Sentences with phrase «seats from labour»

However, Nuttall's gamble of standing himself failed to come off as Labour's Gareth Snell won the seat with a majority of 2,620, raising questions as to whether Ukip could take seats from Labour in its traditional heartlands.

It seems reasonable to assume that Cameron can pick up around 100 extra seats from Labour.

During the 1987 election the Conservatives gained the Bilston North, Graiseley, Wednesfield North and Wednesfiled South seats from Labour whilst the SDP — Liberal Alliance gained Heath Town, East Park and Spring Vale wards from Labour.

Could it be so they can actually target different seats from Labour HQ, thus saving MPs friendly to the Corbyn cause?

The respected psephologist John Curtice has calculated that the Tories could gain 71 seats from Labour without winning a higher share of the vote than in 2001, simply by a swing to the Lib Dems splitting the progressive vote in our marginals.

They made huge gains in the 2015 General Election, taking seats from the Labour Party.

Ukip could take a number of seats from Labour in next year's general election, research by the University of Nottingham showed.

I don't think the process of normalising constituency sizes is as big a thing as it seems, a «normal» boundary review (which would have been due anyway) would typically move some seats from Labour to Conservative due to the current trends of internal migration.

[4] They gained 3 seats from Labour in Burscough East, Burscough West and Scott wards, [5] with the Labour leader on the council, Alan Bullen, saying that it had «not been a good night».

Ukip won seven seats from Labour and two from the Conservatives and held the one seat it won in a byelection last year.

It is striking that in Wigan and in Birmingham the Conservatives have won seats from Labour.

Justice secretary Chris Grayling told Sky News the Tories were continuing to gain seats from Labour, adding: «If I was sitting in Labour headquarters tonight, I would be worried.

Basildon falls to no overall control as Ukip surges, taking seats from both Labour and the Tories.

Increasing polarisation marked divisions across the country: the Conservatives dominated southern England and took additional seats from Labour in London and the rest of the south, but performed less well in Northern England, Scotland, and Wales, losing many of the seats they had won there in the previous elections.

The Tories would be down just two seats, to 305 (they would have won extra seats from Labour, but lost three extra seats to the Lib Dems).

It was contested by the former television presenter Robert Kilroy - Silk, with the result that UKIP were almost able to top the poll and gained seats from Labour and the Conservatives.

I think this sophomore surge effect means we should subtract about 20 seats from Labour, and give them to the Tories.

If ethnic minorities had voted for Cameron at the same rate as the white British population in 2010, the Tories would have won 500,000 more votes, 24 more seats from Labour, and a parliamentary majority.

They won over 250 seats from Labour, a 12 % swing and their best showing since the 1970's.

It was reported that on the basis of these findings the Tories would only win an additional 20 seats from Labour, again leaving them short of an overall majority.

The poll found that the Tories would pick up 74 of the 100 seats from Labour.

Colin Rallings, from Plymouth University and our ITV News Election Analyst, said the only way the Conservatives can increase their majority is by winning seats from Labour.

To gain an overall majority, the Conservatives need to gain 101 seats from Labour, 13 from the Lib Dems and two from the nationalist parties.

«In English council elections we have gained seats from both Labour and the Tories, and have won in areas which were previously no - go areas for the Lib Dems.

The Tories gained three seats from Labour out of 15 the party was defending in swing town Nuneaton, long been given as an example of which way the wind's blowing.

That said, I would be surprised if Ukip captured many seats from Labour next May: Grimsby, perhaps, and just possibly Rotherham.

They were partly compensated for by gains of 6 seats from Labour, 1 from the Liberal Democrats, 1 from UKIP in England.

They may well pick up a handful of seats from Labour (two in north London look pretty much a done deal)-- I think they will — but the starting - blocks are such that they can pile on votes in Labour strongholds without getting more result than that.

I believe that the BNP will gain a definate one but possibly two seats from labour and the Ukip will be represented by Farage - who will support the tories!!

But you have barely ever reflected our view — and that of many commentators from across the political spectrum — that the Conservatives want the SNP to win seats from Labour in Scotland because that represents their best chance of remaining in Downing Street.»

He is married to Scottish Minister for Public Health, Shona Robison MSP with a young daughter, Morag Louise, and lives in the constituency where he was elected as MP for Dundee East on 5 May 2005, taking the seat from Labour.

At the end of last year, he was promoted to the management team for Hanover's UK public affairs operation and in May's local elections he successfully ran as a councillor in Milton Keynes, picking up a seat from Labour with a majority of 204.

Sandra White, an SNP MSP since 1999 took this constituency seat from Labour in 2011, increasing the SNP share of the vote by 14 %, with a lead of 882 votes.

Last week I questioned whether CCHQ was taking the Oldham East and Saddleworth by - election seriously amidst concerns brought to me by many that the party wanted to maximise the chances of the Lib Dems gaining the seat from Labour.

Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood scored a shock Welsh Assembly result by snatching the Rhondda seat from Labour's Leighton Andrews.

We'll be greeted by by - election campaign spokesman Theresa May MP who will give us a short five minute briefing on Chloe Smith's bid to win this important seat from Labour.

PS Can any reader remember the last time that we had a party chairman who has won a seat from Labour?

Plaid Cymru both gained a seat from Labour and lost one to them.

An insider was resigned to the fact they'd need a major upset to snatch the seat from Labour but insisted: «It'll be a big hit.»

«It was always going to be a big ask to take this seat from Labour, given the circumstances.

This year's conference sees us gather in a city that has always been important to the Liberal Democrats, a city once represented by Roy Jenkins, that gave us Ming Campbell and where nearby in 2005 Jo Swinson won a famous victory to take her seat from Labour and become an MP at just 25.

He needs a 6.25 % swing to take the seat from Labour, making Barrow - in - Furness exactly the kind of constituency David Cameron needs to win in order to form a government.

They gained one seat from Labour in Brighton Hill North and two from independents in Chineham and Tadley Central.

After extensive boundary changes (the sitting Tory MP for Rugby & Kenilworth will fight the new Kenilworth & Southam seat) Mark effectively finds himself requiring a swing of 2.6 % to gain the seat from Labour.

After minor boundary changes, Hannah needs a swing of 8.1 % to gain the seat from Labour MP Ben Bradshaw.

The constituency was the site of a by - election in 2008 where the SNP gained the seat from Labour; the Conservative candidate at the by - election, Davena Rankin, is now standing in Glasgow South.

The current MSP, David Torrance has a majority of 182 — the small margin with which he took the seat from Labour's Marilyn Livingstone.

Maria has been a councillor in Brighton and Hove since 2007, when she gained a seat from Labour, overturning a 1,500 majority in the process.

«The Conservatives need a swing of around three per cent to take the seat from Labour's David Chaytor.

I won a Borough Council seat from Labour.