Sentences with phrase «to stand for election»

Candidates standing for election were required to post a # 5,000 deposit, which was returned if they received at least 5 per cent of the vote.

«Nobody should be standing for election at this election who is guilty of the offences that we have seen,» he added.

By opening out the vote on who stands for election to the community, you have a far better chance of getting someone the community is liable to ultimately vote for at election time.

But you don't stand for election without wanting to make a difference and get into power.

How timely it would be if by that time women could stand for election without facing abuse due to their gender.

Parties standing for election have to give the voters some idea of what they intend to do if elected.

Pretty soon they'll be standing for election with new freedoms to talk about, so why aren't they thinking about what they will say?

He said that he chose to stand for election so party members had a diverse choice.

Not making people stand for election allows the charter sector to tap a deeper pool of talent for board membership.

You can further distinguish yourself to employers by standing for election to a committee position.

As part of the order, all of Broadcom's director nominees are also disqualified from standing for election as directors of Qualcomm.

In the 2007 local elections, 78 candidates stood for election in boroughs and districts in 15 English counties, including 20 in Dartford and ten in Portsmouth.

Mr Clegg, who himself served as an MEP before entering the Commons, has argued that maintaining the primacy of the Commons will not deter individuals from standing for election in the Lords.

How about that guy who stood for election on the basis that we «need a living breathing party ``, who thought last time round «Labour felt as if it was in government despite its members, not because of them ``?

SHAREHOLDER PROPOSAL: Shareholder Proposal regarding the requirement that all directors stand for election annually.

[50] The English Democrats has come under fire from the anti-fascist groups Unite Against Fascism [51] and Hope not Hate [52] and from the trades unions NASUWT and Unite the Union [53] over the number of former BNP members standing for election for the party.

Anyone who wants to stand for election next May has to start with a fundamental and deep respect for the voters, to whom we're asking for support.»

Shareholder Proposal to adopt the requirement that all directors stand for election annually.

Empey first stood for election in the 1975 elections to the Constitutional Convention, standing as a candidate in Belfast East for the Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party he received 4657 first preference votes he was elected.

No independent crossbenchers will stand for election if the Lords becomes wholly elected, a peer has predicted.

The British National Party has been banned from standing for election after failing to pay a # 25 annual electoral registration fee.

Our Board of Directors consists of eleven nominees, all of whom stood for election at our last annual meeting of stockholders.

Already, people are showing up by joining political parties, meeting with their MPs and councillors, and even standing for election themselves!

On his part, the Greater Accra Regional Secretary of the CPP, Mr. Matthew K.O. Boadu, asked the Police to watch abuse of incumbency on the part of government functionaries who also stand for election, adding that his party would not do anything to comprise the integrity of the election.

Why do you think you are better able to lead the Labour Party to victory than your comrades standing for election?

Sturgeon stood for election to the Scottish Parliament in the first Scottish Parliament election in 1999 as the SNP candidate for Glasgow Govan.

In late July 2016, party chairman Steve Crowther told UKIP Wales Leader Nathan Gill, standing for Deputy Leader on a joint ticket with Woolfe, to stop «double jobbing», i.e. to stand down as an MEP now that he was a member of the Welsh Assembly for North Wales, or instead face having his right to stand for election removed by the party.

Though Fayose is no longer standing for the election, his deputy Prof Olusola Eleka is his anointed candidate.

Andrew Cuomo has stood for election many times (and won) and deserves the seat far more than the reclusive Kennedy.

Our report shows that of the 312 incumbents standing for election this year who were originally elected in 2005 or earlier, only 18.3 % are women.

Anyone standing for election will need to bear the cost of printing their own leaflets, although we can supply the template.

He said MPs would have to give up some powers to the Lords if politicians are to be tempted to consider standing for election in the upper House.

Whilst each poll has its own set of challenges, it was the first PCC elections held last November that highlighted some of the inconsistencies that exist in the legislation surrounding standing for election.

He maintained that his disqualification which led to Aribisala Adewale standing for the election into the office of the National Treasurer of the party unopposed, was «fatal, illegal, null and void.»

But she now stands for election against someone who, like Latimer, connects with the voters in a way not usually seen in politics.

In the 1918 General Election he successfully stood for election as a Coalition Labour candidate.

It may turn out to be fortunate for Jon Cruddas, who is currently standing for election to the Compass Management Committee for the first time, that most members will have voted shortly after the ballot papers went out in that election too.

The distinction is whether a formal political body is making decisions regarding service provision, since the fact that public officials stand for election or reappointment ensures some responsiveness to the larger voting «public.»

The new government stood for election with tourism highlighted in its manifesto and since Uhuru Kenyatta's inauguration, commitments have been made to increase the intensity of Kenya's tourism marketing activity, to double the number of tourists to three million a year and to provide incentives to encourage investment in tourist accommodation.

The prime minister stood for election from Varanasi, giving up Vadodara.

Along with Schulze, Brad Anderson and Al Lenzmeier have joined the board, and will stand for election during the company's shareholder meeting in June.

Breslin concluded that the case should have been led by Albany County District Attorney David Soares, who is elected, not the Justice Center whose lawyers do not stand for election, as required in the state Constitution.