Sentences with phrase «vote in leadership elections as»

Union members will be able to pay # 3 to affiliate to the Labour Party, giving them - if they choose - the same right to vote in leadership elections as full party members, who pay # 45 a year.

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Following his election as party leader, Stelmach announced a new cabinet that included all of the leadership contenders who had supported him in the second round of voting.

Piper refers to Trump's «divisive rhetorical style... and his reckless Twitter form of leadership,» and says, as his third point, that a «huge percentage» of white evangelicals voted for Trump «even though the character issues were screaming to be taken more seriously» (Statistically, around 80 percent of white evangelicals voted for President Trump in the 2016 election.).

Democratic Senate lawmakers tried — and failed — to force a vote on gun control via a parliamentary gambit, attaching proposals to an existing bill, a move known as a hostile amendment, trying to make the Republican leadership to formally vote them down in an election year.

Most attention normally focuses on who can vote in leadership elections but the rules on entering a contest in the first place are just as important.

The cry bullies line up to say how Corbyn is a bully or incompetent, or, or, or... Seems rather reminiscent of something, oh yes, its just the same as the timed resignations... a drip drip drip to keep the negative press in the news cycle, only this time it has to last until the leadership election votes start to roll in.

In his written judgment, Mr Justice Hickinbottom stated: «At the time each of the claimants joined the party, it was the common understanding as reflected in the rule book that, if they joined the party prior to the election process commencing, as new members they would be entitled to vote in any leadership contesIn his written judgment, Mr Justice Hickinbottom stated: «At the time each of the claimants joined the party, it was the common understanding as reflected in the rule book that, if they joined the party prior to the election process commencing, as new members they would be entitled to vote in any leadership contesin the rule book that, if they joined the party prior to the election process commencing, as new members they would be entitled to vote in any leadership contesin any leadership contest.

20th July 2016, Huffington Post: More than 180,000 sign up as «Registered Supporters» to vote in Labour leadership election

On Liberal Democrat Voice, the party faithful's website, some 54 % want him to stay — uncannily the same as Margaret Thatcher's vote in the first round of the leadership election that ousted her.

Lansman is referring to the Blairite organisation that, he says, was able to command only a tiny share of internal Labour support by 2015, as evidenced by Liz Kendall's miserable 4.5 % of first - preference votes in the leadership election.

Given the relative weakness of the left in the PLP, as witnessed by the problems Diane Abbott and John McDonnell had in getting nominations for the leadership election, his 121 votes should actually be hailed a triumph, as it represents both the respect in which he is held by many in the centre of the Party as well as on the left.

• I am a trade union member, and as my trade union is affiliated to the Labour party, I was told I would have a vote in the leadership election.

If Serwotka is not to be seen as hypocritical, I challenge him to introduce a rule change which will enable supporters to vote in the leadership election of the PCS by paying # 3 and stating they support the aims and objectives of the trade union movement.

Not only will you be able to vote in the upcoming leadership election, but you can have a say in forming our policy platform at party conferences as well as choosing local candidates.

This comes after it emerged Tory MP Tim Loughton had been blocked from voting in Labour's leadership election after he tried to register as a supporter.

«I organized the first fundraising ceremony in Accra, and I can confidently tell you, that under my leadership as the regional chairman, we were able to increase the number of parliamentary seats from One to Three (3) in the region, and significantly increase our presidential votes in the 2016 general election.»

As the fall out from last week's tuition fee vote continued, Tim Farron, the Lib Dem president and possible future leadership challenger, raised eyebrows by claiming a pledge to abolish the fees in some form could still feature in his party's next election manifesto.

Indeed, as many as 164,000 people signed up to vote in the party's leadership elections on the last day of registration, with many crediting the rise of Jeremy Corbyn for this exponential growth.

Given his increasing profile and popularity within the party due to his role as the manifesto chair, he was seen as a probable candidate for the social liberal grouping's vote in the future leadership election.

Other appointments Miliband's leadership rival, Ed Balls, moves in to replace Johnson in the Home Office brief, while his wife Yvette Cooper — who was widely tipped to take over the Shadow Chancellor role after getting the most votes in the Shadow Cabinet election — takes over from David Miliband as Shadow Foreign Secretary.

Although she voted for David Miliband in the leadership election, she is undoubtedly an Ed - loyalist and, as the former chair of the LabOUR Commission on party democracy a few years ago, she has a record of supporting members involvement in policy making.

But on the election day, while 51 APC senators were at the International Conference Centre, Abuja, waiting for a truce meeting called by the party leadership and Buhari, Saraki avoided the meeting and was unanimously voted for as the Senate President by 57 senators who were in attendance.

The Labour leader's comments came as he hosted a special conference in London where delegates will vote on ending the automatic affiliation of trade union members and introducing «one member, one vote» in leadership elections.

As one party figure put it: «If just one in 10 trade unionists becomes an associate member, the unions will effectively control a majority of votes in a Labour leadership election.»

Before the 2005 election, I was never part of the fledgling Cameron leadership campaign: it was no secret that I'd vote for David Davis in any contest, as I'd done in 2001.

In the leadership election, soft left votes went to the hard left candidate precisely because they did not have a candidate, though I myself, firmly soft left, voted for Burnham and Cooper as unity candidates.

Don't let history repeat itself in 2015 — stay tuned next week as Capitol Connection explores what's at stake during the upcoming midterm election, and the importance of your vote in determining the membership and leadership of the 114th Congress.