Sentences with phrase «seat in the election»

After her party lost parliamentary seats in elections last month, doubts have arisen over how long she'll remain prime minister.

Interestingly enough, this number has been fairly stable for some time, averaging just under 30 seats in each election since 1997.

In victory, the Conservative vote has fallen progressively from its highest level to date, of 55 % in 1931, to a post-second world war peak of 49.6 % in 1955, to 41.9 % the last time it won a majority of seats in an election in 1992, to 36.1 % in 2010.

[4] Among those who were defending seats in the election was the leader of the council, Tarsem King, in West Bromwich Central ward.

«Everybody knows that the Cadbury's Hobart decision was all about marginal seats in an election campaign.

Labour faces losing its last Scottish seat in the election on June 8 as opinion polls show voters are deserting the party under Jeremy Corbyn's leadership.

George Osborne has hailed former Tory Cabinet minister Esther McVey as a «one - woman Northern Powerhouse» as he announced she would be running for his vacated seat in the election.

and if the Republicans can take a few seats in this election, some of the big time DemocRATS in Westchester better watch out in 2012.

The Saranac Lake Republican Committee had no candidates seeking village Board of Trustee seats in the election this year.

Raglan, unless labour loses very singse council seat in those elections, can't see Corbyn going and john McDonnell will want a go too

Republicans won more seats in the election, and some GOP Senators have already objected to making major changes to the criminal justice system.

On CNN tonight Republican commentator Ed Rollins said that unless McCain cleans - up his campaign that the Republicans could lose TEN Senate seats in the election!

The Director of Publicity, Mr Oladapo Olatunde, in a statement, indicated that Accord Party also won three councillorship seats in the election.

Question for you Labour loyalists: is there a snowball's chance in hell that Labour will win a majority of seats in the election?

Analysis from the Bureau found that in the 20 most marginal seats in the election the Conservatives have raised # 321,182, compared to # 183,052 for the Liberal Democrats and just # 74,545 for Labour.

[485][486] In the 2015 United Kingdom general election, the SNP received 1,454,436 votes, 50.0 % of the Scottish vote and 56 out of the 59 Scottish seats in the election.

K.B. Asante retired from the Civil Service in 1978, to form the Social Democratic Front to contest the 1979 election where his party won three parliamentary seats in that election.

The Dutch government — set to lose about half its seats in elections this week, according to polls, as the anti-Islam party of Geert Wilders makes strong gains — said the ministers» visits were undesirable and it would not cooperate in their campaigning in the Netherlands.

Secondly, the Conservatives only need to add 12 seats in this election to have a bare majority of 155 in the 308 seat Parliament — and a four - year term without needing the opposition's support for anything.

If the Wildrose are to pick up seats in the election, this will likely be one.

Finally, is it mandatory that, if a leader or PM loses their seat in an election they should stand down from their leadership position, or this only customary?

In 2014 he won a seat in the election of the Buffalo School Board as an At Large member and had the highest vote total of all candidates.

If they win between two and six seats in this election, they'll need to bring the IDC back into the fold to cobble together a 32 - seat majority.

Mr. Agyapong had cause to vacate the seat in this election but was pressured by the Chiefs within his jurisdiction to contest the 2016 parliamentary election.

Plaid had gained one seat in the election and was the second largest party behind Labour, which lost one seat and so just missed being able to form a single party administration.

Sinn Féin won seven seats in the election but Corbyn would not be able to rely on the support of those MPs as the party will continue its historical policy of boycotting Westminster.

Democrats lost four seats in the election, giving Republicans a 20 - 15 majority.

Democrats lost nine seats in the election, giving Republicans a 19 - 5 majority.

Democrats gained five seats in that election and took control of the chamber.

Democrats lost six seats in the election, giving Republicans a 20 - 14 majority with one independent member.

Democrats lost one seat in the election, giving them a 20 - 9 majority with one progressive member.

In 1998, Democrats picked up four seats in the election.

Democrats lost one seat in the election, giving them a 22 - 8 majority.

Democrats lost 13 seats in the election, giving Republicans a 112 - 91 majority.

UKIP did not fight the seat in that election but the party soundly trounced the Tories in the European Parliamentary elections this year.

Democrats picked up two seats in that election and won a 22 - 18 majority.

Democrats gained one seat in the election and increased their majority to 25 - 15.

The party gained two seats in these elections — one in the aforementioned case of Glencullen - Sandyfordand the other in Portlaoise, where Noel Tuohy won the first Labour Council seat in that electoral area in well over a generation.

Mr. Russell said the Town Board could even appoint an interim trustee who would then step down to let all non-incumbents vie for the seat in the election.

The group's main issue is taxpayer financing of political campaigns and putting «citizens back in the drivers» seat in elections, and we think Cece is part of that.»

Democrats lost 21 seats in the election.

Five Conservative cabinet ministers lost their seats in that election, including Harold Macmillan.

«But they're not taking into account the fact that the speaker lost 10 seats in the election.»

This was because they gained 26 seats in the election, which was short of an absolute majority of seats in the Assembly.

Quite the opposite, in fact, as de Blasio works to help the Senate Democrats pick up seats in this election, believing they'll be more amenable to his progressive agenda.

Democrats picked up nine seats in that election and won a 44 - 36 majority.

Democrats gained one seat in the election, giving them a 48 - 32 majority.

In 2014, Klein said that if the Democrats won the majority of seats in the elections, then the IDC would switch sides and partner with the regular Democrats in a power - sharing coalition.

In 2014, Senator Klein said that if the Democrats won the majority of seats in the elections, then the IDC would switch sides and partner with the regular Democrats in a power sharing coalition.

Democrats gained two seats in the election, giving them an 18 - 12 majority.