Sentences with phrase «vote against the result»

In an open ballot, however, members of the government majority that had launched the constitutional reform process could not permit themselves to vote against the result of the referendum.

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In Buffett's annual letter in 2015, he gloated that 98 % of shares voted were against the proposal, a result he interpreted as, ««Don't send us a dividend but instead reinvest all of the earnings,»» adding, «To have our fellow owners — large and small — be so in sync with our managerial philosophy is both remarkable and rewarding.»

Michelle Hirschberg and Karen Land Short, were both devastated following the election result and were deeply disappointed that the majority of white women voted against having a female president.

Last year, more than 20 percent of investors voted against WPP's compensation, resulting in it being listed in a new public register set up by the Investment Association.

As a result, the Opposition parties will likely vote against the bill and the Harper Government will again use this against them during the upcoming election campaign.

The GOP primary in the state's 16th district could also prove interesting: Republican Representative Adam Kinzinger has spoken out against Trump and as a result, could lose votes to pro-Trump businessman Jim Marter.

20th December 2017 - London Stock Exchange Group result of general meeting: majority of shareholders vote with board against proposed resolution to remove Donald Brydon

Well, there could be infiltratation resulting in a vote that still goes against rhe club's core beliefs.

As a result, we should allow for a range of opinions, affirming our areas of agreement (e.g., that a vote is a gift to be stewarded) and recognizing Christian liberty in areas of disagreement (How should we weigh the personal conduct of one candidate against that of another?

The sense of alienation that results may cause Christians to go to the polls out of anger, voting against a candidate or in protest of both.

The result is that half of the Catholic electorate felt it was being judged as voting «against the Church,» even though such voters weren't actually dissenting from Catholic teaching.

Despite a few female evangelical leaders speaking out against Trump, Nance mostly saw women voting according to their conservative values — and they've been happy with the results.

This could result in Catholic ministers and MPs voting against the three specific measures but being whipped to accept the bill as a whole if a majority in the Commons votes for the reforms.

On Rivers» general electoral anarchy: «Shocking cases of cold blooded killings and beheading, obstruction of votes, arson, voter intimidation, ballot snatching, missing result sheets, presenting of fake ballot papers, multiple thumb - printing, campaigning at polling units, compromise of ad - hoc staffs, absence of level playing environment, violence against media personnel and impunity were witnessed in different magnitude across the length and breadth of the state.

Quorums are an interesting case, where you can cause a measure to pass by voting against it, with the result that abstaining from voting can be more effective at defeating the measure than a «no» vote.

One result of Silver's changed status is that, with little notice, he has begun to rebel, voting against the majority of his Democratic colleagues when he happens to disagree with them.

But unless Conservative MPs turned out en masse to vote against the Party's right - an unlikely course of action, given the»22 Executive results - Liberal and Labour support for less spiky candidates provides the only comprehensible explanation of the results.

One angle is that he did not expect a close race against Di Carlo, an underfunded candidate whose primary issue was Saland's «yes» vote for same - sex marriage and his spending, as a result, was meager.

The NWC voted six against five to cancel the fraudulent results and hold an honest primary.

Forget all talk that Clive Lewis is in trouble - this is an excellent set of results, in a pro-Remain, student - heavy seat that is tailor made for the left - winger who voted against triggering Article 50.

Matheson's plight is similar to other moderate - to - conservative Democrats who voted against the party's health care bill in March and, as a result, have drawn primary challengers.

Mainline Democrats voted against the legislation, as did the Republican - allied Independent Democratic Conference, resulting in a 32 - 30 vote.

Her decision to vote against her caucus on an issue months ago resulted in a disagreement among her colleagues that kept her from attending certain meetings.

Both divisions tonight - on increasing the upper tuition fees limit to # 9,000 and on raising the cap on basic tuition fees to # 6,000 - saw identical results: 323 votes in favour and 302 votes against.

As a result of this afternoon's Statutory Instrument, which we will vote against, the grassroots sport budget will be cut by over # 100,000 for every parliamentary constituency, enough to fund a 100m grass sports pitch or a floodlit multi-use games area for each one.»

Anna Throne - Holst received more votes in five of the 1st District's seven towns against Dave Calone during Tuesday's Democratic primary race, according to results released Wednesday by the Suffolk County Board of Elections.

«You don't want to send people down a path which ultimately will not lead to the result they're trying to accomplish,» said Faso, who was one of five Republicans from New York to vote against H.R. 1.

The result should remain unchanged, since a vote against party A is the same thing as a vote for party B.

«The «No» votes against President Mahama are a damning verdict of the NDC supporters against him» and this result proves that the «NDC grassroots are disappointed with the government... I am convinced that the NDC is living on borrowed time.»

The motion was approved with 70 votes in favour, 10 against and two abstentions, a result that immediately saw Spanish shares fall sharply.

Johnson and Gove can afford to be irresponsible: they are rich enough to be buffered personally against the economic risks of Brexit and will leave it to their erstwhile colleagues in the cabinet to deal with the immediate speculative attack and longer term loss of investment that a vote for Leave would result in.

This was a good result for Labour, who are ably picking up protest votes against the spending cuts.

As a result, the Lib Dems will now vote against the boundary changes as currently proposed, although the legislation will still go through Parliament.

The electoral commission said the results of the run - off showed Mr Atta Mills had won narrowly with 50.23 % of the votes, against 49.77 % for Mr Akufo - Addo.

The result of the secret ballot was announced this afternoon, revealing 172 Labour MPs had voted against him, with just 40 MPs supporting him.

He also called Alex Salmond's bluff, rescuing the Union with a Scottish referendum that resulted in a resounding 70 - 30 vote against independence.

The Labour Party polled below expectations and won 30.4 % of the vote and 232 seats, 24 fewer than their previous result in 2010, even though in 222 constituencies there was a Conservative to Labour swing, as against 151 constituencies where there was a Labour to Conservative swing.

And whilst Fianna Fail's vote had marginally recovered from their last general election collapse as a result of their own austerity policies and the catastrophic economic situation which saw the public pay the price for the bank bailouts, the population were clearly not returning in significant numbers, and on the contrary were turning against the right wing establishment parties.

As a result, the deputy prime minister said he would instruct his MPs to vote against another bill which would have cut the number of MPs by redrawing the constituency boundaries — a change opposed by many of the 57 - strong Lib Dem MPs since it is expected they would lose 15 or more seats.

Mr Odinga also ran against Mr Kenyatta in the 2013 vote and unsuccessfully challenged the results in court with allegations of vote - tampering.

Interestingly, Alhaji Fuseini Faila, said after voting has ended and counting was done, the results turned out the same, eight «YES» against five «NO» again.

In Ward 3, election night results showed incumbent Democrat and One Kingston candidate Brad Will down by a single vote — 344 - 345 — against challenger Andrew Champ - Doran.

He also polled MSNBC host Joe Scarborough (13 percent said they'd consider voting for him, 60 percent said no), former New York police Commissioner Ray Kelly (38 percent for to 51 percent against), 2013 Republican candidate and local billionaire John Catsimatidis (6 percent for to 52 percent against), Sharpton (16 pecent for to 76 percent against), according to results provided to POLITICO.

The political result of this rollout was a vote of no - confidence by the state teachers union against former education commissioner John King.

Essentially the Labour Leadership want to Vote Against the Referendum Result but won't admit it.

Mr Corbyn told the local newspaper that the outgoing MP, left - winger Chris Williamson, was a great friend and he considered it the worst result of the night — which he put down to the «national swing» against Labour and too many of the party's supporters voting for the Greens.

UPDATE: The result was read out as 245 votes for the amendment, but actually it was 247 votes in favour, and 218 against - a majority of 29.

The backbencher warned against those close to Mr Corbyn who might be assuming the election result was a solid resurgence of the core vote, saying: «Even on polling day there was still a major problem with white working - class voters.

He explained the reversal as a result of the tax burden being shifted from the wealthy to the middle class but, regardless, Space will have to deal with the «he voted for it before he vote against it» charge from Republicans — not to mention a very unhappy Democratic base.

In the end, Mr. Cuomo fell short of his own result in 2010, when he won over 62 percent of the vote against Carl P. Paladino, a Republican businessman from Buffalo.