsby.

Tactical voting might go up at this election since it looks like there will be more people who support a party coming third or lower in their constituency.

That's why, as MPs start the second reading of the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill on 6 September, I am tabling an amendment that would rewrite the referendum question to allow people to choose from a wider range of voting systems, including properly proportional options such as the additional member system (used in elections for the Scottish Parliament, Welsh Assembly and Greater London Assembly) and the single transferable vote (used in Northern Ireland).

Campaigning group People's Pledge is planning a number of votes in specific constituencies to increase pressure on politicians for a broader in - out vote on Britain's future relationship with the EU.

After the first vote has been completed the People's Pledge will seek to hold ten more referenda in 2012, before expanding to hold 100 more constituency - specific votes throughout 2013.

The figures for how people say they would cast their constituency votes are as follows, with the change on last year's actual results in brackets.

With FPTP, in a General Election a good local MP may lose their constituency because of the national swing against that MP's party, regardless of the personal merit and exemplary track record of the MP, because people decide to vote on a «party» basis.

The People's Pledge campaign group, which argues in favour of a European referendum, has just announced the result of two referendums it held in the Greater Manchester constituencies of Cheadle and Hazel Grove, voting for which closed at 5 pm today.

The office of the Electoral Commission was closed down on Thursday when police and military could not control a crowd incident of the two political parties disagreeing over a group of people who had come from Damongo in the West Gonja District to transfer their votes in the Yapie - Kusawgu constituency.

However, I'm always slightly wary of constituency polls in Liberal Democrat held seats — the effect of incumbency and tactical voting is far higher for Lib Dem MPs, and when you ask a generic voting intention I think many people give their national preference, rather than how they would actually vote in their own constituency.

The Commission said it would undertake «a thorough review of what has happened in those constituencies where people have been unable to vote».

He said his party would resist any attempt by the people to transfer their votes in the area because none of them could show any prove that they have ever resided in the constituency.

In the forty constituencies that they contested, the People Before Profit Alliance won 5.2 % of the first preference votes cast in thesIn the forty constituencies that they contested, the People Before Profit Alliance won 5.2 % of the first preference votes cast in thesin these.

The Parliamentary Candidate for the Progressive People's Party (PPP), in the Komenda Edina Eguafo Abirem (KEEA) Constituency in the Central Region, John Sterlin, is aiming at winning 65 % of the valid votes cast on 7th December.

He had earlier toured a number of communities in the Assin North, Assin Central and Assin South constituencies, where he interacted with the people, to help them to appreciate why they should trust the NPP with their votes.

For instance, knowing that in my local constituency, we have roughly 2.89 x more power than the average UK voter due to it being a marginal seat, could help encourage people to go out and vote knowing they actually could make a difference.

He has a large personal vote in his constituency, and I've met people from other, neighbouring constituencies who have been helped by him when their own MP didn't want to know.

He assured the people that Mr Amin Salifu, the incumbent MP, would be given a different role in government to support Dr Danaah to bring development to the Wa East Constituency if they voted massively to retain the party in power.

And if we think that many people across the country are passionate about voting reform, does it seem plausible to be able to find one person in each constituency who would be prepared to do this?

In summary, if this discussion is confined purely to finances, could one person be found in each constituency who believes in voting reform enough to raise money for the cause, stand for it, and win more than 5 % of the votes (or risk losing # 500 tryingIn summary, if this discussion is confined purely to finances, could one person be found in each constituency who believes in voting reform enough to raise money for the cause, stand for it, and win more than 5 % of the votes (or risk losing # 500 tryingin each constituency who believes in voting reform enough to raise money for the cause, stand for it, and win more than 5 % of the votes (or risk losing # 500 tryingin voting reform enough to raise money for the cause, stand for it, and win more than 5 % of the votes (or risk losing # 500 trying)?

Even if you require people to show some ID, you don't want them to be able to vote in several places, you need to know exactly how many people could vote in a constituency, check they are eligible to vote in that constituency, etc..

One person has been arrested at Akwatia in the Eastern Region where members of the National Democratic Congress are voting to elect a parliamentary candidate for the Akwatia Constituency.

Most people our reporter spoke to in the constituency, vowed to vote for Elorm Mensah — because change is expedient now or never.

The NDC parliamentary candidate for Walewale, Mr Abubakari, for his part, said his six months in office as the regional minister was a clear manifestation of what he could do for the constituency when voted for as the MP for the area and, therefore, urged the people to vote for him massively to represent them in Parliament.

«The electorate, general election, people vote - I was an MP for 10 years but at the last general election I lost my constituency up in Leeds to the Conservatives.

The former NDC MP for Kumbungu and one - time running mate of the NDC, Alhaji Mohammed Mumuni, who is spearheading Mr Ras Mubarak's campaign in the constituency, also called on the people of Kumbungu to vote for the NDC for the constituency to maintain its status as a stronghold of the NDC in the region.

Lord Ashcroft used the two stage voting intention question for the constituency poll, first asking people a generic voting intention question and then asking people to consider their own constituency and the candidates likely to stand there in an attempt to squeeze out tactical or incumbency effects.

Miliband, for example, it was reported, bequeathed South Shields a voter contact rate (the percentage of people in the constituency for whom the party has a record of voting preference) as low as 0.2 % — or roughly 100 people.

My two preferred explanations are that people who did not vote claim they did (and tend to claim they voted Labour) and that Labour supporters who voted tactically for the Liberal Democrats in their own particular constituency claim they voted for the party that they actually supported, rather than the party they voted for.

Overnight we got the result of the referendum held in the parliamentary constituency of Thurrock on whether local people wanted a vote on Britain's membership of the EU *.

In the last General Election seven million people failed to register to vote, and in every constituency over thirty five percent did not votIn the last General Election seven million people failed to register to vote, and in every constituency over thirty five percent did not votin every constituency over thirty five percent did not vote.

He assured the electorate that when voted to power, he would work hard in the interest of the people to bring development which had eluded them in the constituency.

Constituency polls by Lord Ashcroft suggest that prompting people to think about the candidates in their constituency when asking people whom they will vote for results in much more Liberal Democrat voting in Liberal DemConstituency polls by Lord Ashcroft suggest that prompting people to think about the candidates in their constituency when asking people whom they will vote for results in much more Liberal Democrat voting in Liberal Demconstituency when asking people whom they will vote for results in much more Liberal Democrat voting in Liberal Democrat seats.

The People's Choice, Paul Lazarsfeld's 1940 exploration of voting in Erie County, Ohio, stimulated the LSE's exploration of the 1950 contest in Greenwich - as well as other constituency studies in Manchester, Bristol and Keele.

Wanting to become president of the Republic of Ghana «at all cost» after having failed twice in 2008/12, Nana Akuffo Addo, campaigning in some churches in Takoradi and Effia constituencies in the Western Region Sunday, begged the congregation and for that matter, the good people of Ghana to try him, by voting for him, as president.

Historically Labour have actually tended to do worse, not better, in the regional vote, so the pattern here is somewhat unusual — looking at the data it seems to be because people who would vote Green or SSP in the regional vote are more likely to vote SNP in the constituency vote.

He also pledged to cut the number of MPs in the Commons from 650 to 600 and to equalise the size of constituencies to ensure that people's votes carry the same weight «no matter where they live».

Some of the above arguments still apply, but I'm not convinced that an independent MP can have his biggest impact by speaking or voting in tightly controlled party votes in the House of Commons, even those directly affecting his constituency (one of the many reasons it's such a shame he won the seat — the people of his constituency needed meaningful representation more than many others).

The Progressive People's Party's (PPP) Parliamentary Candidate for the Komenda Edina Eguafo Abrem (KEEA) Constituency in the Central Region, John Sterlin, has urged his constituents to vote for the PPP Flagbearer, Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom in the 2016 elections.

First it asked people their voting intention using the standard question, THEN it asked them their voting intention again saying «thinking about your own constituency and the parties 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?»

Labour's John Mann says when people in his constituency voted for Brexit, one of the advantages was the government would be able to renationalise the railways.

In the United Kingdom, up to 1948, people affiliated with a university were allowed a vote in both a university constituency and their home constituency, and property owners could vote both in the constituency where their property lay and that in which they lived, if the two were differenIn the United Kingdom, up to 1948, people affiliated with a university were allowed a vote in both a university constituency and their home constituency, and property owners could vote both in the constituency where their property lay and that in which they lived, if the two were differenin both a university constituency and their home constituency, and property owners could vote both in the constituency where their property lay and that in which they lived, if the two were differenin the constituency where their property lay and that in which they lived, if the two were differenin which they lived, if the two were different.

The term «West Lothian question» refers to issues concerning the former ability of members of parliament from constituencies in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales to vote on matters that affect only people living in England and therefore have no direct consequence on their constituents, whilst being unable to influence matters that affect their own constituencies.