Sentences with phrase «result of the hung parliament»

Adonis was one of the few Labour figures who believed a rainbow coalition of Labour, Lib Dems and nationalists was a viable result of the hung parliament.

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A general election on March 4 resulted in a hung parliament in which no one party or coalition of parties won enough of the vote to govern alone.

Italian stocks fell at the start of this morning's trading, after populist parties won almost half the vote in Italy's Sunday elections, and early results suggested the country is heading for a hung parliament due to no party or coalition of parties meeting the 40 % threshold for stable governance.

«For sure, the priorities are immigration, the control of borders, of Europe, (the issue of) cultural identities and the understanding of how the Italian society should move ahead in a globalized world,» Terzi di Sant «Agata said, following the Italian election result which pointed to a hung parliament where no one party or coalition gained a majority of the vote that would allow it to govern alone.

Results of the Italian election point to a hung parliament, with no party or coalition winning enough votes to form a government.

A hung parliament is a result of no majority.

Concerns for the timely delivery of vital infrastructure projects have been raised by industry commentators following Thursday's General Election which resulted in a hung Parliament and fresh uncertainty for the sector.

The current endeavor by Tory backbenchers to repeal the Act is based on a simple calculation — most forecasts predict that the 2015 general elections will result in another hung Parliament, in which the joint seat share of the two dominant parties, Labour and the Conservatives, will be eroded even further.

I have been trying in recent weeks to publicise in my blog and in LabourList the little - known procedures in the event of a hung parliament, under which whatever the results in votes and seats, Gordon Brown will be both entitled and obliged to continue in office until he has met parliament as prime minister and ascertained by the vote on his Queen's Speech whether he still commands a majority in the House.

Mr Cameron insisted that despite his repeated warning about the dangers of a hung parliament, he would still behave responsibly if that was the result returned by the electorate.

He predicted a hung parliament in the UK could result in a «system of paralysis» which could have a knock - on effect on the financial markets.

The polls are now showing levels of support that would result in a hung parliament that would, given the maths, almost certainly produce another Labour government.

The 2015 election result took almost everyone by surprise, with the Conservatives winning a narrow majority despite predictions of another hung parliament or a minority government.

Farron had stuck resolutely to his line of «no coalitions, no pacts,» with other parties, in the wake of the general election result, which led to a hung parliament.

[124] Some of the opinion polls had shown a 20 - point Conservative lead over Labour before the election was called, but this lead had narrowed by the day of the 2017 general election, which resulted in a hung parliament.

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.

On a uniform swing, this result would leave the Tories 43 seats short of a majority in a hung parliament.

The resulting general election returned a hung parliament, but Asquith remained prime minister with the support of the smaller parties.

Although 40 per cent is regarded as the «election winning» mark, the weighting of the electoral system means today's poll would result in a hung parliament if translated into votes.

I am not an expert but I imagine the LibDem party would talk to other parties as relevant in a hung parliament scenario, even if a coalition or any less formal kind of arrangement might well not result from that.

The Lib Dem leader downplayed the number of times a close result had been reached, before February 1974 - the last hung parliament - was mentioned.

Analysts say the spread could see the Conservatives claim a 100 - seat majority at the next election, although electoral commentators maintain a hung parliament is the most likely result of a Labour defeat.

And, of course, the election resulted in a hung parliament.

With such a wide data base, the disparate surveys strongly suggest that Thursday's leaders» debate was a game - changing event which could impact the result of the general election, probably by taking enough votes from the Tories to secure a hung parliament.

For example after the elections of February 1974 resulted in a hung parliament, the old Prime Minister, Edward Heath didn't resign immediately.

Dr Julian Lewis: What sort of signal does it send to Iran and other hostile would - be proliferators that our nuclear deterrent could be put at ransom in the event of another hung Parliament, as a result of our not having signed the key contracts and the hostility towards the replacement of Trident evinced by the Liberal Democrats?

However, the result was a hung parliament, in which the number of Conservative seats fell from 330 to 317, prompting her to broker a confidence and supply deal with Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) to support her minority government.

The election resulted in a hung parliament, no single party having an overall majority in the House of Commons, the Conservatives having the most seats but 20 short of a majority.

It seems to be taken for granted by a lot of commentators that changing to the alternative vote (AV) will be a move towards proportional representation - resulting in more hung parliaments and coalition governments.

At the election, Labour lost 91 seats in the House of Commons, but the Conservatives failed to achieve an overall majority, resulting in the first hung parliament since 1974.

The election resulted in a hung parliament, with the Conservative Party winning the largest number of seats.

City AM on the bleak election result in Europe's fourth biggest economy: «Italian voters left the Eurozone's third biggest economy a gridlocked political mess yesterday, with a hung parliament clobbering the euro, spooking stock markets, and sending measures of volatility soaring.

One of Mr Grieve's little helpers, oddball Tory backbencher Anna Soubry, argues that the people's referendum vote was superseded by the General Election of June 2017, which resulted in a hung parliament.

The election, held on 6 May, resulted in the first hung parliament in the UK in 36 years, sparking a series of negotiations which would form the first coalition government since the Second World War.

According to today's ICM poll for the Sunday Telegraph, 52 per cent of people believe that a hung Parliament would be bad for Britain; only 24 per cent would welcome the result with another 24 per cent undecided.

And if people vote for a hung parliament — indirectly — then it is the job of the parties to deliver strong and stable government as best we can, in the light of that result.

He said: «Any result between level pegging with Labour and a Tory lead of 11 % potentially produces a hung parliament.