Sentences with phrase «seat majority on»

The Conservatives gained four seats and gained a 4 - seat majority on the council.

For board approval, the lawsuit would need to acquire at least one Democratic vote, as Democrats hold a one - seat majority on the Board of Legislators.

Not exact matches

Democrats have not said whether they will take any seats on the Republican - majority special committee, saying the new probe - following several other congressional investigations on Benghazi - is also aimed at damaging former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's chances if she runs for president in 2016.

But his «safe hands on the economy» message cut through in the end, with the coalition winning a majority of seats in 1998 despite Labor winning 51 per cent of the two - party vote.

The conservatives, liberals and socialists, who command a large majority of the parliamentary seats, will work out a joint motion on Tuesday and expect to debate the issue in parliament on Wednesday and vote on it on Thursday, Tremosa's aide said on Monday.

But emboldened by a decisive White House win, an expanded majority in the Senate, and at least a few extra seats in the House, they seem less likely to budge on taxes.

Elliott wants to keep Genish, appointed by Vivendi, but he told Britain's Sunday Telegraph that his position would be untenable if Elliott and its allies secured a majority of board seats at a shareholder vote on Friday.

In these systems, seats are not allocated on a proportional basis; rather, they are given to candidates who win a majority in single - member districts.

March was also a mixed bag for Republicans, who are trying to retain Senate seats and improve on their 51 - 49 majority in the chamber.

On this basis they could form a majority government, or even a minority government with more seats than the Conservatives.

The election of a majority Liberal government not only saw high - profile changes in rhetoric — think, «Canada is back» — but also equally lauded announcements on accepting 25,000 refugees from Syria, international peacekeeping, or a bid for a seat on the United Nations Security Council, among others.

On the informal side, Republicans claim not just their seats and numbers in Congress, but the weight and power of the majority as expressed in the clear and powerful message.

At a very minimum, there would have been 3 owners, all with seats on the board and the club would have been run by a majority vote by the owners on all fronts.

I think that's the majority of the seats on the emirates, that can send a message big time.

The majority of fans that go to the Emirates now never went to Highbury (at a guess, I'd say five to eight thousand) and only know reasonable success, ie, FA Cup wins and continuous Champions League qualification and only read about the «Invincibles», you can tell by the fact they never chant «come on you reds» which was a regular, extremely loud chant in the Highbury days and as ThirdMan pointed out are the prawn sandwich brigade mixed with the tourist support and there you have the empty seats.

Were YOU.I believe on your PLANET NUTCASE you still believe we have Herbert Chapman as the Manager.No mate this is wrong.Hes been dead for a while now and at the moment we have an aging Frenchman who is paid more per season than most people will earn in several lifetimes.He is taking this Club backwards.We are falling behind Clubs who we used to dominate as rivals.He has the majority of the fan base against him and his tired and outdated methods.We now ger beaten away from home by all the clubs facing relegation.We are no longer in the Champions League.We have a 60,000 seater stadium that is now embarrassingly full of empty seats.This is all down to Wenger.

As a matter of fact, a good majority of car seat injuries happen outside of the vehicle according to this report on webMD.

The truth is the majority of parents are not educated on car seat safety, laws and regulations.

Coverings that could be affixed with breaks to the seat come on the majority of top end baby strollers.

Majority of car seat rental companies have a safety guarantee on their seats.

Developmental delays have been noticed in roughly 22 % of infants who spend the majority of time on their backs, and doctors believe that tummy time, time in slings or carrier pouches, and the use of seats which require infants to use their neck and back muscles rather than providing a head rest may prove beneficial in preventing container syndrome as well as related motor skill and developmental delays.

While the majority of your car seat decisions will rest on the type of car seat you need, you should also think about who you will need the car seat for and how long you will need it.

What makes it so is the fact it comes with a universal infant car seat adapter, which fits the majority of the car seats that are on the market.

Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb told Kaitlyn Ross on CapTon last night that he expects to have «anywhere from 49 to 51 seats» come Jan. 1, and predicted the GOP will be a power the Democrats are forced to reckon with — even if Speaker Sheldon Silver maintains his veto - proof majority.

They wouldn't have won enough seats for a majority on their own but this would be an undeniable victory for the Tories and a vindication of their much - criticised campaign.

So while there is a lot of focus on the youth vote to help explain why Theresa May was stripped of her majority, while the Labour leader defied his critics to gain vote share and seats, this is a big part of the story.

The new Senate seat will be somewhere in New York, but definitely not on Long Island, Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos said following an interview with Susan Arbetter on The Capitol Pressroom.

The potentially overwhelming prospects of the nationalists seizing the majority of seats north of the border are underlined by today's ICM / Guardian poll, which puts the nationalists on 43 % to Labour's 27 %.

On the simple numbers, it is of course a challenge for the Tories, who need to win 117 seats to get a majority of just one.

A Siena College poll released on Saturday showed Kaminsky, a freshman assemblyman, trailing Republican Chris McGrath by 8 percentage points in the 9th Senate district special election to replace disgraced former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos in a Nassau County seat.

The race for the seat was kicked off after former Majority Leader Dean Skelos in December was ousted from his seat after he was convicted on corruption charges.

The race, one of the more costly contests for a Senate seat, comes as Republicans hang on to their narrow majority in the chamber.

McGrath, an attorney and first - time candidate for public office, faces Democratic Assemblyman Todd Kaminsky in a special election on Tuesday to fill the seat vacated by disgraced Republican former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos.

On the other hand, the National government won with a majority of nearly 250 seats; Baldwin's fears of defeat seem somewhat exaggerated.

Labour is poised to win the most seats in the Welsh Assembly elections but could just miss out on an outright majority.

The point for all sensible democrats to hang on to is that if the centre - left (Labour plus LibDems and perhaps Greens and some of the nationalists) together command a majority of Commons seats, that entitles them to form a government led by the leader of the largest centre - left party.

Kaminsky won the seat vacated by former Republican Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, who was also convicted on federal corruption, in a special election last April, defeating McGrath.

Guelleh's UMP, which has a tight grip on power, holds the majority of the seats in Djibouti's parliament.

Republicans hold a narrow majority in the state Senate, with control hinging in part on the Venditto race as well as the seat held by GOP incumbent Carl Marcellino.

Senate Democrats on Tuesday won a pair of open seats in the state Senate giving them 32 enrolled members in the 63 - seat chamber, but for now are denied a working majority.

The agreement would put the Democratic conference on track for Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins to become the first woman to lead a Senate majority conference — provided the Democrats pick up two Senate seats in special elections later this month, and the conference can secure Felder's loyalty.

The race on Long Island remains too close to call, but Republicans are likely to retain a working majority in the state Senate with a western New York seat flipping to the GOP column and Brooklyn Democratic Sen. Simcha Felder announcing his intention to once again align with their conference.

An election where most seats are won by narrow majorities would result in most of the elected (on both sides) having only negligible voting power.

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.

Senate Republicans on Tuesday night said they expanded their majority by flipping a western New York seat and held the center in battleground contests on Long Island.

The same's true with three extra seats on the govering NEC for a membership that's soared to 569,000 (more than every other British political party combined) though an additional union place going to an Usdaw shopworkers on the Right of the party translates into a net gain of two in Corbyn's slim majority.

There's a new status quo for Democrats in the state Senate: The Independent Democratic Conference is dissolved and they have 32 enrolled members, enough for a narrow working majority after keeping two seats in their column following special elections on Tuesday.

Given May launched this election at a point where it ate up Article 50 time and that it has had a heavy toll on the general appraisal of her abilities, I think anything south of a 60 seat majority is a problem for her.

The New York State United Teachers union on Thursday will endorse Assembly Majority Leader Joe Morelle for the Rochester - area House seat left vacant by the death of Rep. Louise Slaughter.

My research in 2014 has included a weekly national telephone poll, surveys in over 100 marginal seats, two rounds of my Project Blueprint research on the quest for a Conservative majority, a detailed study of voters» attitudes to Europe, polling - day surveys of voters in the European elections, five by - election polls, and regular updates on the state of the parties.