Sentences with phrase «single seat gain»

In Peterborough, a single seat gain gave the party overall control.

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As the official vote count continued on Monday morning, after the ballot on Sunday, it showed the Five Star Movement (M5S) would be the largest single party, but a center - right bloc — which features the anti-immigration Lega party — would gain the most seats.

Your question also touches upon another problem: The fact that first - past - the - post and other systems based on gaining a plurality of the vote in single - seat constituencies distort the vote and can be used to durably keep minority parties out of the parliament and government politics.

The GOP is targeting several Democratic incumbents and could potentially keep Democratic gains to a single seat.

Despite remaining in opposition for its third election in a row, Labour at 40.0 % won its greatest share of the vote since 2001, made a net gain of 30 seats to reach 262 total MPs, and, with a swing of 9.6 %, [127] achieved the biggest percentage - point increase in its vote share in a single general election since 1945.

However, my guess is that they won't actually poll much higher than five per cent and will not gain a single seat in the Commons in 2015 or manage to capture one in a by - election before then.

This was because the SNP gained 47 seats out of 129 in the election, which was some way short of achieving an absolute majority of seats in the Scottish Parliament, but more than any other single party gained.

The Labour party remain the official opposition on the council and gained a single additional seat.

Conservative councillors won an overall majority in the council and formed a majority administration, Labour councillors form the second - largest grouping and UKIP's win of a seat was its single gain nationally in the 2017 local election cycle which saw all 145 of its other candidates standing in the election lose their seats.

Most of their gains were in the wards of the Fife North East constituency where they had previously only had a single seat.

The Conservatives have made two gains and Labour have made a single gain on Southend Council but it's still hung with no one party having enough seats to out - vote all the others.

Yes, but Labour were absolutely hammered in commuters towns and suburbs across England particularly in the Midlands where they didn't gain a single seat in May 2015.

Come to think of it I'm struggling to think of a single seat where the Greens have much to gain from Labour / LD standing aside.

The brand's contribution to the sport has been enormous and they'll be very much missed - but WEC's loss will be Formula E's gain, as Audi Sport has promised renewed focus on the burgeoning electric single - seater series.