Sentences with phrase «swing of»

Re-selected to fight the seat again (now renamed after minor boundary changes), Caroline requires a swing of 0.2 % to gain the seat at the next election.

jsfl, In order to calculate the swing from 2005 in these marginal seats, we need to have the party shares that occurred in these constituencies — not the national shares.Given that Anthony is quoting a 29 % Con lead over Labour and a swing of approximately 11 % from Lab to Con since 2005, the implication is that in 2005 the Tories enjoyed a 7 % lead over Labour in these paricular seats!

The actual voting intention figures, with don't knows and won't votes excluded, is CON 49 %, LAB 20 %, LDEM 21 %, Others 10 % — representing a swing of 10.9 % from the last general election.

The successful candidate would need a swing of 10 % to overturn the notional Labour majority of 8,830, which will be defended by Barry Gardiner - who beat long - standing Tory MP Sir Rhodes Boyson to win the seat (on somewhat different boundaries) in 1997.

He requires a swing of 10.4 % to overturn the notional Labour majority of 7,910.

Mr Sanders won with a majority of 4,078 votes, representing a marginal swing of 1.1 % from the Conservatives in his favour.

Their lead here has collapsed from roughly 37 % in 2013 to around eight percent last week - a swing of about 15 % to the Tories.

The nationalists received a swing of 4.96 per cent, but it was not enough to challenge Labour's grip on the constituency.

Labour made its first byelection gain from the Conservatives since 1997 today with a massive swing of almost 13 % in Corby.

Among the seats the SNP gained from Labour, Strathkelvin and Bearsden saw a 20 % swing towards the nationalists, Paisley saw a swing of 13 % in their favour and Linlithgow registered an 11 % swing towards the SNP.

A 23 % lead from 2013 has turned into a near - six per cent reverse - a massive swing of around 15 % to the Tories.

The party recaptured several of its former strongholds: Sir Vince Cable was elected in Twickenham, with a majority of 9,762 votes and a swing of 14.7 %.

According to my research at the beginning of this month, in an election tomorrow Nick Clegg would hold onto his Sheffield Hallam seat by the skin of his teeth, with 33 % to Labour's 31 %, and the Conservatives on 28 % — a swing of 17.5 % to Labour.

With a swing of more than 8 %, he had the largest winning swing.

David Cameron has been hailed for pulling off an extraordinary victory but the fact is that his party has gained 23 seats, becoming a majority party with a swing of only 0.8 %.

Labour, on the other hand, saw a positive swing of 1.5 % but lost 26 seats.

The seat then went to the Lib Dems on a swing of 26 %.

And in Eastleigh, according to a poll I conducted in August, Chris Huhne would be comfortably trounced by the Conservatives, 43 % to 31 %, with Labour doubling their vote share to 20 % — a swing of 10 % to the Tories and 13 % to Labour.

The problem seems to be that whenever a party loses an election, their first inclination seems to be to move in the opposite direction to the swing of the population, so when the Tories lost to Blair, they retrenched further right for two elections, and Labour assumed that New Labour was to blame for their loss in 2010, so publicly ditched that and moved left — when actually New Labour was the only time in history Labour have completed a second term, let alone a third.

That would translate to a Conservative - to - Labour swing of 14 %, according to Andy Sawford of the Local Government Information Unit.

http://jess-the-dog.blogspot.com/2009/12/prediction-for-2010-tory-landslide.html Now, a 300 majority in the Balls Normanton constituency may seem like a Tory wipeout given the swing of 20 - odd % from 2005, but the boundary changes will change the demographic somewhat, and not in Balls's favour.

Bill Rammell - Labour The armed forces minister also lost his seat of Harlow to the Conservatives after a swing of 5.9 per cent.

It was a swing of 6.9 per cent to the Tory candidate Nicola Blackwood.

These figures would represent a Labour to Conservative swing of 9.2 % across Wales as compared with the 2005 general election, when the party gained three seats - Monmouth, Preseli Pembrokeshire and Clwyd West.

7 would give you a swing of 0.9 % (so you'd be at 50.25 vs 49.75).

This most dramatic swing of the state represented a change of 28 %.

The change corresponds with Clinton's drop in the national popular - vote lead: from a 5.7 - percentage - point lead in our estimate on Oct. 28 to a 2.9 - point lead now — so a swing of about 3 points against her.

So a swing of 4.5 seats from Republicans to Democrats.

The health and social care bill returns for its latest stage of parliamentary scrutiny this week in the Lords, as MPs get back into the swing of the autumn political season after the conferences.

If you fit right back into your skinny jeans, remember that your body too is still in full swing of fluctuation — of hormones adjusting and sleep depriving you of putting together full, coherent sentences at times.

Now that Willow has been here a few weeks and we are getting into the swing of having three little ones it's time to finish up the «Waiting On Willow» reviews and giveaways.

And we are already totally in the swing of things.

I really try to say we have to go back to self - care because by then you know, you kind of have the swing of things - you understand how to breastfeed the baby, baby is happy, mommy is happy and all of sudden you can't just go out with your friends for lunch anymore because the baby is really being demanding, but it is a temporary situation and actually good news.

Being in the swing of things means that we've sorted through back to school shopping, backpacks, lunchbags, messy mudrooms, figuring out new teachers, new bus schedules and new classrooms.

In a week or two, you and your child will be back in the swing of things and enjoying another school year.

I am milking this maternity leave for all it that is worth, especially now that we are in the full swing of summer.

We are now in the full swing of taste testing solids over here but I'm not packing along extra food when we go out and I'm not yet scheduling regular eating sessions.

With enough option, you can easily tailor the speed to the mood swing of your little one.

I can even ask now what we do next and that can get her into the swing of things.

30 - 50 names each can sound like a tall order, but once you get into the swing of researching and uncovering new names the list will grow very quickly.

If you have a baby who is fussy about flavors and consistently refuses strongly flavor foods, tofu can be an excellent choice to get him into the swing of trying solids.

A simple kick or a swing of the arm could launch him down to the floor.

Once your newborn gets into the swing of things he should be consuming 2 1/2 ounces of formula per day for every pound of body weight, explains Healthy Children, a website published by the American Academy of Pediatrics.

I think it's going to be an adjustment to get back into the swing of things again.

This pain is temporary and will soon disappear once you are in the swing of breastfeeding.

You're well into the swing of your pregnancy, but you may still be surprised by an unexpected symptom now and then.

Within a few weeks you will be in the swing of things.

By noon, I was in the full swing of labor.

It did take some time for our daughter to get into the swing of things with the shield but we kept at it.

Whether you are awaiting the arrival of your little one or are in the full swing of life after labor, our classes and support groups can provide invaluable education and the opportunity to interact and share with other moms on the same journey and experiencing similar challenges.