Sentences with phrase «used by my constituency»

A portion of the proceeds are to be lodged into the constituency account for use by the constituencies for party activities.

«As he noted, I have already apologised unreservedly and have offered to pay back half of the costs I claimed for this property over the period for which it was also used by my constituency agent.»

Not exact matches

As Marina Warner's classic Alone of All Her Sex (Vintage, 1983) makes clear, there is no one way to present Mary: equally diversified are Mary's «uses» by different constituencies within and without the church.

To use the example of Sarah Wollaston again, she has received praise since being elected in 2010 for standing up to her party on a number of issues - because her mandate was granted not by what used to be known (before the smoking ban) as the smoky back room, but by a much larger pool of voters in her constituency.

Use our interactive map showing the number of people claiming unemployment related benefits by parliamentary constituency.

Half of the 450 seats will be decided by competitions in regional constituencies, technically known as single - mandate districts, using a «first - past - the - post» system like that used in U.S. elections.

Investigations by this paper into the backgrounds of the two robbers who shot a Koala worker in broad daylight at Cantonments in Accra, have revealed that one of the robbers, Oko Quaicoo -30, who was the rider of the motor cycle used during the operation, is a brother of Sheikh Ibrahim Cudjoe Quaye, former MP of Ayawaso Central Constituency in the Greater Accra Region.

No constituency candidate who seeks election as an independent candidate shall use the name of any political party that contested the last general election or any by - election held since the last general election but shall have the word «INDEPENDENT», without further qualification or addition, shown on the ballot paper immediately below that candidate's name.

The first vote may be used to vote for a candidate to become the Assembly Member for the voter's constituency, elected by the first past the post system.

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Watson claims that these groups — previously known as Militant and Socialist Organiser — are using the methods used by Militant in the 1980s to take control of local constituency Labour parties (CLPs).

Doubtless Labour, whose support fell by five points, will argue that it had its own particular local difficulties in Copeland — the party's leader, Jeremy Corbyn, used at least to be antipathetic to the nuclear power industry, on which the constituency is heavily dependent.

Several reasons were cited by the EC Chair, Mrs Charlotte Osei, for disqualifying the presidential hopefuls, including the lack of evidence on statutory declaration as to home town or residence in the constituency as per the legal requirements and the use of the same subscribers by various candidates.

The Campaign for Labour Party Democracy has produced a draft motion which you may wish to use as a basis for a response by your constituency party, members branch or trade union branch on the introduction of primaries:

In most seats this is only a marginal difference — in Lib Dem held seats it can be substantial, as repeatedly shown in polls of Lib Dem marginal seats using a two - stage national - then - constituency voting intention questions (see here by Lord Ashcroft, and here by YouGov).

The Campaign for Labour Party Democracy has produced a draft motion which you may wish to use as a basis for a response by your constituency party, members branch or trade union branch on the Labour Party - Trade Union link:

While magnanimous in victory — a change from previous election night addresses by the former UUP leader — Elliott used his acceptance speech to remind observers that «this is not a green constituency».

In October 2008, the Electoral Commission cleared the Conservative Party of breaking electoral law by using an MIC - funded company, Coleshill Campaigning Services (aka Constituency Campaigning Services), as a front to provide millions of pounds of services to Tories fighting marginal seats.

I also warned him that any narcissistic attempt to use the courts to strong arm the party's leadership to turn the tables in his favor would only end up splitting NPP support in the constituency whose coveted seat was presently held by Nii Armah Ashitey of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC).

The GOP is using the additional revenue gained by capping the SALT deduction to lower taxes for its constituencies (i.e. corporations and those with large estates to pass on) while keeping the total revenue lost below the $ 1.5 trillion limit that Republicans set.

The Assembly election uses a form of Additional Member System (AMS), with 14 local constituency seats (spanning two or three London boroughs) with winners elected by «first past the post» (or plurality rule) voting.

Ministers could allay these worries by setting the constituencies at a large regional level, perhaps adopting the same regions used for European elections.

Inbetween 2010 and the following, ask a committee to review what is the best option for subsequent change: 1] Pre-1999 European Parliament constituency style constituencies with STV 2) Reduce MPs by around 10 %, continue using AV 3) Something else?

This was something the Blair leadership repeatedly made clear as it bypassed Labour conference and constituency parties by the use of an increasingly centralised model of policymaking.

He mentioned that his main objective is to help build a strong party from the grassroots by creating a robust Welfare Fund to be used for the welfare needs of the party members, including the polling station and constituency executives, regional and national officers, communicators, the serial callers, and other party members who put their lives on the line for the party, but are somehow not recognized.

Beyond that, John Boadu also promised to buy and donate to the party, the rented office being used by the Jirapa constituency executives after the constituency Chairman, Mr. Justin Dakurah Bayela made a passionate appeal for his intervention in getting them a permanent constituency office.

The statement is signed by Karmani, Shabbir, Ahmed, Faisal Khan and the Respect deputy group leader, Ruqayyah Collector, who used to be employed by Galloway as a case worker in his constituency office.

The first vote may be used to vote for a candidate to become the Assembly Member for the voter's constituency, elected by the first - past - the - post system.

The constituency shares the boundaries of the Dwyfor Meirionnydd Westminster constituency, which came into use for the 2010 United Kingdom general election, created by merging into one constituency areas which were previously within the Caernarfon and Meirionnydd Nant Conwy constituencies.

The British government announced on 22 November 2006 that the two separate ballot papers used in the previous Scottish Parliament elections would be replaced for the elections in May 2007 by a single paper, with the left side listing the parties standing for election as regional MSPs and the right side the candidates standing as constituency MSPs.

The regional vote is used to elect representatives from party lists to stand in regional seats, taking into account how many seats were gained by that party in the constituency vote, using a system of proportional representation: the number of seats a party receives will roughly reflect its percentage of the vote.

In contrast, members of the opposition and numerous independent media sources highlighted among other things the poor quality of indelible ink — the first time it was used in a Malaysian election — which could be washed off almost immediately, early voting for servicemen and civil servants, state domination of media and repression of independent journalists, and perhaps most troubling of all, the mobilization by Barisan Nasional of foreign guest workers to vote in key constituencies.

But since its inception in 2005, Democrats for Education Reform, a political action committee based in New York City, has sought to use campaign donations to smooth the way for policies such as expanding charter schools and differential pay for teachers that are sometimes opposed by traditional Democratic constituencies.

It has worked in the past to acquire «buy in» from a broad public constituency, largely driven by a desire to placate those who want to continue fishing and other extractive uses.

The Ontario Labour Relations Board will hold a hearing to determine the appropriate voting constituency to be used for a representation vote based on the descriptions proposed by the union and the employer.

Second, they argue that by «scrupulously adhering to their delegated powers,» international courts in «politically and legally inhospitable environments» can help them survive long enough to gain constituencies who will make use of them.

When she talks about mutual verbal provocation [FN39] in these relationships, the echo of the justification so commonly used by batterers, that their partners provoked them by asserting independence or failing to comply with (often unreasonable) demands, makes Johnston's account uncomfortable reading for those whose primary constituencies are perpetrators or victims of battering.