Sentences with phrase «swing constituencies which»

Results, they say, increasingly hinge on the preferences of a small number of voters in a handful of swing constituencies which is undemocratic.

Not exact matches

With 194 marginal constituencies (those with majorities of 10 % or less) that can be won by an opposing party with just a 5 % swing, the youth vote could be the deciding factor in which party makes it into power on May 7th 2015.

Significantly, at the 2007 Scottish Parliament election, it was John who won the Roxburgh and Berwickshire seat (which makes up more than 60 % of this Westminster constituency) on a swing of no less than 9.4 % from the Lib Dems.

Now take a look at Lord Ashcroft's polling of Darling's constituency, which forecasts a 28 - point swing for the SNP from fourth to first.

The research, conducted in 26 constituencies, showed a 6.5 % swing away from the Conservatives, which would be enough for Labour to topple more than 83 MPs if the result were repeated at an election.

But reacting to the findings of the three - month research which focused on twenty - four swing constituencies in seven out of the ten regions, Mr Adams rejected the findings of the two polls as well as that of the Economist Intelligence Unit all of which projected a win for the NPP.