Sentences with phrase «seat on the council»

[2] Since the 2007 election boundary changes reduced the number of seats on the council from 31 to 28.

The Labour party gained a seat to move to 2 councillors, while the Liberal Democrats lost their only seat on the council [6] and the Greens failed to win any seats.

Before the election Health Concern had 16 seats on the council as compared to 11 for the Conservatives.

As the London Labour party's email to members this week points out, the Conservatives have already won seats on the council.

Schwandt, 57, was elected to one of the two at - large seats on the Council in 1996 and served as Council president from 2001 to 2005 and from 2008 to 2012.

Hudson is running for one of two at - large seats on council against Democratic Councilor Kathleen Joy, Republican Joseph Rotondo and Republican Kurt Schmeling.

Boundary changes to the electoral divisions took effect at this election after a review of the county by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England increasing the number of seats on the council from 77 to 78.

This result has the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:

This saw them contesting seats on councils, using that as a springboard to winning parliamentary representation — which has also been done by other small parties, with UKIP recently adopting such a strategy.

UKIP won their first elected seat on the council, gaining the second seat in Brighton Hill South that had been vacated by Labour.

[4] UKIP made strong gains, winning 7 seats (their first ever seats on the council), and Labour also gained seats (its gain of three seats being wholly at the expense of Conservatives).

[5] A total of 222 candidates stood for election in 2010, contesting the 63 seats on the council across 21 wards.

The Republican challengers were mostly defeated by Democratic newcomers, with only Landry and Paul Cianci earning seats on the council.

Labour gained an extra seat on the council, taking its total to 67, with the Tories on six, the Lib Dems on one and one independent.

[13] However, there was controversy as the new opposition councillors claimed that the Conservatives did not give them as many seats on the council committees that they were legally due following the election.

A fourth seat on the council opened up because Council President Margaret «Peggy» King is not seeking re-election.

In some councils, boundary changes come into force in 2018 where councils are reorganised and the number of seats on the council changes.

The principals had argued that a provision in the 1988 state law that reserved for parents six seats on each council limited the principals» constitutional right to elect representatives of their choice.

The Pharmacy Technician Educators Council is the only pharmacy technician organization with a permanent seat on the Council on Credentialing in Pharmacy — a coalition of 12 national pharmacy organizations committed to providing leadership, guidance, public information and coordination for credentialing programs in or relevant to pharmacy.

[4] Independents stayed on 2 seats, while the Basingstoke First Community Party lost its only seat on the council.

-- The city of Plattsburgh, where two WFP - backed candidates — Rachelle Armstrong, a NYSUT member and teacher of 23 years; and Mike Kelly — won seats on the Council.

Labour won all 51 seats on the council in 2010, but, by the time of this election, had only 44 councillors due to defections, with Robert Douglas, Dorothy Hunt, Graham Letchford and Tariq Saeed defecting to the UK Independence Party, and James McDermott, Barry Poulton and Gerald Vincent defecting to the Socialist Labour Party.

This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections:

Independent Councillors retained the large majority of seats on the Council and retained control of the administration.

Political life: Hudson made her first run for political office in 2011, when she easily won her at - large seat on the council.

Local government elections don't have any direct impact on each other and there is no consensus way to quantify the fact that an election in a small city, or a city with more seats on its council, may be less important than in a major city, or a seat with fewer seats on its council.

The Conservatives won 33 seats on the council, but the combination of Labour's 24 seats, the Lib Dems» three and seven independent candidates meant they were denied a majority.

City Councilman Peter Koo (D - Flushing) officially registered with the Democratic Party Monday at the Queens Board of Elections offices in Kew Gardens after running on the GOP line three years ago to win a seat on the Council.

[3] The Green Party gained two seats on the Council, despite its overall share of the vote falling.

The Liberal Democrats are not traditionally big players in the Midlands, though they drew close to Labour in Birmingham in 2008, holding 32 seats on the council to Labour's 36.

The British National Party, who won 12 seats on the council in 2006, all of which they lost in 2010, declined even further at this election, only standing candidates in three wards and picking up a total of 1,137 votes, placing them sixth overall.

With no Republican in the race, Kopp is assured a seat on the council come January.

As recently as 2006, Republicans held four seats on the council and routinely offered up full slates of candidates.

Albany city judge Joshua Farrell's wife Ginnie is running for Dan Herring's seat on the council.

UKIP lost all its seats on the council, whilst the Greens gained a second councillor.

The results saw the Conservatives gain 2 seats to hold half of the seats on the council.

Former Green Party Syracuse councilor at - large candidate Frank Cetera is calling for an open process to fill a soon - to - be vacant seat on the council.

[3] 17 of the 49 seats on the council were up for election in 2008, which meant the Conservatives were guaranteed to keep a majority.

[4][5] This left the Conservatives with 29 councillors, while the Liberal Democrat gains moved them to 12 seats on the council.

Labour increased their majority on the council making 16 gains and reducing the Liberal Democrats to just 1 seat on the council.

[5] The three Labour gains came in the wards of Chipping Norton, Witney Central and Witney East, taking the party to four seats on the council.

Elections were held for 17 of the 49 seats on the council.

A total of 108 candidates stood for the 49 seats on the council, 46 Conservatives, 27 Liberal Democrats, 18 Labour, 10 independents, 6 Green party and 1 United Kingdom Independence Party.

[5][6] Three of the Conservative gains came at the expense of the Liberal Democrats who dropped to four seats on the council, [5][6] with the Liberal Democrat group leader Richard Andrews in Eynsham and Cassington being one of those who were defeated at the election.

Following a private meeting this evening, Portsmouth City Council's Liberal Democrat group said Mr Hancock would retain his seat on the council's cabinet.

The Labour Party retained an overall control on the council, winning 29 of the 42 seats on the council.

The Labour Party retained their only seat on the council.

[4][5] The defections meant that before the election Labour had 34 seats on the council, compared to 18 for the Conservatives and 11 for the Liberal Democrats.

The Conservatives remained in control of the council after winning 14 of the 24 seats on the council, despite losing three seats.