Sentences with phrase «standing for parliament»

I interviewed former Green Party leader Natalie Bennett, who is standing for Parliament in Sheffield Central, where the Greens came second in 2015.

The Lib Dem conference in Glasgow today agreed to force senior party figures to undergo the training before they can take up the role, in a bid to increase the number of female candidates for standing for Parliament and local councils.

Ros Kayes, a councillor who is also standing for parliament for the Lib Dems in West Dorset, confirmed that she had signed: «On the doorstep, Nick has become a hate figure — he seems more concerned with his own position than about ordinary people.

He added that he would consider standing for parliament again should a by - election be called in a Labour - held seat.

«On Tuesday, God - willing, I will be in Bradford West for consultations about standing for parliament in the forthcoming by - election,» Mr Galloway wrote on Facebook.

He says that MPs have a choice about standing for parliament.

There are exceptions, but when it comes to standing for parliament again, most believe their role is done.

After standing for Parliament in Sheffield Brightside in 1992 Tim was first elected to Parliament in 1997 as Member for East Worthing and Shoreham and was been re-elected in 2001, 2005, 2010, 2015 and 2017.

But she has also refused to rule out standing for Parliament as an independent candidate.

Dodging calls to opine on celebrities standing for Parliament, meeting gloomy youngsters with no hope of a job, and finding vintage clips of me on YouTube.

«Nobody stops Christians from standing for parliament.

However, the chances of her party gaining significant support in the election tailed off when the Tokyo governor confirmed her reluctance to stand for parliament herself, increasing uncertainty about the opposition's strategy.

Kate Carnell: Well, I think that maybe you should stand for parliament and tell people that you're going to change the way their food tastes and see if you get elected.

He is absolutely right and able to stand for Parliament and to represent a constituency, but views which have no basis in fact... you know it wouldn't be so different from having an errant racist on an immigration committee.

This was a period when Catholics, Jews and non-conformists agitated for civil rights, including the right to stand for Parliament.

The parties which stood for parliament in 2008 collectively lost roughly 13 million votes.

Badenoch, who joined the Conservative party after the 2005 general election, first stood for parliament in 2010.

No - one should be allowed to stand for parliament unless approved by the establishment.

[119] Unlike Cameron, Osborne intended to remain an MP and stand for parliament again in 2020, although proposed boundary changes could have led to the abolition of his Tatton constituency.

It is therefore important not only to encourage people from all walks of life to stand for Parliament but also to encourage those within Parliament to look beyond Westminster.

John Boast, who has previously stood for parliament himself, tells the Today programme's Justin Webb the government's plans to legalise gay marriage is a «gross interference».

If Daniel Hannan or Roger Helmer stood for our parliament they would not be opposed by UKIP - it «s party policy regarding anyone signing up to Better Off Out.

Celia Munro, the veteran Liberal Democrat activist, who helped select Kennedy on the first occasion he stood for parliament at the age of just 23, attended with her daughter, who worked in Kennedy's constituency office for 25 years.

He chaired Glasgow Trades Council and stood for Parliament unsuccessfully in Galloway in 1929 and 1931, [1] in Glasgow Kelvingrove in 1935 and in Ross and Cromarty in 1936.

In the 1964 general election, the Conservative candidate in Smethwick, Peter Griffiths, stood for parliament with the aid of the most offensive slogan of the modern political era: «If you want a n ** ger for a neighbour, vote Labour.»

Truss grew up in left - wing Leeds and was just 25 when she first stood for parliament on behalf of the Conservatives.

Having served nine years on Lambeth Council and stood for Parliament I've also seen all sorts of political crises unfold.

No - one is forced to stand for Parliament, no - one is compelled to become a minister.

«I was encouraged to stand for Parliament by David Cameron and he has given me the opportunity to serve in what I believe is a great, reforming Government.

At the age of 73, and with nearly 45 years as an MP under his belt, Ken Clarke has declared that he will stand for Parliament again in 2015.

Renewed speculation in newspapers today suggested that Mr Johnson would announce his intention to stand for parliament at next year's general election by the summer.

Indeed, it has been suggested that he was prompted to leave his job as head of the Downing Street Policy Unit and stand for parliament in 2001 because Blair did not consider him sufficiently «reformist».

Miliband Sr - nicknamed «Brains» by Alastair Campbell - led the No 10 Policy Unit before Blair persuaded him to stand for parliament in 2001.

Shutt first stood for Parliament 40 years ago - in Sowerby in 1970.

It was no secret to my constituents when I first stood for parliament in 1992 that I was a practising barrister of many years» standing specialising in media law.

He has also previously stood for Parliament in both the UK and Europe, and is a particularly active volunteer.

Jeremy Middleton Having stood for Parliament in Newcastle East & Wallsend in 1997 and at the 2004 Hartlepool by - election (as well as standing in the 2004 European election), Jeremy resigned from the candidates» list before applying for any seats in this Parliament.

Warsi gave up her job as a solicitor in 2004 to stand for Parliament in her home town of Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, but lost out to Labour's Shahid Malik.

Ali Miraj has stood for Parliament twice (and questioned why he found it difficult to find a safe seat) and has been a broadcaster for the Islam Channel.

Some years ago Peta Buscombe was appointed a vice chairman of the Party to identify leading professional women to stand for Parliament.

Not exact matches

Under what are referred to as «supply» rules in Parliament, Main Estimates, which detail the Government's spending intentions for the upcoming fiscal year, must be referred to the appropriate Parliamentary Standing Committees for review before March 1st.

«The Committee believes that the work of the PBO has been useful for members of Parliament and for standing committees,» the committee reports, «and that having this office located within the Library of Parliament has created unnecessary confusion in its mandate.»

On the other hand, «property rights» enters into the institutional experience of Parliament only in respect to its meaning for people who stood to gain or lose voting rights and control of boroughs and counties.

«We will not stand for the shameful and cruel practices that we have seen, we will stand as a parliament against these shocking practises.

The Defence Minister, Dominic Nitiwul, who laid the agreement before Parliament for consideration on Tuesday, argued that Ghana stands to benefit so much from the agreement.

Of course the public is in favour of this, but if we as a parliament can not stand up on this issue, then what after all is parliament for?»

According to the UK Parliament website the requirements for becoming an MP are extremely lax: People wishing to stand as an MP must be over 18 years of age, be a British citizen or citizen of a...

Certainly, the urge to get women involved some 60 years ago can not be downplayed with the involvement of Dr. Nkrumah himself in affirmative action policies and appointment of women propaganda secretaries and organisers right from inception of his government, It is remarkable that parliament under the CPP in 1960 passed Representation of the People (Women Members) Bill into law which amongst others made it possible for women to stand for parliamentary elections unopposed and subsequently saw the election of first ten female parliamentarians into the first session of the first parliament.

«I always stand for the truth and still stand by the claims that the Ghana parliament is full of bribery and corruption.

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