Sentences with phrase «reduced majority»

Labour lost one seat of their 2012 election total but held all of the other seats they were defending, albeit many with reduced majorities.

Preston is currently held for Labour by Mark Hendrick, who will be defending a slightly reduced majority of around 8,500 after boundary changes are taken into account.

Labour went on to win the 1950 general election, but with a much reduced majority of five seats.

Changes to superannuation policy played a role in the significantly reduced majority for the Turnbull government at the July 2 election, but if you look a little deeper you find something far more interesting — the government can't afford its retirement policies, and some retired people can't afford to live.

However, they will make some progress, boosting their representation by taking 6 - 10 Labour seats and reducing the majorities for most of Labour's Scottish MPs.

Ed Balls Who he is: The former children's secretary hung on to his Morley and Outwood seat with a greatly reduced majority in the 2010 election.

At the 2005 election, her seat became the most marginal in Wales as her Conservative challenger reduced her majority to 1,146.

Even in Wales where Labour has historically been strong, they could only watch as the Vale of Clwyd turned blue while Wrexham was only won with a significantly reduced majority over the Conservatives of 1,831.

The election resulted in the Labour Party retaining its control of the council, with a slightly reduced majority after losing two seats overall.

Some investors can put their trust in the DAICO project and refuse to partake in voting and consensus, thus reducing the majority threshold and giving more power to a select of people.

The 1992 general election was widely tipped to result in a hung parliament or a narrow Labour majority, but in the event the Conservatives were returned to power, though with a much reduced majority of 21.

But if we apply the trends since 2010 implied by current national polls to Sheffield, Clegg's majority then should still see him through to victory on May 7, albeit with a much reduced majority.

But the result that the Conservatives hoped would bring their «Portillo moment» failed to materialise when the Schools Secretary Ed Balls survived, albeit with a greatly reduced majority.

The Labour Party held control of the council with a slightly reduced majority of one compared with their tally following the previous election.

Morgan was re-elected at the 2001 general election with a reduced majority of 6,165 and on a substantially reduced turnout (in common with the rest of the country).

He retained the seat for Plaid Cymru at the 2001 election with a reduced majority, and lost it in the 2005 general election to Mark Williams of the Liberal Democrats.

In the 2005 general election, Labour was re-elected for a third term, but with a reduced majority of 66 and popular vote of only 35.2 %, the lowest percentage of any majority government in British history.

At that election, she reduced the majority of sitting Labour MP, Tony Cunningham, by 4,000 votes.

[1] Despite losing 4 seats to the Conservatives, the Labour Party remained the largest party on the council, albeit with a reduced majority.

He narrowly lost to Beard again at the 2001 general election but reduced his majority to 1,475.

Despite the losses, the Conservative - Liberal Democrat coalition continued to run the Council with a reduced majority of 6 seats.

Cameron will be extremely happy this morning and yet he is the victim of a horrible irony: by being so successful, he has reduced his majority.

Having seen off the leadership ambitions of Herbert Morrison among others, Attlee won the 1950 general election with a reduced majority.

Electoral researcher Bernt Aardal calculated that if the 2009 parliamentary election had been conducted without this bias, the Labour Party and Progress Party would both have lost a seat, while the Red Party and Liberal Party would each have gained one, reducing the majority of the Red - Green Coalition from 3 seats to 1.

In Essex, UKIP held on to its Clacton MP Douglas Carswell, who fought off competition albeit with a reduced majority from last October's by - election.

If he calls the election now he will win, but quite possibly with a reduced majority and a reinvigorated David Cameron.

Bookmakers predict that Labour will hold their seat in Stoke - on - Trent but with a reduced majority.

This led to a brief crisis in the agricultural and tourism industries, but did little to shake a still - strong economy and the electorate responded by re-electing Blair with an only slightly - reduced majority.

However, in the 2015 general election Copeland returned with a reduced majority.

He also broke ranks with Mr Corbyn by insisting the result in Stoke, which Labour won but with a reduced majority, «should never have been in doubt».

I would say that Clegg will win but with a much reduced majority.

The Conservatives retained control of West Oxfordshire District Council with a reduced majority of nine seats.

Winning with a reduced majority, he said on Friday that it was time for the party to reflect on how it moves forward after devastating losses across the country.

In the 1992 general election Evans retained Welwyn and Hatfield with a slightly reduced majority (8,465), but lost the seat when Labour came to power five years later.

Instead, as ITV and The Independent have it, Nick Clegg was the winner, albeit with a reduced majority on last week, and Cameron and - who would believe it - Gordon Brown, shared equal second place.

The Labour Party held control of the council but with a reduced majority of two compared with the previous election.

Expectations are so low that holding a safe seat with a reduced majority is now seen as a major success.

The Norfolk North M, who held his seat with a reduced majority of 4,043, said he would put «body and soul» into the job.

Labour have held Stevenage Council in Hertfordshire comfortably but with a reduced majority of 13.

There will be much on the mind of Theresa May as she returns to Number 10 as Prime Minister, not only with a much reduced majority, but also relying on the support of the DUP.

Especially Google is developing this app for India to reduce the majority of Youtube users who is using 2G.

However, it was not until the 1930s, under the WLA that the government began to succeed in reducing the majority of large pastoral holdings to small lease holding areas in western New South Wales.