Sentences with phrase «seats gained by»

[96] Following the results, Sturgeon claimed that the election was a «clear and emphatic victory for the SNP», despite the large number of seats gained by the Scottish Conservatives.

Not exact matches

But if McConnell makes it through his electoral gauntlet this year (along with the six - seat gain the GOP needs to retake the chamber), he's made it clear he'll seek to govern by consensus.

LONDON Major Barclays shareholders will baulk at any bid by activist Edward Bramson to gain a seat on the bank's board, despite giving their cautious backing to the biggest bet of his career.

A poll of polls says Labour will win the most seats at the election, but the analysis by Sky claims it won't be enough to gain a majority.

Thus, while Republicans lost seats, liberals didn't really gain seats, although veteran radical liberals gained power, in the form of congressional control, made possible by the victories of the moderate members of their party.

There's also a real irony that at a time when attendances at the Emirates have been steadily dwindling — in large part due to the old familiar failings and the lack of competitiveness — Arsenal are attempting to gain extra revenue by installing more of the most expensive seats in the house.

It is only now that in higher socio - economic circles that car seats are gaining popularity and watching a family of five roll by on a scooter will certainly give you some perspective.

In enhancement, you will certainly ask for to gain particular that the auto seat that you purchase has in reality not been contained in a recall by having a look at the supplier's internet site.

This is where side - by - side strollers gain an upper hand due to their equally comfortable seating arrangement.

Of course, polls are polls, and senior party figures are rightly treating them with caution, particularly an extrapolation by Professor John Curtice that gives the party a dozen seats, which would amount to 11 gains on their present tally of just one (Scottish secretary David Mundell).

But Democrats are also playing defense in the northern suburbs of New York City and for the Queens seat held by Sen. Joe Addabbo, which could hinder their chances of gaining an upper hand.

The seat, along with a Bronx Senate district, is central to a push by Democrats to gain a working majority in the chamber this month.

It is true that Republicans have gained some seats by gerrymandering.

Four parties are likely to clear the 5 per cent hurdle to gain a portion of the 225 party - list seats: United Russia, the centrist «party of power,» which currently holds 238 seats in the Duma; the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (KPRF), a leftist opposition party (92 seats); the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR), a nationalist party dominated by its firebrand leader, Vladimir Zhirinovsky (56 seats); and A Just Russia (JR), a leftist party engineered by the Kremlin to capture votes from the KPRF — but which also included a small number of liberal legislators in the 2011 - 2016 Duma (64 seats).

Research by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism showed how Tory fundraising dinners were resulting in rich donors» cash being funnelled directly into 80 key seats — the 40 the Tories want to hold on to and 40 more they want to gain.

Should Republicans win both seats on Long Island, the conference would have a net gain of one member with a victory in western New York flipping the seat held by retiring Democrat Marc Panepinto with Chris Jacobs.

Georgian parliamentary selection has two categories: seats allocated on the proportion of votes gained by the various parties, and seats allocated by plurality of votes in territorially defined majoritarian districts.

But Democratic unity in the Senate has been difficult to come by: Democrats failed to achieve a net gain of a seat in the chamber, despite hoping to run competitive races in suburban districts.

The Conservatives succeeded tactically and mostly at the expense of their coalition partner, the Lib Dems, by gaining 26 of their seats and 10 of Labour's, destroying Labour's ambitions to target 80 Conservative - held seats.

By gathering information on key seats, we have found that Labour can only hope to steal four in the region and that none of the other parties can expect to make any significant gains either.

All the support gained in by - elections and in the European elections fell away in terms of seats, despite taking almost 13 % of the national vote.

They were undone, however, by a collapse in the Liberal Democrat vote which meant the party lost more seats to Labour where Labour was the second - placed candidate than they gained directly from the Lib Dems where they were the challengers.

For, judging by this year's local election results, Labour is now in dire straits in his own seat, Norwich South — while the Green Party is in pole position to gain the seat.

The party celebrated as it took control of Richmond by gaining 22 seats and had some other good results.

During an election marked by turmoil over term limits and a tempestuous Democratic primary season, Queens Republicans last week gained two seats in the City Council and solidified their hold over a third in a borough where the GOP is heavily outnumbered.

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!!

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

«Only 3 times since the war has a governing party actually GAINED a seat in a by - election.

Both factors were crucial in building a majority — the Conservatives suffered virtually no net loss to Labour, with 10 losses offset by eight gains, and gained 26 seats as their former coalition partners collapsed.

Stroud is the only seat (held or gained) by a Labour candidate in 2017 from a total of six covering its county.

That means that, if anything, estimates of how many seats the SNP might win that are derived by assuming that the Scotland - wide movement uncovered by a poll would be replicated in each and every constituency in Scotland could actually underestimate the scale of SNP gains.

I showed in step 3 that the Conservatives can expect to gain seats even if the national CON - LAB lead remains unchanged at 6.5 % due to the way the votes are being redistributed unevenly by region.

Under proposals by the Welsh Boundary Commission, three Conservative seats will be abolished, one will be lost, and two would be gained from Labour.

As the last general election in the United Kingdom showed, this is a hazardous task to engage in, as the votes to seats ration can be skewed by geography and spatial differences in terms of support gains / losses for the different parties.

Ukip gained their second seat on the Humberston and New Waltham council when candidate William Harness triumphed in the by - election held to replace Conservative councillor John Colebrook following his death in December.

Ipswich, which had seen a campaign dominated by lollipop ladies, was a gain for Labour with the Tories losing two seats.

[148] In the 2008 local elections they gained 25 % of the vote, placing them ahead of Labour and increasing their control by 34 to more than 4,200 council seats — 21 % of the total number of seats.

They eventually lost nine of their 15 councillors, allowing Labour to gain control of the council by taking all their seats.

Given how the First Past The Post electoral system works, concentrated support can translate into huge gains in seats (the PCs came third in the popular vote — in fact, they almost came second — but a distant fifth by seat count, which is all that matters).

Firstly, in Conservative - vs - Labour marginals the Conservative vote is largely unchanged from the general election, but the Liberal Democrat vote has dropped to the benefit of Labour, this means on a uniform swing Labour would gain about 28 seats from the Conservatives (though these would be seats that the Conservatives gained at the last election, so in practice the Tories would be helped by the incumbency bonus of the new MPs).

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.

Virtually all the Conservative - held marginals are being defended by MPs who gained their seats (mainly from Labour) in 2010.

The BNP made a shock gain in the latest council by - elections, taking a Labour seat at Sevenoaks District, Kent.

A governing party has not gained a seat at a by - election since 1982.

Mike Freer gained Finchley and Golders Green for the Conservatives - a seat taking in much of the constituency represented by the former Prime Minister:

After fighting Lewisham West in 2001, he first fought Dartford in 2005, losing then to Labour's Howard Stoate by 706 votes, meaning that he now requires a swing of 1 % to gain the seat.

Despite this, further small swings to the party in a number of Dail constituencies could see further seat gains being made by Labour, as the map above suggests.

The seat was gained in 1997 by the Liberal Democrat, David Heath, who has held it with a three - figure majority ever since.

The Senate gained an extra seat as part of redistricting agreed to this year by Cuomo and legislative leaders.

The party currently holds just one seat in that county - Shipley, gained by Philip Davies in 2005.