Sentences with phrase «standing down at»

It will have no good outcomes,» said the Lib Dem MP, who is standing down at the next election.

In February 2015, Maude announced he would be standing down at the general election three months later.

Campbell also revealed he is considering standing down at the 2015 general election.

Yesterday the Home Secretary announced her resignation and three Labour MPs joined the growing army standing down at the next election.

The nomination was subsequently secured by Alan Clark, the former minister and diarist who was seeking to return to the Commons after standing down at the 1992 general election.

«I will be standing down at the next meeting of the Scottish Labour Party's executive.»

Following the Dispatches / Telegraph lobbying expose, the former Conservative defence and foreign secretary and MP for Kensington has announced he is standing down at the next election.

Very sad to hear Alistair Darling is standing down at the next election.

Easington has been held by Labour since its creation and although sitting MP John Cummings is standing down at the next election, his successor as Labour candidate, Grahame Morris, will defend a notional majority of 18,874 over the Liberal Democrats, with the Conservatives closely behind them in third place.

John Bowis MEP, who is standing down at the next European elections, is the draftsman of a European Parliament report on cross border healthcare.

Mired in the expenses scandal, sitting Labour MP Margaret Moran has announced she will be standing down at the next election and Labour are in the process of selecting a replacement while Moran remains on sick leave - although rumours persist that she may yet stand down and trigger a by - election.

In two cases the sitting Members had indicated that they would be standing down at the general election.

Councillors standing down at the election included Gwen Richardson and Erica Shaw, while former Labour group leader David Potter and the former Conservative council leader from the 1980s and 1990s, Stephen Reid, attempted to return to the council.

Gavin Williamson was selected tonight to inherit the Conservative nomination in South Staffordshire, where Sir Patrick Cormack is standing down at the general election.

David Blunkett's resignation brings the total number of Labour MPs standing down at the next election at 28, almost 11 % of the parliamentary party.

Labour MP Beverly Hughes is standing down at the election and the new Conservative candidate will need a swing of 10.65 % to overturn a notional Labour majority of 8,310.

The association will begin selecting a new candidate later this month for a seat which is currently held for Labour by Beverly Hughes, who is herself standing down at the election.

The seat has been held for Labour since 1992 by Ken Purchase, who is standing down at the next election.

The seat is being vacated by Conservative MP Laura Sandys, who is standing down at the election.

Other MPs including Tory heavyweight Ken Clarke have previously announced they are standing down at the next election.

about Arsene Wenger not signing his latest Arsenal contract extension and possibly standing down at the end of the season, but it seems like all the protests and newsprint has all been in vain.

It later updated its statement to say that its forensic auditors stood down at the UK Information Commissioner's Office.

Sadly Arsene no longer seems able to motivate his players and he must stand down at the end of the season whatever happens.

Chief executive Ivan Gazidis discusses Arsene Wenger's decision to stand down at the end of the season

Our chief executive spoke with Arsenal Media about Arsene Wenger's decision to stand down at the end of the season and this is what he said:

The Gunners boss will stand down at the end of the 2017 - 18 campaign, with the England midfielder paying tribute to his career on social media

Pogba, who also experienced defeats last season, especially to Chelsea in the semi-final of the Emirates FA Cup as the ten holders crashed out having lost 1 - 0, has stated that the team are seeking the challenges which will see them push to win trophies, something manager Jose Mourinho has inspired the players to do, something which had been lacking since the retirement of former manager, Sir Alex Ferguson, who stood down at the end of the 2012/13 season, the last time United ended the season as Premier League champions.

To take into account the aspects explained above, I introduce the following control variables: MP received an office budget uplift; MP is a London MP; MP held a frontbench position in 2014 - 15 [12]; MP stood down at the next election; the time it takes to drive from the constituency to Westminster; and the MP's party affiliation.

Labour MPs Pat Glass and Ronnie Campbell have also previously said that they would stand down at the next election.

Details of the Thanet South poll were released after the local Conservative MP Laura Sandys announced her intention to stand down at the next election.

[85] Brooker stood down at the 2007 local elections and Tibby was unsuccessful in seeking re-election for the English Democrats, coming third.

In June he attacked David Cameron's «big society» as «aspirational waffle», having announced his intention to stand down at the end of the year back in March.

McCartney was elected a councillor in the London Borough of Enfield in 1998, for Edmonton, then Palmers Green, and stood down at the 2006 local elections.

The former Dulwich and West Norwood MP, who stood down at the general election after 20 years in Parliament, earned widespread plaudits for the role she played in London's bid for the 2012 Olympics and her subsequent performance as Olympics minister.

Gower has been a Labour seat for 105 years with Martin Caton its MP since 1997, before his decision to stand down at this election.

He stood down at the 2017 general election.

This is a slight decline since the last parliament, as many longstanding backbenchers, who employed relatives, stood down at the election.

McGovern was selected as the Labour Party candidate for Wirral South in December 2009, following Ben Chapman's decision to stand down at the next election for family reasons following adverse publicity in The Daily Telegraph over the expenses scandal, and subsequently won the seat in the 2010 general election, defeating the Conservative candidate, Jeff Clarke, by 531 votes.

Liberal Democrat MP Sarah Teather has announced she will stand down at the next general election.

Former Labour MP Alan Simpson, who stood down at the general election and is now Friends of the Earth's sustainable energy advisor, reacted with concern.

That was the derisive nickname given to Mario Cuomo after he spent months sending maddeningly mixed signals about his interest in the 1992 presidential race, only to stand down at the last possible second.

[4] Meanwhile, Labour regained Popley East from the Liberal Democrats, after the former councillor Ian Powney stood down at the election.

«As others have said, whilst most members hold you in great esteem, the majority who have contacted me also recognise that you are not destined to become Prime Minister and hope that you will stand down at the earliest opportunity to allow our party to approach the next General Election with confidence.

[24] Alongside Brown and Hague, 17 former cabinet ministers stood down at the election, including Stephen Dorrell, Jack Straw, Alistair Darling, David Blunkett, Sir Malcolm Rifkind and Dame Tessa Jowell.

The Conservative MP who announced last night he would stand down at the next election after allegations over his parliamentary expense claims, made the right decision, David Cameron saidtoday.

[7] Moffat chose to stand down at the general election, and it was revealed that she had been negotiating a pension based on retirement with a health condition at the same time she was fighting the deselection.

A record number of MPs stood down at the United Kingdom general election of 2010, meaning they were Members of Parliament (MPs) in the 54th parliament, but chose not to contest the 2010 general election (in some cases after being deselected by their parties).

Three old guard Tory backbenchers — Douglas Hogg, Anthony Steen and Sir Peter Viggers — whose gardens were maintained by taxpayers, were shamed into announcing they would stand down at the general election.

After Sir Peter's expenses claims were made public Conservative leader David Cameron had warned him he faced the removal of the party whip if he did not announce that he would stand down at the next election.

Sir Peter Viggers, MP for Gosport, has already said he would stand down at the next election after his expenses claims were published in the Daily Telegraph.