Sentences with phrase «to a hung parliament»

It means the voters have elected their first hung parliament since 1974.

I thought that put it quite strongly, especially as there would not in most hung parliament scenarios probably be two alternative coalition options possible.

The councillors also favoured a coalition with Labour in the event of hung Parliament after the next general election.

I haven't got to the bottom of the maths / method but this post by the Undercover Economist about voting power in hung parliaments looks absolutely fascinating

«That is a seriously hung parliament with the Conservatives as clearly the largest party but a majority on the left, including the SNP and Liberal Democrats.»

The last hung parliament after a general election arose in February 1974, when Edward Heath temporarily remained as Prime Minister despite the Conservatives» losing seats and becoming the second - largest party.

However, outside wartime, hung parliaments at Westminster have rarely produced formal coalitions.

And a recent report from the IPPR thinktank suggested it's actually the current system which is more likely to produce hung parliaments.

On Clegg's swipe at brown, Balls was equally as scathing, he said: «Nick Clegg likes to talk about hung parliaments because he doesn't want to talk about policy as the Lib Deems doesn't have any».

And probably — depending on hung parliaments, resignations, whatever — into Friday afternoon.

They would gain over a dozen of seats every election, leading to more hung parliaments where Nick Clegg gets to decide who forms the government.

This indicates that, over time, the Alternative Vote is no more likely to deliver hung parliaments than First Past the Post.

Richard Manns: we've had more hung parliaments in this country in the last century under FPTP than Australia has had under AV.

Second, these institutional changes are compounded by secular electoral trends that are making hung parliaments and the need for coalition negotiations increasingly likely.

Elliott explains: «They'll be dissatisfied with those broken promises you get from coalition government and will be quite pleased we can have a referendum to keep the system which will generally give single - party government rather than one which will generally give hung parliaments.»

Labour should prepare for a possible hung parliament by forming a partnership of principle with the

Quote of the week came from Lord O'Donnell, as he predicted a second hung Parliament in May.

- Follow the day's developments on our live blog - «Triple lock» and the hurdles of Lib Dem policy - Electoral reform to emerge from hung parliament?

As the CH graphic records, the ConHome Poll of Polls is now back in hung parliament territory:

The single most likely outcome of the May general election is a seriously hung parliament with the Conservatives as clearly the largest party but a majority on the left.

Today, however, the new leader showed little enthusiasm for working with the Conservatives, with all parties facing a possible hung parliament in 2009 or 2010.

As Peter Kellner shows on page 28, although the Conservatives are at present on course to win a clear majority, the next election may well produce no clear victor; but hung parliaments come in various forms.

In the days after the final results were in and Britain's first hung parliament since the Second World War was confirmed the head - scratching continued.

There are, though, plenty of other reasons why hung parliament devotees ought to curb their excitement.

Firstly, the Labour Party didn't hang the Parliament.

So here's a thought to cheer up any disconsolate staff in Downing Street: maybe by practising his most useful political skill this week, he'll find himself ready to use it again in hung parliament talks next year.

If May 2010's hung parliament negotiations were taking place in November 2011, would Nick Clegg's party think again about entering into a coalition?

He says an instinctive preference to do a deal with Labour is shared by Liberal Democrat supporters and probably most MPs, but within limits the decision will be shaped by what if any form of hung parliament emerges from the election.

It not only deprived him of seats that are rightly his, it undermines any hope that Clegg will be able to carry his party into a second coalition with Cameron in a future hung parliament — a parliament which is now more likely because of the failure of boundary changes.

Giving us a very hung parliament again perhaps.

Obviously we're down into hung Parliament territory here.

But in a hypothetical hung Parliament situation where the Liberal Democrats could form a majority government with either party, and both offered equally good deals, 46 % of Lib Dem members would prefer a deal with Labour.

There are growing calls for electoral reform in Italy to prevent hung parliaments in the future.

What hung parliaments can not do, though, is to compel rival parties to co-operate on big reforms.

This election is likely to lead to a much messier hung parliament than in 2010, and constituency sizes and turnout mean the Tories are likely to suffer the most

Elections fought under AV would either wildly increase the majority of the winning party (e.g. Labour in 1997, the Tories in the 1980s) or create hung parliaments by giving the balance of power to the third party.

Scotland basically rescued them from a very hung Parliament and possible Labour / SNP Government in 2017.

One is that, unlike two years ago, the last time that Westminster was awash with hung parliament speculation, an inconclusive election result would now look like some kind of moral victory for Brown.

In the end, everything in hung parliaments always depends on the numbers — and we don't know the numbers yet.

Compounding uncertainty about a potential hung parliament is Brexit negotiations, scheduled to begin June 19.

I would love to see the Lib Dems win 100 + and set up a good»n' proper hung Parliament.

A second hung parliament beckons.

The next 12 months will see the realities of hung parliament bite, as the coalition's midgame turns to endgame.

If another majority government is elected in 2020, it will be easy to chalk the 2010 hung parliament up to simple aberration.

I suspect rather too much discussion of hung Parliaments assumes the scenario is always one where the LibDems can put either party over the majority line.

It's official: Westminster is now gripped by hung parliament fever.

After months of predictions from politicians of all parties, media pundits and academic experts that the UK was heading for its second consecutive hung parliament, the voters delivered a truly stunning verdict.

And then after days standing on the pavement outside the Cabinet Office expecting a Lib - Con deal, Gordon Brown only goes and makes his own play for hung Parliament glory.