Sentences with phrase «seats in the house of»

(Brydson was one of 30 women who chained themselves to the seats in the House of Commons in dissent.)

If Democratic legislative candidates run as strongly in 2019 as Northam did this year, they'll end up with 58 % of the seats in the House of Delegates and 60 % of the seats in the Senate, and they'll be able to write whatever Medicaid plan they want.

Tim Phillips, the President of Americans for Prosperity who was presenting with Seidel, noted that Democrats only need to gain 24 seats in the House of Representatives to regain the majority — and he views 80 seats as competitive.

The Conservatives hold a majority of seats in the House of Commons, meaning support from the governing party is required for a motion to succeed.

In all, 435 seats in the House of Representatives and 34 of the 100 seats in the Senate will be contested in November 2018.

Campaigner is to be given a seat in the House of Lords and will sit on Labour's benches in the Upper house.

The passage of the Reform Bill may be defined in a shorthand way as the procedure of voting by Parliament, and approval by King William IV, of a law changing the qualifications for voting in British elections and redistributing seats in the House of Commons.

We see the allure of organized crime for Henry Hill as he's ushered past the line into the best seat in the house of the Copacabana nightclub in Goodfellas.

Democrats, at this writing, dropped 61 seats in the House of Representatives, where they will now be in the minority, and 6 seats in the Senate, where they will continue to hold a slight edge.

It's called a hung parliament because no party won a majority of seats in the House of Commons.

First, gerrymandering is in part a response to the Feds (illegally in my opinion, «The Number of Representatives shall not exceed one for every thirty Thousand») limiting the number of representatives that can be seated in the House of Repesentatives.

Former prime ministers have historically taken up a seat in the House of Lords — a tradition broken by Major.

The statement of support comes, though, after some liberals grumbled at Gov. Andrew Cuomo's effort to flip Republican - held seats in the House of Representatives in upstate New York and Long Island, arguing the effort should be focused on the state Senate.

Then, following the referendum, Blunkett watched on from his seat in the House of Lords as a spectacular rebellion against Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn stuttered and then, seemingly, stalled.

They emerge from the referendum campaign as the true anti-establishment party, with the chance to sweep the 2019 European elections and to break through the FPTP system in the 2020 General Election by winning multiple seats in the House of Commons.

Everyone knows that Nancy Astor was the first woman to take her seat in the House of Commons, but who was the first woman Life Peer to take her seat on the red benches?

In an election held this month, Raymond Benedict Bartholomew Michael Asquith, third earl of Oxford and Asquith was elected to take up the seat in the House of Lords vacated by the death of Robert Alexander Hold Methuen, the seventh baron Methuen.

The sad fact is we knew Cleggie was a bloke that swings both ways in his Political following, he is a Tory Liberal when the chips are down, who can blame him he is the old Whigs after all, I suspect in five years time Cameron will give Clegg a seat in the house of lords, and then he will be able to earn a living telling people about the liberals being back in power, as his party disappears up it's own ass.

Under it, Alabama would have eight seats in a House of Representative of total size 299, but only seven seats if the house were enlarged to 300.

The retiring MP could be rewarded with a seat in the House of Lords and / or a desirable government job.

With 306 seats in the House of Commons, the Conservative Party was 20 seats short of the overall majority that looked all but assured only weeks before polling day.

Regular readers will recall that the Magic Number — the difference between the number of Conservative and Labour seats in the House of Commons, and therefore the combined number of net Tory losses and net Labour gains needed for the parties to have the same number of MPs after the next election — is 46.

Nine - tenths of the M.P.'s who first won seats in the House of Commons in 1918 or thereafter, and who held some ministerial office in the years from 1918 to 1955, began their progress towards posts in a ministry or a Cabinet by serving as parliamentary secretaries or as junior ministers... Recruitment to the front bench clearly begins with these two offices.

But there is a politically expedient solution for Democrats if they want to show him the door: Neuter his district in the redistricting process, which will require New York to lose 2 of its 29 seats in the House of Representatives.

So New Labour is now a charity what a lot of hot air, Blair felt he could get enough money by selling seats in the house of lords, sadly the sleaze got to much.

It's often said in UK politics that the Conservatives usually require a 7 percent lead in the popular vote to gain an overall majority of seats in the House of Commons; but the Labour party can get a majority with practically no lead at all (indeed it's not inconceivable that the Conservatives could have a small plurality of votes and Labour still have a majority of seats).

Despite Clegg's efforts at triangulation, [86][87] the Liberal Democrats experienced its worst - ever showing in the 2015 general election, losing 48 seats in the House of Commons, leaving them with only eight MPs.

Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley is planning to run for a seat in the House of Representatives.

Moreover, the discrepancy in the Likud figures with the pre-election polls just five days out from the election is equivalent to 43 seats in the House of Commons.

Given the extensive powers of patronage available to the Prime Minister, with seats in the House of Lords and a range of other honours in his gift, dependence on wealthy donors can lead to obvious accusations of honours being traded for cash.

The problems of the first - past - the - post system go beyond the fact that Labour and the Conservatives are unable to secure a majority of seats in the House of Commons.

This model starts from the premise that winning a general election in Britain means gaining most seats in the House of Commons, not the most votes in a general election.

The original proposal did not include cuts to the Representative money scheme, which applies to parties who do not take up their seats in the House of Commons.

In the general election held on 6 May 2010, the Liberal Democrats won 23 % of the vote and 57 seats in the House of Commons.

Police launched an investigation into possible breaches of the Honours (Prevention of Abuses) Act 1925 earlier this year, after claims that Labour was offering wealthy backers a seat in the House of Lords in return for loans.

The Daily News reported this morning Gov. Andrew Cuomo will become more involved in flipping Republican - held seats in the House of Representatives.

Minority governments are interesting because they compel the governing party (which is usually the party with a plurality of seats in the House of Commons) to find common ground with one or more opposition parties.

Assuming a uniform national swing, Labour would on this basis win 270 seats in the House of Commons, the Conservatives 241 seats and the Liberal Democrats 108 seats.

Example 1 A Parliament with two major parties, where all the MPs are party MPs (ie there are no independents) There are currently 650 seats in the House of Commons.

Pointing to fellow Democrat John Carney, who won today's election for Delaware's seat in the House of Representatives, Coons said, «You want us to level with you.

An analysis of the money bet in political betting markets also suggests that no party will secure a majority of the seats in the House of Commons.

That's a decent pool of proven candidates in a year where the Suffolk GOP is already excited about its chances to grab a seat in the House of Representatives with St. James businessman Randy Altschuler back on the ballot after being narrowly defeated in 2010.

So who does that leave as potential Republican candidates for the Syracuse - area seat in the House of Representatives?

An analysis of the money placed in political betting markets also suggests that no party will secure a majority of the seats in the House of Commons.

Assuming a uniform national swing, Labour would on this basis win 267 seats in the House of Commons, the Conservatives 255 seats and the Liberal Democrats 97 seats, all within a handful of seats of what is projected by the poll of polls.

Of the 435 seats in the House of Representatives, none have flipped back and forth between parties as often as the 24th District since 2008, according to David Wasserman, House editor of the Cook Political Report, a nonpartisan political newsletter that tracks elections.

The region was just as, if perhaps even more, important for the Liberal Democrats, who won 11 seats in Scotland in both 2005 and 2010, or 20.8 % of the total number of Scottish seats in the House of Commons.

After weeks of polling putting it neck - and - neck with Labour, the incumbents have secured 331 seats in the House of Commons — a comfortable majority and many more than Labour's 232 seats.

The 2015 general election unexpectedly resulted in a net loss of seats, with Labour representation falling to 232 seats in the House of Commons.

UKIP has a seat in the House of Commons, after Douglas Carswell, the former Conservative MP who defected to UKIP, won back his Clacton seat in an expected, but still convincing by - election victory for...