Sentences with phrase «stood for election in»

Empey first stood for election in the 1975 elections to the Constitutional Convention, standing as a candidate in Belfast East for the Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party he received 4657 first preference votes he was elected.

[11][12] She first stood for election in the 1992 general election as the SNP candidate in the Glasgow Shettleston constituency, and was the youngest parliamentary candidate in Scotland, failing to win the seat.

In the 2007 local elections, seventy - eight candidates stood for election in boroughs and districts across fifteen English counties, including twenty in Dartford and ten in Portsmouth

In the 2007 local elections, 78 candidates stood for election in boroughs and districts in 15 English counties, including 20 in Dartford and ten in Portsmouth.

While the party only have two MPs who entered the Commons under 30, 27 candidates in the demographic stood for election in 2015, according to research by parliamentarycandidates.org

Alongside the Saputo executives, current WCB chairman Terry Richardson and WCB directors Bruce Vallance and Neville Fielke will stand for election in May.

But we also think that it's astonishing that nobody has responsibility for the diversity of democracy nationally, and we shall be taking steps to ask government, the Electoral Commission and elections officers to do this, both in terms of providing support for the identification and training of candidates through a Democracy Diversity Fund, and by monitoring who is standing for election in the first place.

The bad night for the Lib Dems had a personally sad note, as a candidate in his early 60s who was standing for election in Newcastle was found dead.

- Labour mayoral hopefuls Sadiq Khan, David Lammy and Diane Abbott all rebelled while Gareth Thomas abstained, suggesting that those who are standing for election in the party sense they can not withstand the pressure to look left (Tessa Jowell, of course, is not in parliament anymore).

Victoria Ayling, who is standing for election in Grimsby, says she meant to say renewable energy subsidies

The poll question was: On June 24 a primary election will be held to determine the Democratic candidate that will stand for election in November the primary election to be a Member of Congress from the 13th Congressional District.

The current Speaker, John Bercow, is standing for election in Buckingham.

2016 Council Member Nomination Information The Real Estate Council of BC is seeking nominations from licensees wishing to stand for election in a number of districts.

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A spokesman for Varadkar, who is due to meet Fianna Fail leader Micheal Martin again on Tuesday morning in a bid to avoid the election, said the government was standing by Fitzgerald.

On April 6 2016, the political novice, who had never stood for any kind of election, announced in his home town of Amiens the launch of his party.

Also worrying for Goldsmith is how things are shaping up in outer London, where as things stand, he and Khan are neck and neck (42 - 41 %) despite the fact that fellow Tory Boris Johnson comfortably won this region in the 2012 election.

In just a few months, we have learned that Flynn lied to Mike Pence, Vice President - elect, about obtaining a security clearance for Flynn's son during the presidential transition; that during the same period, as President Obama was imposing sanctions on Russia for election meddling, Flynn communicated with the Russian ambassador about those sanctions, hinting that President Trump would take a softer line, and then lied to Pence about it (and stood by while Pence publicly repeated that lie); that Flynn was not truthful when questioned by the FBI about the same topic; and that Flynn spoke at a gala for RT, the Kremlin - backed propaganda network and received payments from RT, but dissembled about the source of the payments and seems to have failed to follow U.S. regulations about reporting them.

The data, which was compiled from Federal Election Commission (FEC) filings by CrowdPAC, a non-partisan organization aimed at analyzing money in politics, revealed what the candidate's own filings have been showing for the last several months: Silicon Valley loves Bernie and can't stand Trump.

The Daily Telegraph reported on Friday morning that May is lining up Rudd to take over from Hammond after the election as a reward for Rudd's loyalty and the significant role she has played in election campaigning — including standing in for May at a leaders» debate earlier this week despite the death of her father just 48 hours earlier.

Viktor Yushchenko, then a Ukrainian opposition leader, was poisoned during the campaign for the 2004 presidential election in which he stood on a pro-western ticket against the current Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich.

While our Board does not anticipate that any of the director nominees will be unable to stand for election as a director nominee at our Annual Meeting, if that occurs, proxies will be voted in favor of such other person or persons as may be recommended by our Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee and designated by our Board.

The survey of 925 Americans was conducted as new revelations surfaced that the company connected to the 2016 Trump campaign, Cambridge Analytica, inappropriately harvested personal information on millions of Facebook users The sharp rise in negative feelings is a significant departure from Facebook's standing prior to the 2016 election, when the rise of so - called Fake News and polarizing content led to calls for the company to take greater responsibility for the content on the popular social media site — or face government regulation.

If a director nominee named in this proxy statement is unable to stand for election, the Board of Directors may either reduce the number of directors to be elected or select a substitute nominee.

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.

One of the goals of the revival was to pray for justice issues but also take a stand against what the organizers see as an unbiblical rise in American nationalism among Christians, especially since the election of President Trump.

And as far as the spineless «R» If taking a stand for commonsense is wrong, it's not Rush Limbaugh comments that will hurt the GOP in the election but their lack of morals.

5oo, ooo priests for 1.2 billion Catholics - There is the answer to why the abusing priests were tolerated.The conclave elected exactly who they wanted to be Pope - Someone who would not rock the boat.I believe Pope Benedict was advised to retire in light of the Federal indictment pending so this would not involve a standing Pope and the possiblity of him being found guilty.I further think this new election of Pope will allow the Church to change it's stance on the very controvertial issues the Church is facing ie.female priests being one, the decisions appearing more acceptable coming from a new head as opposed to reversed stance of standing Pope.This decision to retire, in the Churchs» view I believe is damage control and not neccessarily Pope Benedict's desire.If looked at for what it is - A very slick maneuver indeed.

Islam online 7 April 2007 • A Muslim man stood as a candidate for the Christian Peoples Alliance in the Scottish parliamentary elections in April.

The Tea Party has certainly made an impact in the 2010 election, but in thinking about who they are and what they stand for, it's a mistake to consider them a wholly new and original force.

Whether one examines church attendance, election results, rates of intermarriage, or attitudes about dating, one fact stands out: the American melting pot is alive and well for American blacks, just as it was in the past for Italians, Jews, and Asians, to name just a few.

Last month the MP for Clacton resigned his seat triggering a by - election which he announced he'd stand in.

When they're not doping their athletes systematically for the olympics or paying off FIFA for the right to host the WC or taking over (and, in the case of Hearts, ruining) British football clubs, they are busy rigging elections at home and abroad, fomenting civil war in the Middle East, annexing parts of other countries, sponsoring terrorism, and shooting people who try to stand up to them.

Unlike with Castro, whom the feds allowed to stand for election three times, knowing all the while he was 1) a crook, and 2) splitting his time between representing his constituents and trying to catch fellow crooked colleagues in the act; Huntley only ran for re-election once, and was defeated in a primary by former NYC Councilman - turned - Sen.

According to the respected Professor, Ghana stands a chance to make enormous gains if President John Mahama is reelected for a second term in the November 7 elections.

«One thing about McDonnell and his tribe is that they're intellectually curious,» says Allen Simpson, public policy director at Barclays and chair of Labour In The City, who stood as Labour's candidate for Maidstone and the Weald in the general electioIn The City, who stood as Labour's candidate for Maidstone and the Weald in the general electioin the general election.

I say we make this election for the children and the college aged students who call the hudson valley their home and not make it about one man who is part of the problem, the easy solution is we boot him out of office and put in a fresh face who will stand up to shelly silver, the Governor and imagine this maybe even to some fellow republicans who can't be trusted with our childrens futures in their hands....

He stood for Cardiff South East in the 1964 general election but couldn't manage to accumulate votes like he did runs, losing to James Callaghan.

Scottish Tories currently campaigning for local government elections on May 4th tell stories about encountering long - standing Labour voters in local authority areas not exactly known for being friendly to Conservatives and who now declare their intention to vote for «Ruth» and the Tories.

There are many people of huge talent who will never stand for election because it isn't in their DNA.

... Even at the parliamentary level when he stood for elections and won against Owuraku Amofa in 1996, what he did to our party people there is still there, it's evident.

Navalny has been barred from standing in the election due to a conviction on corruption charges, and because of his outstanding criminal record by Russian law this means he can not run for president.

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.

None of the members of the caretaker committee will be allowed to stand for any position in the election of a new Executive Committee of the party.

This high level of participation in political affairs is not typical for a country where the declining voting rate in the national elections stands at 65 % (2009).

Embattled UK opposition Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn says he will stand in any new party leadership election amid calls for his resignation in light of the referendum result.

«For me this has been a phenomenal experience, I made history as the first Latino (in serving as Secretary of State) and we have reaped many successes because I've had a phenomenal employees but things change, the governor decided not to stand for election and me that was very important,» said Cortes - Vazquez, who also noted that his new job is but a continuation of their work to community serviFor me this has been a phenomenal experience, I made history as the first Latino (in serving as Secretary of State) and we have reaped many successes because I've had a phenomenal employees but things change, the governor decided not to stand for election and me that was very important,» said Cortes - Vazquez, who also noted that his new job is but a continuation of their work to community servifor election and me that was very important,» said Cortes - Vazquez, who also noted that his new job is but a continuation of their work to community service.

He said the MP told them that as it stands, the only way to retrieve their monies is to be calm for Nana Akuffo - Addo to win power in the 2016 elections.

And if the situation does not improve after the 2020 election members suggested parties could be fined for failing to stand enough women or have their deposits confiscated in constituencies where no female candidates were fielded.

Owen Smith has tried to stress his left wing credentials after the path was cleared for him to stand as the sole candidate against Jeremy Corbyn in the Labour leadership election.

[xvi] However, because Kenyatta is due to stand trial in the month following the elections, this presidential race constitutes for him an all - or - nothing fight, which he needs to win if he is to avoid participation in the ICC process.