Sentences with phrase «take the seat from»

Only in Oak Bay - Gordon Head and arguably Comox did the Greens clearly take seats from the NDP.

But Sky Sports pundit Brundle has said that Ricciardo may well join Mercedes, but instead taking the seat from an unhappy Hamilton.

He is married to Scottish Minister for Public Health, Shona Robison MSP with a young daughter, Morag Louise, and lives in the constituency where he was elected as MP for Dundee East on 5 May 2005, taking the seat from Labour.

Although Maclennan had taken the seat from George Mackie (currently the oldest living former Liberal MP), Mackie had taken it in 1964 from the * Tory * (albeit, Independent at the time), David Robertson (who'd kicked - up a stink in Parliament about a local boy slapped about by the Police).

In 2010, I took a seat from the Conservatives by less than 100 votes.

«It was always going to be a big ask to take this seat from Labour, given the circumstances.

This year's conference sees us gather in a city that has always been important to the Liberal Democrats, a city once represented by Roy Jenkins, that gave us Ming Campbell and where nearby in 2005 Jo Swinson won a famous victory to take her seat from Labour and become an MP at just 25.

He needs a 6.25 % swing to take the seat from Labour, making Barrow - in - Furness exactly the kind of constituency David Cameron needs to win in order to form a government.

He needs a swing of 2.7 % after minor boundary changes to take the seat from sitting Labour MP Gordon Prentice.

They took the seats from the Tories some years ago over one of the usual obtuse local rows about damn all.

Importantly for the party this means that GB vote intention polls are understating the increase in Labour support in England and so their potential to take seats from the Conservatives.

The current MSP, David Torrance has a majority of 182 — the small margin with which he took the seat from Labour's Marilyn Livingstone.

As such, Craig would require a swing to the Tories from Labour of a little over 20 % to take the seat from third place.

«The Conservatives need a swing of around three per cent to take the seat from Labour's David Chaytor.

«The NPP has failed the people and i think it is now time to work hard and take the seat from them» she added.

Heastie said he will be trying to take seats from the GOP conference where he and his team believe there's a good shot of wining.

Tories win by - election in Clacton, take seat from Ukip.

In last week's by election in Glasgow the SNP took the seat from Labour - polling 43 % to Labour's 39 %.

Basildon falls to no overall control as Ukip surges, taking seats from both Labour and the Tories.

@LibDems retain control of @SuttonCouncil taking seats from both Conservatives and Labour to increase majority.

He was Plaid Cymru's Assembly candidate for Carmarthen West & South Pembrokeshire in 2003 when he came within 400 votes of taking the seat from Christine Gwyther AM.

The Lib Dems need a swing of around 6.5 % to take the seat from Labour, and are hopeful given that 68 % of the constituency (probably) voted Remain in the referendum.

Gillian Troughton, the Labour candidate, was defeated by the Conservatives» Trudy Harrison, marking the first time a governing party has taken a seat from another party in a byelection in 35 years.

They made huge gains in the 2015 General Election, taking seats from the Labour Party.

[5] The only other group to make a gain in the election was the Conservatives in Oldington and Foley Park ward where they took a seat from Labour.

The SNP surge will actually hurt the Tories» chances of forming a government as they will take some seats from the Lib Dems.

However, Nuttall's gamble of standing himself failed to come off as Labour's Gareth Snell won the seat with a majority of 2,620, raising questions as to whether Ukip could take seats from Labour in its traditional heartlands.

Not exact matches

Coulter had taken to Twitter on Saturday — and continued her social media smackdown through Monday — after she was moved from a seat with extra legroom to a different seat in the same aisle on a West Palm Beach, Fla. - bound Delta Air Lines flight.

Climbing onto the seat of the self - loading hay stacker developed by his father and uncle, he set off from the family farm in Kansas on a two - month sales tour that took him around the Texas Panhandle, to Southern California, New Mexico, and Nevada.

Some think the chance of sitting near a noisy child is part of the risk one bears when buying an airline ticket, but others think airlines need to take action and separate children from adults by creating child - only or child - free seating sections.

I went from a person totally okay with curling up in my leggings and sweatshirt into a tiny ball entertained by pre-loaded podcasts for an entire flight to a traveler constantly comparing the lack of amenities, professionalism, and comfort of any seat on any airline to the two roundtrip business class flights I took on Emirates.

The HondaJet, a private light aircraft that seats four to six people, costs between $ 4.9 and $ 5.2 million and took nearly three decades from design to market.

The company still gets the majority of its revenue from outlet stores, where cachet takes a back seat to price cuts.

Why It Took Off Fandeavor's first offering was two $ 400 behind - the - scenes immersion «experiences» at the Las Vegas Invitational college basketball tournament; each package included a «chalk - talk» with an assistant coach from UNLV, two seats in a luxury suite and a basketball autographed by the head coaches of all the teams in the tourney.

Corporate venture - capital firms that benefit from high cash flows might be willing to spread out their investments over a few similar companies and take a back seat in terms of driving their growth, while a venture - capital firm is typically motivated to take a more focused and hands - on approach for its portfolio companies.

It was a holiday treat to get some of the best seats in the house with good friends and to take time away from the busy - ness of work, to enjoy a night out.

On a stretch of Highway 101, east of downtown San Francisco, Vogt had clicked a button between the front seats, turned a dial to adjust the speed, taken his hands off the wheel, moved his feet back from the gas pedal and brake — and then turned to look me straight in the face, while, at 60 miles per hour, the scenery ticked by.

Asper took a break from the pre-UFC 129 fan expo to talk to me about why he thinks mixed martial arts» mainstream time has come, why he's back in the CEO seat again, where he hopes to lead Fight Network and more.

In addition to the growing list of political figures set to take a seat next to Colbert on air, the new late - night show's first week will also include appearances from tech industry titans, including Tesla Motors (TSLA) CEO Elon Musk and Uber CEO Travis Kalanick.

You can take a cue from the search engine giant and use a large sofa, or try smaller «hobbit hole» spaces such as enclaves with padded benches, acoustic couches, a long communal table for lunch or telecommuters, the modern version of old - school desk attachments to rolling chairs, and general seating that helps employees feel comfier.

According to a recent Reuters report, depending on who takes a Senate seat from several of these battle ground states and who wins certain gubernatorial races could mean which of the energy topics — EPA carbon regulations, the Keystone Pipeline XL's approval, relaxing crude oil export rules, developing clean energy technology — will take priority.

But the online protests also highlighted how the biggest tech companies, such as Facebook and Google, have taken a back seat in the debate about protecting net neutrality, rules that prohibit internet service providers such as AT&T and Comcast from blocking or slowing sites or for charging people or companies for faster speeds of particular sites.

Designers took luxe cues from some of Chicago's hippest hotels (see: marble accent tables, tufted leather seating and chandeliers).

With over 120 digital marketing channels to choose from, and more than 2,400 products available to manage them, it is inevitable that marketing technology takes a driving seat.

From December 15 to January 4, U.S. airlines have added an average of 91,000 more seats for about 80,000 more passengers expected each day compared to last year (when 49.3 million passengers took to the sky).

Pierre Peugeot, scion of the founding family, head - hunted Folz from foods group Eridania Beghin - Say in 1995, giving him a couple of years to learn the business before taking the driver's seat.

A video posted on Facebook on Sunday evening showed security pulling the passenger from his seat and dragging him down the aisle of a Louisville - bound plane before it took off from Chicago O'Hare International Airport.

Rep. Geoff Diehl (R - Whitman), who is taking on Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D - MA) in 2018 for her Senate seat, challenged the progressive senator on Wednesday to return more than $ 10,000 she received from actor Ben Affleck, who admitted to, and later apologized for, groping actress Hilarie Burton.

Uber also let passengers take selfies from a camera facing the back seat, which they can email to themselves and share on social media.

On a lazy day, I like to place a large bowl twenty feet from my back porch, take a seat in my porch rocking chair and pitch a deck of playing cards one at a time to see how many will spin just right and go into the bowl.