Sentences with phrase «second vote in parliament»

Many working men's clubs have faced precipitous falls in income since the ban, after a second vote in parliament denied private members clubs the right to allow members to opt - in to smoking leniency.

Not exact matches

There are two types of spending in the Main Estimates: first, there are «voted» expenditures that require annual approval from Parliament; and second, there are «statutory» expenditures (e.g., major transfers to the provinces and individuals) for which legislation was previously approved setting out the specific terms and conditions under which payments can be made.

Under this Fourth Republic, we have been lucky to have managed our differences so well that despite the high profiled bitter contest of 1998 in Sunyani, Candidate J.A Kufuor who emerged as our flagbearer courted the support of other opposition parties to win the 2000 first and second round elections to become the second President of the Fourth Republic with an appreciated votes at the presidential level for the party and increased seats in Parliament that we occupied the Majority side of Parliament.

In 2014, 300 million eligible voters across the European Union (EU) will have the opportunity to cast their vote in the elections for the second - largest legislative body in the world: the European ParliamenIn 2014, 300 million eligible voters across the European Union (EU) will have the opportunity to cast their vote in the elections for the second - largest legislative body in the world: the European Parliamenin the elections for the second - largest legislative body in the world: the European Parliamenin the world: the European Parliament.

Maybe in that case the candidate who comes second would have the choice of deducting their final tally from the winning candidates votes in parliament or distributing their final tally to strengthen other representatives, e.g. of their own party from other seats.

We could have a second referendum (the UK parliament can call a referendum on anything it likes), but a vote to reject the negotiated terms would leave us in legal limbo.

Just how important Brexit has been as a recruiting sergeant for the Conservatives becomes even clearer if we look separately at the evolution of the Conservative vote between, first, 2015 and the Scottish Parliament election in May 2016, and, second, between May 2016 and the UK general election in June this year.

He has won two Scottish elections, the first as the largest party in a hung parliament and the second in 2011 with an overall majority, which, under the proportional voting system introduced after the 1998 devolution settlement, was forecast as highly improbable.

That's why, as MPs start the second reading of the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill on 6 September, I am tabling an amendment that would rewrite the referendum question to allow people to choose from a wider range of voting systems, including properly proportional options such as the additional member system (used in elections for the Scottish Parliament, Welsh Assembly and Greater London Assembly) and the single transferable vote (used in Northern Ireland).

Mr Clegg condemned Labour's actions, but told the Commons: «My hope is that we will return to this in the next parliament, emboldened by the historic second reading vote.

In the 2004 local elections their share of the vote was 29 % (placing them second, ahead of Labour)[145] and 14.9 % in the simultaneous European Parliament elections (putting them in fourth place behind the UK Independence PartyIn the 2004 local elections their share of the vote was 29 % (placing them second, ahead of Labour)[145] and 14.9 % in the simultaneous European Parliament elections (putting them in fourth place behind the UK Independence Partyin the simultaneous European Parliament elections (putting them in fourth place behind the UK Independence Partyin fourth place behind the UK Independence Party).

«In this plan, Mr. Blay has, through a facility, acquired 275 buses for the 275 constituencies of the NPP in the country», the statement clarified, in response to moves by the Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII) to drag the former First and Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament to the Commissioner on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) as well as the Economic and Organised Crimes Office (EOCO) for allegedly seeking to buy votes with the bus movIn this plan, Mr. Blay has, through a facility, acquired 275 buses for the 275 constituencies of the NPP in the country», the statement clarified, in response to moves by the Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII) to drag the former First and Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament to the Commissioner on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) as well as the Economic and Organised Crimes Office (EOCO) for allegedly seeking to buy votes with the bus movin the country», the statement clarified, in response to moves by the Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII) to drag the former First and Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament to the Commissioner on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) as well as the Economic and Organised Crimes Office (EOCO) for allegedly seeking to buy votes with the bus movin response to moves by the Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII) to drag the former First and Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament to the Commissioner on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) as well as the Economic and Organised Crimes Office (EOCO) for allegedly seeking to buy votes with the bus move.

In the European Parliament election, 2014, the Finns Party increased their vote share by 3.1 % to 12.9 %, adding a second MEP.

«We must not try to re-fight the referendum or push for a second vote and if Article 50 needs to be triggered in parliament Labour will not seek to block or delay it,» he said.

We will vote in parliament to block any attempt to invoke Article 50 until Theresa May commits to a second referendum or a general election on whatever EU exit deal emerges at the end of the process.»

And my hope is that we will return to it, in the next Parliament emboldened by the overwhelming vote in favour of our Bill at second reading.

The timetable for the bill's progress through parliament, known as a programme motion, would be voted upon immediately after the bill's second reading, and will be seen as a critical moment in the bill's passage.

The House of Lords» decision means MPs will now be forced to vote on the issue for the second time in a week, as the legislation is in ping - pong mode, which sees amendments bounce between both Houses of Parliament.

When asked whether the party could back the proposal, he said: «What we've asked for and demanded is a meaningful vote in parliament at the end of it... we're not asking for a second referendum.»

The Fabians» report said that examining Labour's general election performance over the past 40 years showed that its share of the vote was eight percentage points lower than its poll rating in the second year of the preceding parliament.

In the first election for Scotland's new Parliament, the majority of voters surveyed misunderstood some key aspects of the difference there between the «first» (constituency) vote and the «second» (regional list) vote; indeed in some ways the understanding worsened in the second electioIn the first election for Scotland's new Parliament, the majority of voters surveyed misunderstood some key aspects of the difference there between the «first» (constituency) vote and the «second» (regional list) vote; indeed in some ways the understanding worsened in the second electioin some ways the understanding worsened in the second electioin the second election.

Former British prime minister John Major has called for a free vote in parliament on whether to hold a second EU referendum.

Former PM says Commons should get free vote on final Brexit deal in which parliament can accept or reject the final outcome, with the option of ordering a second referendum.

In 2015 he stood for the UK Parliament as the Conservative candidate for the Dumfries and Galloway constituency where he was unsuccessful and came second to the SNP's Richard Arkless by 11.5 % of the vote.

Even so, Labour would remain the second largest party in Parliament and with the left chalking up defeat as «eight and a half million votes for socialism,» as Tony Benn infamously did in 1983, they are likely to learn nothing and forget nothing.

The European Parliament and European Council failed to agree a joint text for the law in 2014, so this vote is the second time MEPs have considered how to amend EU biofuels policy.

More than 80 Members of Parliament voted in favour of Bill C - 246, the Modernizing Animal Protections Act, at second reading in the House of Commons.

Where reasoned opinions on a draft legislative act's non-compliance with the principle of subsidiarity represent at least one third of all the votes allocated to the national Parliaments in accordance with the second subparagraph of paragraph 1, the draft must be reviewed.