Sentences with phrase «seats in parliament next»

It acknowledges that it may, at best, win only a handful of seats in parliament next May, but that will mean it has a base in Westminster for the first time.

Nigel Farage declared that Ukip had broken the political mould and was on course to win seats in parliament next year.

Not exact matches

Owusu Amankwah is touted as the key man to increase the party's presidential votes from 37, 853, representing 71.41 per cent in 2012, to at least 40,000 in the next elections according to the party's estimation, and maintain the party's seat in Parliament.

In 2004 the Sultan announced that for the next parliament, fifteen of the 20 seats would be elected.

Other analysis suggests that UKIP would need to do very well — certainly much better than the results here suggest they will — in order to gain even a handful of seats in the next parliament.

He would have to win the seat to serve in the next Parliament as he is not on the regional list for Labour.

Mr Murphy said he wanted to have a successor as leader in place by the summer, and confirmed he would not be standing for a seat at the Scottish Parliament in next year's election.

I have no doubt that the Conservative Party will make major gains in votes and seats in the next 10 years that will build to their return to power ultimately, but they are a long way off actually winning a majority and it has to be said that a Hung Parliament now looks more improbable than at any time since 2001, demographic factors are working against the Conservative Party as well - Labour seats mostly are held with far lower turnouts which is partly why Labour can get fewer votes than the Conservatives and end up with an overall majority and far more seats than the Conservative Party.

The seat is unchanged for the next election, meaning that Richard requires a swing of 7 % to oust the Secretary of State for Scotland (in the equivalent seat at the 2007 Scottish Parliament election, the Conservatives were only 891 votes behind Labour).

Internal surveys were reported to have shown that the joint list would win more than 50 seats in the upcoming elections, a total unheard of by a single party in decades, and one that if realized would virtually guarantee Netanyahu continuing as prime minister in the next parliament, no matter which candidates ran and no matter which alliances were formed against him.

In 2015 the party saves enough seats to enable it to maintain the balance of power in the next parliament, achieving Clegg's mission of staying in governmenIn 2015 the party saves enough seats to enable it to maintain the balance of power in the next parliament, achieving Clegg's mission of staying in governmenin the next parliament, achieving Clegg's mission of staying in governmenin government.

With the number required for an outright majority falling to 301 in the next parliament, the revised figures based on the 2010 general election result would see the Tories slipping to 291 seats - prompting the need for a second coalition government.

The Tory MP's good behaviour could perhaps be explained by the fact that Cameron's media chief Craig Oliver had attended the lunch in parliament and been given a prime seat next to The Sun - and right in Grayling's eyeline.

The name of the group derives from the fact that 301 is the number of Tory MPs that will need to be returned to Parliament in 2015 to create a majority government (the boundary review means there will be 600 seats at the next election).

MPs whose constituencies are set to be effectively abolished will have to find another seat to contest if they wish to remain in Parliament, leading to a fierce scramble in the run - up to the next election.

Instead, Mr Clegg said he would work with whichever party has the most seats in a hung parliament - an increasingly likely prospect after the next election.

In 2004 the Sultan announced that for the next parliament, 15 of the 20 seats would be elected.

Farage declared that Ukip had entered the «Westminster hen house» and was on course to win seats in parliament at next year's general election.

Even then, however, the SNP seem likely to retain most of their Scottish seats which would be claimed as endorsement for a second independence referendum and opposition to a hard Brexit in the next parliament.