Sentences with phrase «to lose one's majority»

Both major - party candidates lost the majority of popular vote.

It comes as a growing swell of Conservative MPs and officials call for the pair to be sacked for their decisive role in the election campaign that saw the party lose their majority.

They should be more concerned about losing the majority... again... should they manage to gain it.

Either group of atheists will most likely lose a majority of its «members» when verifiable evidence of any god is produced.

It took you nine months to gain your pregnancy weight, and many experts state that it typically takes up to nine months to lose the majority of that weight.

There will potentially be calls for a leadership change if Republicans lose their majority in the 2018 elections, but for now that's a long way away, and Flanagan isn't stepping aside anytime soon.

Senators are calling for hearings, setting up the possibility that Facebook and the tech industry could face tough new laws — especially if the midterm elections result in the Republicans losing their majorities in Congress.

Reid, majority leader since 2007, will hand over the top job in the Senate next week to Republican Mitch McConnell of Kentucky after Democrats lost their majority in November's midterm elections.

There is nothing small or inconsequential about hypothetically shuffling one or more of these from one judge to another, because each top tenth case is a trophy that has been realized after surviving both the initial judgment assignment gauntlet and the possibility of losing the majority on a swing within the panel.

The Prime Minister is appointing new cabinet members in a reshuffle of her cabinet following an election that saw the Conservatives lose their majority.

Grant and the Democrats lost the majority last November.

(I asked him this question, since, as you'll recall, the Democrats were forced to cut way back on their payroll after losing the majority last fall and going vastly over budget).

YAAI'd be happy to take a big bet with you that Labour lose their majority at the next election As I have said before - I dissaprove of gambling and don't take part in raffles, lotteries or any kind of gambling irrespective of the probabilities.

A surge in support for Labour has led to the Tories losing their majority in parliament.

And with six GOP incumbents running unopposed, the odds are pretty slim that Republicans risk losing their majority status.

The Liberal Democrats had lost majority control of Guildford Borough Council in February 1997 as a result of councillors resiging from the party.

What seemed like a smart move for May, and a suicidal one by Corbyn, turned out to be exactly the opposite, with May losing her majority of MPs in June 2017.

Dems got completely out maneuvered but they'd lost their majorities by then so I don't see how it was stolen.

May will last longer but will do so as a Prime Minister who lost a majority after a poor campaign.

But by February 1997 the Tories had lost their majority as the result of by - election defeats, deaths, political defections and the withdrawal of the whip to nine Eurosceptic MPs.

At the last election in 2003 Labour lost their majority on the council, after winning 23 seats, compared to 15 for the Liberal Democrats, 13 Conservatives and 8 independents.

And not losing their majorities in marginal places like Redditch and Nuneaton.

Take Nick Timothy, a man who is best known for helping the prime minister lose her majority in what most considered an unlosable election.

Flanagan already lost the majority and he's going to be out as leader, either by the Dems cleaning his conference's clock in November or through a coup.

Bugri Naabu stressed that the party risks losing majority seat in the Northern Region if the national executives fail to move to address the issue.

Donald Trump's victory also helped Republicans to maintain control of the Unites States House of Representatives and protected them from losing majority in the United States Senate.

Clark lost power in July 2017 on a no confidence vote when the Green Party supported the NDP, after Clark's BC Liberals lost their majority in the May 2017 election.

Paladino was clearly upset after losing his majority coalition and nearly being upset by the high school senior.

When the news broke Thursday that the BJP would not only lose its majority but would likely hand over power...

Should the coalition there lose its majority, fresh elections might be needed, favoring the insurgent leftist party Syriza, and raising questions about Greece's commitment to honoring its $ 300 billion debt.

Conservatives unexpectedly lost their majority in Parliament, while Labour made gains, in part, by arguing for a «soft Brexit» deal that preserves core elements of the existing relationship with the European Union.

That's simply losing the majority vote.

Pressure is mounting on the Prime Minister and Chancellor to relax austerity, with several Tory MPs calling for an end to the pay cap after the party disastrously lost its majority in the General Election to anti-austerity Labour, which has pledged to scrap the 1 per cent ceiling.

Would seem other than the last two minutes the Oilers lost the majority of the battles on the wall and were consistently second to the puck?

(To hell with RVP) It has been really annoying losing majority of players that «we as fans want», always seems to be options to elevate, but rarely take them.

While Michigan lost a majority of its skill offensive players from last year's team, Evans returns as its leading rusher.

Chelsea lost the majority of their games last season despite dominating the play and possession.

Before United face West Ham over the weekend it will be a time for reflection on Friday the 6th as it will be the 57th anniversary of the Munich air disaster in which our club, country and football lost the majority of a team that was on the brink of European glory, a team made up of young men who were doing something that they fully enjoyed, playing football.

The Senate Dems lost the majority (in part) because (1) their black members only wanted a black person as the majority leader and (2) their hispanic members only wanted an hispanic person as the majority leader.

This source insisted Sealey's decision to hightail it out of the Senate has nothing to do with the fact that the Democrats are locked in a battle to the death with the GOP and very well could lose the majority tomorrow — a loss that could prove very difficult to come back from if the Republicans control the next round of redistricting.

Republicans are running competitive challenges in two races, with the 60th district in western New York considered a bulwark against losing the majority.

Republicans knocked off two Democratic state senators in gun - themed recall elections last year, and Democrats nearly lost their majority until a third Democrat facing a recall threat chose to resign instead and keep the seat in her party's hands.

Parliamentary elections held three years later saw Zanu - PF lose it majority for the first time in 28 years and in September 2008 a power - sharing agreement was signed with the opposition.

He also didn't act when a breakaway band of four Democrats decided in December 2012 to form a governing coalition with Republicans in the Senate, giving the GOP control despite losing a majority of seats a month earlier.

Labour Bolton have promised a referendum which (as Bolton gets little out of the bid) they will, I expect, lose badly, and thus lose the majority they need.

The NDC lost its majority in Ghana's legislature as well as the presidential poll.

Paterson also gave a shout - out to Smith, who lost his majority leader post in the coup, saying the Queens Democrat, who succeeded Paterson in the Senate minority leader post in 2006, doesn't get sufficient credit for showing leadership by denying a member item to Espada, even though that made him angry enough to join the the GOP.