Sentences with phrase «potential votes in their constituency»

Remember, there are no truly safe seats: no candidate in the last election got more than half of all the potential votes in their constituency.

Not exact matches

While UKIP has few / no MPs it is not unreasonable to say that they have taken votes away from the Conservative party in recent years and potential UKIP voters are seen by many as key in some marginal constituencies especially in «working class» areas where many voters are socially to the right and economically to the left.

UKIP's capacity to change constituency - level outcomes by grabbing 15 - 25 % of the votes in key seats will matter just as much as its potential to win further seats outright.

With Ed Miliband as the leader of the opposition party, the adoption of an expansionist visit strategy has the potential to boost Labour's local vote share — a factor that may be key in marginal constituencies.