Sentences with phrase «vote share increase»

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«In national - level models, we show for the first time that increasing imports are associated with decreasing presidential incumbent vote shares,» the authors write.

Goldsmith may not be exactly white - hot on Khan's tail, but in the outer reaches of the capital his popularity has steadily increased from 27 to 30 %, and his total share of second preference votes is up on last month.

But I also think that we were not only neck and neck, but that we had been steadily increasing our vote share.

Such conversions of Class B common stock to Class A common stock upon transfer will have the effect, over time, of increasing the relative voting power of those holders of Class B common stock who retain their shares in the long term.

Others specified a complicated formula decreasing per share voting rights as the size of the investor's holdings increased.

On the political level, we won a general election, only the eighth time in 40 elections that a governing party has increased both its seat count and its share of the popular vote.

He steadily increased the vote share of the Conservatives in 2004, 2006, 2008 and 2011.

To ensure populist parties do not increase their share of the vote, the German leader is likely to closely focus on maintaining the economy's robust growth and to carefully consider the implications of any steps to promote greater political and fiscal union across the EU.

But AfD, the populist, anti-Europe and anti-immigrant party, is likely to increase its share of the votes enough to be represented in parliament.

To ensure populist parties do not increase their share of the vote, the German leader is likely to closely focus on maintaining the economy's robust growth and to carefully consider the implications of any steps to promote greater political and fiscal union across the European Union (EU).

In addition, the number of authorized shares of common stock may be increased by a vote of the majority of the outstanding stock of the corporation if the Certificate of Incorporation allows.

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Angus Reid saw Labour increase their vote share to 45 %, up four points.

But as things stand, David Cameron looks unlikely to increase his share of the vote to the extent demanded by the current system.

London was the worst region for both Ukip and the Conservatives in terms of increased vote share.

Yes Labour's share of the vote went up significantly in London in May, but that increase was mostly concentrated in inner - London seats which Labour already holds.

Ultimately therefore the decision to extend voting rights to younger people will depend on both whether Labour wins the next election and crucially whether the party sees it as advantageous to increase its vote share slightly at the expense of becoming more reliant on a coalition of disparate interests.

As we can see, the hypothesis that UKIP vote is driven by experience of change in the local area can be rejected — in fact Pearson correlations between UKIP vote and increases in the share of each immigrant group are negative.

Never mind that under Corbyn, Labour has increased its vote share on its 2015 general election showing, and grown its percentage majorities in all four by - elections fought under his leadership.

The pledge to scrap tuition fees is the policy that voters are most likely to recall (though it's worth remembering that the Liberal Democrats» similar proposal in 2010 only led to a 1 % increase in vote share).

Despite the fact that, for an incumbent government, the increase of 0.8 points in the vote share is already a remarkable result, the total share of 36.9 per cent is the lowest that has ever led to form a single - party government in Great Britain.

Overall, Corbyn's performance is to increase Labour vote share in Labour held seats by an average of 5.4 %.

Between 2010 and 2015, under Miliband, Labour increased its vote share in Labour - held seats at by - elections by 16.4 % (Manchester Central), 14.6 % (Middlesbrough), 13.5 % (Barnsley Central), 12.2 % (Leicester South), 11.2 % (Wythenshawe), 10.8 % (Feltham & Heston), and 10.2 % (Oldham East).

In 2017, the Conservatives held Thurrock with an increased share of the vote, but smaller margin of victory.

For those living in constituencies where Labour and the Liberal Democrats are expected to share first and second place, tactical voting by Conservative supporters in favour of the Lib Dems increases the chances that another Con - Lib coalition would have a majority.

Last year a Conservative mayor was elected on North Tyneside and the Tories were the only party to increase their share of the vote at the general election.

2) The rise of UKIP at the 2013 local elections dramatically alters the predicted UKIP vote share, lowers both the Conservative and Labour vote shares but also increases the margin of error around the predictions.

The Conservatives» remarkable success in converting coalition into majority government is down to two factors: this was the first governing party to increase its vote share after a full term in office for more than a century and it succeeded in concentrating that vote increase in the seats where it counted.

Judging by the increase in the vote share of UKIP, English voters were also unconvinced by Labour's stances on immigration.

The central issue at stake in the election — whether the Labour government would be replaced by the Tories — placed a squeeze on political parties to the left, which did not increase their shares of the vote.

[22] The SSP did experience a recovery in by - elections from 2008 — 09, increasing its vote share compared to the 2007 national result.

Sandra White, an SNP MSP since 1999 took this constituency seat from Labour in 2011, increasing the SNP share of the vote by 14 %, with a lead of 882 votes.

The party improved on their 1997 results at the 2001 general election, increasing their number of seats to 52 and their share of the vote to 18.3 %.

Jeremy Corbyn has confounded his critics and increased Labour's share of the vote in the General Election.

For instance, Labour's overall share of the vote increased in 2015, relative to the 2010 General Election, by 1.5 %, but the extent of the party's support / seat losses in Scotland to the Scottish National Party (returning with just 1 of the 41 seats that the party had won there in 2010) meant that most of the 701,147 votes won by Labour in Scotland were effectively wasted votes.

The seeds of Paul Nuttall's failure to win Stoke, or indeed to register anything more than a two - point increase in the party's share of the vote, almost undoubtedly lie in his failure to squeeze what will almost undoubtedly have been a predominantly leave - inclined Conservative vote in Stoke.

They increased both the number and the share of the vote despite the loss of seats.

The party won 43 seats and increased its vote share by 4 %.

Without any UKIP candidate to support, former UKIP voters may just have abstained, leading to an increase in vote share for all the other candidates.

01:55 - So this is where we leave it for the morning - an impressive hold for Labour, who actually managed to increase their share of the vote.

The Tories didn't increase their count of councillors here last week, but they've made up huge ground on vote share, turning a 12.5 % gap into a 1.5 % gap by hoovering up Ukip votes, despite Labour's vote share also rising.

«However, we substantially cut Labour's majority and achieved a 13 per cent increase in our share of the vote and a 5 per cent swing against an entirely negative campaign on local issues from the Labour Party.»

New Sheffield MP Gill Furniss even managed to increase the vote share obtained by her husband Harry Harpham, who died of cancer earlier this year.

A supreme Labour optimist could point to the fact that John O'Farrell was the only main - party candidate to increase his share of the vote last night, from 9.6 % to 9.8 %.

In the latter, cancer victim MP Harry Harpham's widow Gill Furniss increased his vote share by 5 %.

And after increasing Labour's share of the vote by 5.8 %, Ms Furniss used her victory speech to attack David Cameron's government.

There was evidence of tactical voting in some seats - Labour held threatened London seats Islington South and Westminster North by increasing its share of the vote at the expense of the Liberal Democrats.

On the south coast, Chris Huhne held off the Conservative challenge and increased his share of the vote, while Eastbourne went the other way - a Liberal Democrat gain from the Tories.

And widow Gill Furniss replaced her husband Harry Harpham as an MP in Sheffield Brightside & Hillsborough - increasing his vote share.

«And despite the full onslaught of the SNP machine we increased our share of the vote in both Orkney and Shetland.