Sentences with phrase «terms of parliamentary elections»

Safe Labour seats swinging slightly to the SNP a la 1992 wouldn't be totally out of the question I think, even if the referendum doesn't go through - the biggest effect in terms of parliamentary elections I think will be seen at Holyrood, where the SNP might fare badly in the future if they don't manage independence.

In terms of parliamentary elections, prior to the 2016 general elections, the NDC had 16 seats in the region, whilst the NPP had 7, but the NPP grabbed 19 seats leaving only 4 for the NDC after the 2016 votes.

Not exact matches

In some recent research, Valerie Belu and I show that compared to regular elections (defined as elections which occur within 6 months of the end of a parliamentary term), strategically timed opportunistic elections have allowed governing parties to realize an average vote - share bonus of just under 6 percent and seat - share bonuses of 12 percent, doubling the probability that the Prime Minister survives in office -LRB-.80 versus.40).

For a general election to be called out of the fixed parliamentary term, a 66 % vote of all members of the House of Commons is required.

In general elections, voting takes place in all parliamentary constituencies of the United Kingdom to elect members of parliament (MPs) to seats in the House of Commons, the dominant (historically termed the lower) house of Parliament.

Elections are then held as scheduled at the end of the parliamentary term, since the Monarch does not dissolve parliament if an informateur has been able to negotiate a new coalition agreement.

The first measure announced this afternoon was legislation to secure fixed parliamentary terms, which will mean the date of the next general election will be 7 May 2015 - «a hugely significant constitutional innovation,» Mr Clegg said.

Had we pressed ahead with our plans for a mostly or wholly elected Lords there would have been a second chamber election mid-way though this parliamentary term, giving us a chance to put a new Labour agenda to the public and — in the event of a win — prove to ourselves and to the country that we can be election winners again.

Following the 2009 European Parliament election, the party's 21 MEPs chose to unite for the new term within the European parliamentary group of the PES, which was renamed the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D).

He was elected as MP for a second term in the May 2012 elections and worked as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department of Communities and Local Government until September 2012, when he was named Vice Chairman of the Conservative party for Local Government.