Sentences with phrase «performance during the election campaign»

However narrowly Clegg won, the party was always going to stick with him, and his brilliant personal performance during the election campaign consolidated support for him.

Although his performance during the election campaign improved voter perceptions somewhat, he still lagged way behind David Cameron, who, unlike the Labour leader, is more popular than his party.

Jeremy Corbyn's strong performance during the election campaign must not disguise the fact that the party lost a contest that was «easily winnable», a former senior aide to Tony Blair has warned.

Patel was promoted last year to employment minister with the right to sit in cabinet after impressing the Tory leadership with her media performances during the election campaign.

Not exact matches

They stuck by him during his nadir last summer, when his leadership of the party seemed doomed - indeed, the organisational, campaigning and social media nous of the pro-migrant radical left probably saved him, and certainly boosted his general election performance.

But Watson is fighting on other fronts, too — to stitch together a fretful party, many of whose MPs see Labour's sometimes shaky performance during the referendum campaign as fresh evidence that Jeremy Corbyn is not up to the task of winning the next general election.