Sentences with phrase «seat after a general election»

The current president of the Eurogroup, Jeroen Dijsselbloem, is at risk of losing his seat after a general election in the Netherlands.

[3] All six retained their seats after the general election.

Not exact matches

Portugal's minority center - right government collapsed this week after the three leftist parties that won the majority of seats in September month's general election refused to support its continuation of bailout - dictated austerity policies.

After the 1972 general election, Pierre Trudeau's Liberals held a mere two - seat advantage over Robert Stanfield's Progressive Conservatives.

Not only did she have a general election to think about last September, but she also had to contend with six months of cross-party negotiations after the election failed to deliver her ruling Christian Democratic bloc enough seats to form a government.

After losing his Glasgow - Govan parliamentary seat in the 1992 General Election, Scottish National Party politician Jim Sillars condemned Scotland as a country of «Ninety - Minute Patriots,» willing to support Scotland during a football match but unwilling to take the necessary steps to....

After Scottish Labour was all but wiped out in the 2015 general election, winning just one of 59 Westminster seats, Kezia Dugdale stepped up to fill a leadership void.

With the 2015 UK general election David Cameron became the first Prime Minister to be re-elected immediately after a full term with a larger popular vote share since 1900 and the only Prime Minister other than Margaret Thatcher to be re-elected immediately after a full term with a greater number of seats to - date.

[9] New expenses rules published by the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority coming into force after the 2010 General Election allow employment of one relative but replace funding for a second home with a London Allowance of # 3,760 for MPs with seats within 20 miles of Westminster.

The Nassau County Charter stipulates that if a legislative vacancy occurs after May 1, a special election must be held to fill the seat on the day of the November general election.

Speaking before the publication of his anticipated political memoir, written after his party was reduced to eight seats in last year's general election, Clegg hit out at David Cameron and his Conservative partners in government.

After losing his seat in the general election, Mr Robertson was replaced as SNP Westminster leader by Ian Blackford.

In 2016, MHP signed up former energy secretary Ed Davey as a senior adviser in a bid to strengthen its energy credentials ahead of the pitch process.But Davey returned to the Commons this summer after winning back his seat of Kingston and Surbiton in the 2017 general election.

[275] However, after much media speculation, in August 2014 he sought selection as the Conservative candidate for the safe seat of Uxbridge and South Ruislip at the 2015 general election, [302] being selected as the party's candidate in September.

The Conservatives in Wales have had their best General Election results for more than 30 years after gaining three seats.

-- Queens Assemblyman Rory Lancman runs in a primary for the House seat currently occupied by Rep. Bob Turner, (assuming NY - 9 still exists after redistricting and Turner doesn't end up in a general election head - to - head with Rep. Joe Crowley or Rep. Gary Ackerman), loses and then goes back to run for his Assembly seat.

The general election result — when the Conservative Treasury minister Jane Ellison was swept out of her Battersea seat after a 10 % swing to Labour — has given activists hope of taking Wandsworth for the first time in 40 years, but in several wards the party would need a significantly bigger swing to take the number of councillors needed for a majority.

The former director of public prosecutions has only just become an MP after being elected in Frank Dobson's old seat of Holborn and St Pancras, in North London at the general election.

The lone Republican candidate, Ronnie Cabrera, is again seeking the local Assembly seat after being defeated by Rosa in the general election in 2012.

After winning 56 seats in parliament, the SNP became the second biggest opposition party for the first time after the 2015 general elecAfter winning 56 seats in parliament, the SNP became the second biggest opposition party for the first time after the 2015 general elecafter the 2015 general election.

Then, after a spell as a television journalist and producer for STV in Glasgow, he won the safe Labour seat of Dunfermline East, at the 1983 general election, at the age of 32.

After serving on Tynedale District Council from 1989 to 1995, Liddell - Grainger contested the seat of Torridge and West Devon at the 1997 general election, coming second to the Liberal Democrat candidate John Burnett.

After retaining his seat at the 2010 general election, [14] he was joint secretary of the 1922 Committee between 2010 - 2012.

Ted Heath remained in office over the weekend after the general election on 28 February 1974, despite winning four seats fewer than Labour, as he tried unsuccessfully to form a coalition with the Liberals.

The Rallings and Thrasher projection (based on the 2005 general election result) of the seat after minor boundary changes suggests that Heppell will go into the general election defending a notional majority of 7,083 over the Conservatives, with Ewan requiring a swing of a little over 12 per cent to take the seat.

Then, three years later, he lost the seat to Labour's Naz Shah after one of the 2015 general election's most divisive and bitterly personal campaigns.

After all, seats are what count in general elections, not national vote share — and this is UKIP's main challenge.

The 2010 general election was largely disappointing, with Richard Taylor losing his seat in Wyre Forest after two terms in the Commons.

He won back the marginal seat in the 2017 general election after standing on proudly pro-Corbyn platform.

More than three months after the party lost 48 of its 56 seats in the general election, only a handful of former Lib Dem MPs have secured new roles.

The NDC lost the Walewale parliamentary seat in the 2012 general election to the New Patriotic Party (NPP); the NDC again lost the Kumbungu seat to the Convention People's Party (CPP) in a bye - election held in 2013 after Alhaji Mohammed Mumuni, the then sitting NDC Member of Parliament (MP), resigned from Parliament to take up an international position.

The Liberal Democrats lost 48 of their 56 seats in May's general election, a result that triggered the resignation of the party's leader, Nick Clegg, the morning after polling day.

In the West Virginia special general election Democratic incumbent Earl Ray Tomblin secured his seat as Governor after defeating four challengers.

Senior Conservative sources have reportedly been looking into whether the logo should be replaced as part of an image overhaul after a poor general election result saw them lose seats.

After the 2011 Welsh General Election, Welsh Labour won 30 seats and entered into a new government, with a minority of 0.

Adrian Kavanagh, 14th January 2014 As noted in the earlier post on the Fine Gael TDs who lost their seats at the 2002 General Election, former TDs can often decide to contest the following local elections after having lost their... Continue reading →

In terms of parliamentary elections, prior to the 2016 general elections, the NDC had 16 seats in the region, whilst the NPP had 7, but the NPP grabbed 19 seats leaving only 4 for the NDC after the 2016 votes.

David Cameron takes step closer to office after general election exit poll puts Conservatives at 307 seats and Labour at 255

Speaking to the BBC after the result was announced, Paul Nuttall said he wanted to win «at least» ten seats at the next general election, and set out how he would target Labour heartlands.

After recent selections in the other two Newcastle upon Tyne seats, Newcastle Central Conservatives have now chosen 50 - year - old Nick Holder to stand as their candidate at the general election.

Gove entered the House of Commons after the 2005 general election having been elected as the Conservative member of parliament for the seat of Surrey Heath, after the incumbent MP Nick Hawkins was deselected by the local Conservative Association.

Unison boss Dave Prentis has hit back at Len McCluskey after the Unite general secretary claimed Labour's election would be a «success» if the party lost 30 seats.

The contest was called after Phil Woolas, who won the seat last year by a margin of 103, was found guilty of lying about his Liberal Democrat opponent in the general election.

TICONDEROGA Three candidates are after two seats on the Ticonderoga Town Council in the November general election.

In February 1974 — the last instance of a hung parliament following a general election — Labour won 301 seats and the Conservatives 297, but the then Tory prime minister, Edward Heath, remained at Downing Street until the Monday after the election as he tried to form an alliance with the Liberals.

After next year's general election, Ukip will end up with not a single parliamentary seat at Westminster and a share of the vote much reduced from their share this week.

Davey lost his Kingston and Surbiton seat at the 2015 election but returned to parliament after the last general election.

Mr Campbell won his seat in the 1987 general election after a successful career as a barrister, and rapidly emerged as one of the party's stars.

There is no by - election immediately in the offing, but the man who retained the seat for Labour at the general election, Denis MacShane, has been without his party's whip since last October after the parliamentary Standards watchdog referred him to the police over his use of parliamentary alowances.

He won the seat at the 2001 general election and, after a short stint as shadow secretary for education, was party leader within four years, beating David Davis, Liam Fox and Kenneth Clarke to the top job.