Sentences with phrase «showing at the local elections»

And the party's deputy chairwoman Suzanne Evans said the poor showing at the local elections was «not entirely unpredicted».

Not exact matches

Labour lost by 6.5 % in 2015, and the projected vote share at the local elections showed Labour beating the Tories by a point.

As opinion polls and results from local and European Parliament elections showed, promising to abolish tuition fees at the last election proved to be a colossal error.

David Cameron has claimed the Conservatives» «spectacular» victory in the local elections shows they are capable of winning seats across the country at a general election.

The party vote share at the local elections was notably higher than the 7.4 % vote share won by their Dublin candidate, Emer Costello, at the European elections, as shown by Figure 2.

In his introductory remarks, Langworthy took aim at Cuomo's economic development policies, suggesting the governor tried to buy the affection of Western New Yorkers after a poor local showing in the 2010 election, the year he was challenged by Buffalo businessman and developer Carl Paladino.

There is no way that UKIP will subside back to its 3 % showing at the 2010 general election; equally it seems unlikely to exceed the 17 % of the vote it received at these local elections (on a projected national share basis — BBC figure).

Coleman At Large (Newstalk Radio): Discussion relating to the Labour Party's prospects in next local and general elections in the light of poor opinion poll showings (28th August 2013).

Later on, Corbyn also hits out at the BBC for promoting the narrative that Labour needed to do better in May's local elections — when it lost fewer than 20 council seats — to show it was on track to win the next general election.

A review of the Julio Pabon disclosure filing showed it spent $ 4,000 (and owes another $ 6K) on top gun election lawyer Martin Connor; $ 318 on MTA MetroCards; and $ 670 on food for his campaign staff and volunteers at local eateries (Court Deli, Giovanni's Grand Concourse, Little Caesar's Pizza, McDonald's, Mexicozina Taqueria, Parilla Latina Steakhouse, South of France, and Walton Food Service).

Simon Hughes, the Lib Dem deputy leader, said the result showed the party could retain its fortresses at the 2015 election, and was a victory for its local organisation.

Despite its own underwhelming performance at the local elections, Labour was buoyed as a new poll by Tory peer Lord Ashcroft showed that Ed Miliband's party was 12 % ahead of the Tories in 26 key marginal battlegrounds.

Tory tails are high at the moment, and the party will be keen to talk about healthy poll ratings and a good showing in last year's local elections.