Sentences with phrase «seat majority over»

Before the election the Conservatives ran the council with a 4 - seat majority over the Labour party.

Not exact matches

But confrontation over Northern Gateway could put their 21 (out of 36) seats in British Columbia at risk — more than enough to erase their parliamentary majority.

But Kalanick retains his board seat and majority stake in the company, suggesting he could continue to wield considerable control over the world's most valuable startup.

The Miami Heat's star - studded Big Three has received a majority of the media's attention over the past year and a half, but they have taken a back seat to Linsanity and the New York Knicks...

The Miami Heat's star - studded Big Three has received a majority of the media's attention over the past year and a half, but they have taken a back seat to Linsanity and the New York Knicks over the past few weeks.

At the general election in 2015, he had won the seat with a 24,000 majority over Labour.

The 72 - year - old Akufo - Addo beat President John Mahama of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) by over one million votes to win the presidency at the third attempt while his party, the NPP snatched almost 50 of the NDC's seats to win an overwhelming parliamentary majority in the elections.

In Goldsmith's Richmond seat, the Tories increased their majority from just 4000 to over 23,000.

In the end, they did not even manage to win seats like Brentford & Isleworth, where Ruth Cadbury's Labour majority went from less than 1,000 to over 12,000.

Goodwin analysed Labour constituencies with the lowest majorities where over 50 % voted Leave in the EU referendum, and where Ukip are already in second place, or a close third, to come up with his list of 20 target seats.

Larkin is expected to run again, and Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan insisted earlier this month he isn't losing any sleep over the incumbent's chances of holding the seat for the GOP.

In Louth and Horncastle, for example, the retiring father of the House Sir Peter Tapsell is leaving behind an intimidating majority of over 14,000 - more than enough to outweigh the fact the seat is the fifth most promising in terms of Ukip appeal.

Nevertheless, the Senate Republicans and Democrats exhausted their main campaign accounts, and slug fest resulted in no side emerging a clear winner in the sense that they have firm control over the chamber (Democrats have already won a majority of the seats giving them a numerical advantage and two races remain undecided).

Because the selection will the made by the full Legislature, the overwhelming Democratic majority in the 150 - seat Assembly has far more influence over the process than the 63 - seat state Senate, where Republicans hold a bare majority along with Brooklyn's Sen. Simcha Felder.

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.

McMahon also secured a 10,835 majority over UKIP's John Bickley, who was tipped as Labour's strongest contender for the so - called Labour «safe seat» which Labour has held for the last 45 years.

Over the summer I have looked at seats in England where the Lib Dems are defending bigger majorities to see how vulnerable they are against either rival.

A 63rd Senate seat would likely help keep the Republicans, who hold a slim one seat majority, in power in the Senate, even though over the last several years the number of Republicans in the state is declining, while the number of Democrats is growing.

Public outrage over Thatcher's poll tax, which John Major had been slow to abolish despite widespread protest and promises of change, led the Liberal Democrats to a storming victory, overturning Conservative Nigel Evans» 20,000 vote majority to win the seat.

The last thing he or anyone wanted to do was to turn this upstate seat over to the New York City - dominated Senate Democrats, who raised taxes by $ 14 billion and shifted resources out of the Capital District when they were in the majority.»

Murray's sizeable majority and long - time incumbency means she retains a sizeable advantage over her competitors, although if predictions of SNP success are borne out, this may well not be enough for her to hold the seat.

Then in 2011, Lothian's constituencies were engulfed in the SNP tidal wave, except Edinburgh North and Leith which the popular Malcolm Chisholm held for Labour with a slim majority over Shirley - Anne Somerville (who lost her seat on the list because of that wave of success but looks set to return as the representative for Dunfermline).

The last round of battleground polling I published found one clear Conservative lead and three very close races in seats where the Tory majority over Labour was between 8.8 % and 10.6 %.

If Democrats win both seats they'll have a numeric majority and a chance to take over the Senate for the first time since 2009.

There is now a Tory Prime Minister with a majority in Parliament with the lowest share of the popular vote ever, who presided over the longest decline in living standards, yet Labour lost seats.

In the final results, the Conservatives received almost 42 % (a lead of 7.6 % over Labour) and won their fourth successive general election, though they now had a 21 - seat majority compared to the 102 - seat majority they had gained in the election five years previously.

The Lib Dems briefly held this seat after Tony Benn's retirement in 2001, and nearly won it again in 2010, but their 2015 collapse left Toby Perkins with a 30 % majority over the Tories in second.

Clive Lewis won this seat for Labour two years ago with a 15.8 % majority over the Tories, with the Greens in third and the Lib Dems plummeting from first to fourth.

Yesterday's Glasgow North East by - election saw Labour win the seat vacated by Michael Martin after he resigned as Speaker with a majority of 8,111 over the SNP.

Should Labour be within, say, 5 - 15 seats of an overall majority then it could plausibly make a deal with the minor parties: the SDLP from Northern Ireland already take the Labour whip, and Brown would hope to be able to win over Plaid Cymru or the SNP to get him over the finishing line.

The notional Labour majority is 10,370 over the Conservatives in a seat which was won by the Conservatives at a 1977 by - election but reverted to Labour at the 1979 general election.

The seat will be defended for Plaid Cyrmu by Hywel Williams, who has a very narrow notional majority over Labour, according to UK Polling Report.

Republicans now have a one - seat majority in the 63 - seat chamber, but Democrats hope to take over following two special Senate elections April 24 in the Bronx and Westchester County.

But that all came to an end when Byron Davies took the seat with a 37.1 % share - a majority over Labour candidate Liz Evans of just 27 votes.

The Conservatives are third placed in a seat that Ms Hoey holds with a projected majority of 8,534 over the LibDems.

The Senate seat in Binghamton and surrounding areas is vacant, because its former occupant Tom Libous, who was the deputy Senate majority leader, has been convicted on felony charges of lying to the FBI over obtaining a politically connected job for his son.

The seat has been held for Labour since 1983 by Barry Sheerman (who was MP for Huddersfield West between 1979 and 1983), who will defend a notional majority (after minor boundary changes) of 7,883 over the Liberal Democrats, according to the Rallings and Thrasher figures.

The Labour held seat has a projected majority over the Conservatives of just over 8,000.

The seat is held by Labour's Jeremy Corbyn with a majority of 6,716 over the Liberal Democrats.

The 49th Senate District seat held by state Sen. David Valesky, D - Oneida, is one Republicans consider one of their top priorities as they try to retake the majority in the state Senate they held for over four decades before losing that hold in 2008.

Vivian Bendall won the seat for the Conservatives and the following year increased his majority over Jowell in the general election.

Ewan Lamont was selected to contest the seat for the Conservatives in January 2009 and needs a swing of a little over 12 % to overturn the notional Labour majority of 7,083.

The seat was won for Labour at that by - election by Virendra Sharma with a majority of 5,070 over the Liberal Democrats, with Conservative candidate, Tony Lit, in third place.

Republicans have held a majority in the State Senate over the past 6 years, but with Mayer's victory democrats now hold 32 of the 63 senate seats.

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.

After winning the seat for the Conservatives in a difficult by - election at the start of the Blair years, Jacqui Lait will leave her successor a Tory majority of over 14,000.

Although the outcome of this election could cause one party to take over the majority of the Senate seats, the rules of the Senate will keep control of the Senate's hands.

Gianaris took over the DSCC in 2010, after Republicans gained two seats to win the chamber majority.

If the special elections turn into a fight over the majority, with Cuomo perhaps forced to take a more bullish stance on Democrats gaining seats in the state Senate, it could upset his negotiations with the state Legislature.

There were numerous reports over the weekend that Skelos had been refusing to heed mounting calls to step aside from his seat unless the majority leader post remained on Long Island, in Flanagan's hands.