Sentences with phrase «to lose one's seat»

If eliminated parties lose seats in this manner, then the seat counts for parties that achieved the minimum threshold improve.

It is not mandatory for a party leader who loses his seat to stand down.

Both coalition parties have a clear incentive to stay in power for the full term, as it's the only hope they have of not losing seats at the next election.

His highest risk of losing his seat, by far, comes from the prospect of a conservative primary challenger.

Although this could increase the Conservative majority from 12 to around 40, plenty of Conservatives would lose their seats as well.

It's also the sixth year of the president's administration, when traditionally the presidential party loses seats.

So while you do get the benefit of extra legroom, you also lose some seat width.

He automatically lost his seat upon conviction, even though he is appealing the verdict.

If the required hours are not met prior to the end of the school year you will lose your seat for the following school year.

You can't lose your seat and your entire Scottish beach head and seriously argue to the contrary.

But some incumbents will lose their seats under any electoral reform.

Of those four, one retired and two lost their seats due to right - flank challenges.

A bumper crop of seven cabinet ministers lost their seats at that election.

Or they may just lose their seats, too.

If they actually lose the seat things get really serious.

It is possible that Labour could hold this & lose seats which on paper are far «safer».

Their share of the vote will undoubtedly go down, but they have some cushion before they fall below the 10 - 11 per cent level where they would certainly lose the seat.

They'll likely lose seats from their current historic high, but they won enough seats to extend their six - year streak of commanding the chamber.

In 2006, five senators who had voted against the stem - cell bill lost their seats.

We already lost the seat count we had over them.

There is a general overview of what is happening and why it's controversial here, a summary of what the effects are and some of MPs who are losing their seats here.

Finally, is it mandatory that, if a leader or PM loses their seat in an election they should stand down from their leadership position, or this only customary?

So what happened when this fun - loving little guy lost his seat?

The difference between winning 60 % of those who are motivated by immigration, for example, and winning 66 % is the difference between winning and losing seats in low turnout elections.

He again lost his seat at the general election that year.

The state did not gain or lose seats as a result of the 2010 census.

The coalition vote share would have fallen, with both parties losing seats.

Even after losing seats in Germany's legislature, the Reichstag, from July to November of 1933, the Nazis had gained control of 44 % of seats — enough to form a coalition.

Tristam Hunt swapped his celebrity historian status for the Labour education brief, Gloria de Piero arrived from GMTV along with former breakfast presenter Esther McVey, who lost her seat last year.

Tristram Hunt and Gloria de Piero could also lose their seats if Ukip thrive under their new leader.

Many more ermine parachutes could of course be available to Lib Dem MPs who lose their seats when the -LSB-...]

The former employment minister, who sat in the Cabinet in the last Parliament before losing her seat in the general election, told Sky News she had been shocked by the way the EU operated.

It will be interesting to see who actually shows up for the lame duck session considering there are a number of lawmakers who lost their seat on primary day and more are likely to be ousted one week from today.

Many of those Democrats lost their seats in last November's elections and with the House now under Republican control, Obama has said he no longer would pursue it.

Since losing her seat by just 417 votes in the general election, the former work and pensions minister has clearly not been short of job offers.

So far, Silver doesn't appear in any danger of losing his seat because of this scandal, in no small part due to the fact that there's no obvious successor waiting in the wings.

If Labour lose this seat next month, they're having a very bad night.

It comes after MPs urged him to stamp out talk of MPs losing seats following his big leadership win

Norman Baker, Vince Cable and Lynne Featherstone have all written their accounts of their time in government since losing their seats last May, with Nick Clegg's to come later this year.

He represented Glasgow Anniesland in the Scottish Parliament until losing his seat in the 2011 election.

The Lib Dems gained just three extra seats overall and former deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg lost his seat in Sheffield Hallam.

Despite losing the seat by just 103 votes at last year's general election and although the Tories are allegedly holding back their campaign at David Cameron's request, Nick Clegg's party trails by 17 points in two separate surveys of voters in the key marginal.

I suppose there is Childs Hill as well but if the Tories do lose seats there it is far more likely to be to the Lib Dems than Labour.

And assuming Republicans lose seats next year — with swing - district moderates the first to fall — the conservatives will have even more leverage over GOP leadership in the coming Congress.

No party wins a majority in parliament as Theresa May's Conservatives lose seats in England and Wales to Labour and the Liberal Democrats, despite seeing their vote share rise.

Simon Hughes lost to Labour in a tight scrap in Bermondsey and Danny Alexander lost his seat in Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey.

It's laughable that Jenson looks like losing his seat next year when things like this happen.

Ed Balls lost his seat in what was the biggest shock of an extraordinary night of election results.