Sentences with phrase «target seat strategy»

But it had already evaporated in 2010 (when the Conservatives mounted a far more effective target seat strategy than in previous elections).

Stephen Gilbert, the man Lord Ashcroft picked for his target seats strategy and now the Prime Minister's Political Secretary, is another of the heroes of this campaign.

Not exact matches

The first seat to give a clear clue as to whether Theresa May's strategy of targeting the north east has been successful.

«My strategy in West Worcestershire was always to fight it as if it was a target seat for the Conservatives,» she says.

It now faces its 2005 «decapitation» strategy being used against itself, with Mr Clegg's own seat among those likely to be targeted.

In 2010, though the Conservatives did not achieve the national vote share they wanted, the party's targeting strategy meant it won 23 more Labour seats and 9 more Liberal Democrat seats than it would have done on a uniform swing.

Following the introduction of their seat targeting strategy in general elections, the Liberal Democrats seat distribution from 1992 onwards has become more efficient.

The leadership's strategy is to register and canvas more voters in target seats, banking on increased turnout to flip new marginals that were long thought to be beyond Corbyn's reach.

If we are to not only win the next election, but ensure a sustained period of electoral success, then a more medium term strategy is also needed, in addition to the current focus on today's target seats.

[10][11] He was also a target of the strategy led by Lord Ashcroft to concentrate resources on key marginal seats which saw # 50,000 donated to the Conservative campaign to unseat him.

The targets of the GOP strategy include incumbent Democratic Sens. Cecilia Tkaczyk, of Ulster County and Terry Gipson of Dutchess County, as well as Justin Wagner, who is battling for an open Hudson Valley seat.

(A party insider countered Burns» claim in an interview, contending that part of the GOP strategy is to target lower - level seats and not stoke Democratic turnout by running top - of - the - ticket candidates.)

Murphy also wanted to spend # 5,000 on campaigns in every Labour - held Scottish constituency at Holyrood and Westminster, as well as seats the party planned to target at future elections, and pledged a «radical change» in Labour's campaign strategy.