Sentences with phrase «vote with party leader»

Despite Mr Benn's intervention, a majority of Labour MPs chose to vote with party leader Jeremy Corbyn against the military action.

Not exact matches

According to Wolfango Piccoli, from analysis firm Teneo Intelligence, the Five Star leader faces a dilemma: partner up with Lega and risk alienating his own party due to conflicting platforms, or run the risk of holding multiple inconclusive voting rounds and not end up with a speaker in the House.

The House of Commons is set to approve the measures with a big majority after the pacifist leader of the Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn, said he would allow his lawmakers a free vote, rather than impose a party Party, Jeremy Corbyn, said he would allow his lawmakers a free vote, rather than impose a party party whip.

The opposing party does not want the group's vote, so the group can not threaten its own party's leaders with defection.»

Opposition leader Julius Maada Bio of the Sierra Leone People's Party led with 43.3 percent of the vote in the first round of elections but failed to secure a majority vote needed to win, according to the electoral commission.

Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy will be given first chance as the leader of the party with most votes but his choices are limited.

Not surprisingly, state Conservative Party Chairman Mike Long is not at all pleased with the talk in Albany these days of going away with so - called fusion voting by repealing or amending the Wilson - Pakula statute that requires candidates who aren't enrolled in a particular party to get permission from that party's leaders to run on their ballot Party Chairman Mike Long is not at all pleased with the talk in Albany these days of going away with so - called fusion voting by repealing or amending the Wilson - Pakula statute that requires candidates who aren't enrolled in a particular party to get permission from that party's leaders to run on their ballot party to get permission from that party's leaders to run on their ballot party's leaders to run on their ballot line.

Ukip's former deputy leader Paul Nuttall has set his sights on Labour supporters after easily winning the party's leadership race with 62.6 % of the vote.

The reason why there is an assumption that the Republicans won't vote against Trump in unanimous lockstep, like they did as a matter of policy with Obama, is if the Congressional Republicans basically declare war on their own party leader, no one but the Dems can win (given their track record, that's not a given, either), short or long term.

Party leaders even debated holding the vote to decide on their standard bearer on the very first day they gather at the Sheraton in Manhattan — June 1 — with down - ballot races like AG and state comptroller bumped to the second or even third day.

Despite the recent attempt by the Cuomo campaign at a rapprochement with the Rev. Al Sharpton, the prominent black leader publicly announced over the weekend that he will be voting for NYC Councilman Charles Barron for governor on the Freedom Party line.

The Working Families Party is still scrambling to find a placeholder candidate for governor in advance of its June 5 convention, and is looking for someone who will not only attract 50,000 votes but also might exploit the fact that the statewide Democratic ticket lacks diversity, a source with knowledge of party leaders» thinking Party is still scrambling to find a placeholder candidate for governor in advance of its June 5 convention, and is looking for someone who will not only attract 50,000 votes but also might exploit the fact that the statewide Democratic ticket lacks diversity, a source with knowledge of party leaders» thinking party leaders» thinking said.

Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan, and his hometown GOP chairman John Jay LaValle, whose Suffolk county committee will have the most votes at the party's nominating convention, disagree on who should run for governor, with Flanagan supporting state Sen. John DeFrancisco and LaValle endorsing Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro.

Each party elects its own leaders (with all the Democratic Assemblymembers or Senators voting for their Assembly leadership or Senate leadership, respectively).

County Leaders will be prevented from unilaterally controlling the party via proxy voting and will not be able to stack the Executive Committee with human proxies to preserve their hold on power.

With their votes at the party conference, they could help to push through rule changes that assisted the centrists — perhaps to reintroduce the old electoral college for choosing leaders — and overturn the left's majority on the NEC, as they did in the early 1980s.

Colety's endorsement pushed Molinaro over the 75 percent threshold of the weighted nominating vote, assuming Republican committee members vote with their county leaders at the party's convention in May.

Nixon arrived at the Albany Hilton as debate over the endorsement pinged back and forth in a basement ballroom, only entering to applause after the results of ballot — which she ultimately carried with 91.5 % of the vote — were confirmed and trumpeted by party leaders.

Erie County Conservative Party Chairman Ralph Lorigo said in an interview that a lot is still in flux due to the ongoing redistricting process, but said local party leaders were upset with Grisanti's yes Party Chairman Ralph Lorigo said in an interview that a lot is still in flux due to the ongoing redistricting process, but said local party leaders were upset with Grisanti's yes party leaders were upset with Grisanti's yes vote.

Conservative party members voted to elect Cameron the new Conservative leader, Davis losing with 64,398 votes against Cameron's 134,446 votes.

Ms. Richardson ran for district leader in 2014 with the support of the Clarkes and their Progressive Democrats Political Association Club, but lost the party position by a few hundred votes to Shirley Patterson — who is also running for Mr. Camara's seat on the Independence Party line, with the backing of the Kings County Democratic Party establishparty position by a few hundred votes to Shirley Patterson — who is also running for Mr. Camara's seat on the Independence Party line, with the backing of the Kings County Democratic Party establishParty line, with the backing of the Kings County Democratic Party establishParty establishment.

Wearing an open - necked shirt and sitting in his office, he states: «Only nine months ago, I was very honoured to be elected leader of our party with 60 % of the vote.

«You have been supportive of historic candidacies and create a space and a platform for those leaders of color, those leaders who are women... Tish James is one of those, who for 17 years has been lockstep with this party,» former City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito said to party members before the vote.

During the race, The Advance Group helped Mark - Viverito prepare for the race, which included several community forums and debates as well as behind - the - scenes politicking with council members and county party leaders who helped collect votes in her favor.

Left - wing activists flooded into Labour to vote for Corbyn, with the unprecedented consequence in British politics that a parliamentary party was left with a leader which it did not support.

In October 2000, following a series of close votes, the parties formed a coalition, with the Liberal Democrat leader in the assembly, Michael German, becoming the Deputy First Minister.

Despite making some gains compared to the previous general election, former party leader Nick Clegg lost Sheffield Hallam to Jared O'Mara of the Labour Party, and Zac Goldsmith of the Conservatives regained Richmond Park from Sarah Olney with a very narrow majority of 45 vparty leader Nick Clegg lost Sheffield Hallam to Jared O'Mara of the Labour Party, and Zac Goldsmith of the Conservatives regained Richmond Park from Sarah Olney with a very narrow majority of 45 vParty, and Zac Goldsmith of the Conservatives regained Richmond Park from Sarah Olney with a very narrow majority of 45 votes.

If they stayed with the party when the economy was in a mess and Gordon Brown was leader, surely they can be counted to vote Labour in 2015.»

Party F did exceed the threshold level for automatic representation (which had been set at 2.5 %) and so has one MP (the Party Leader) elected without constituency with a single vote.

Nearby, party leaders huddled around a computer in the hotel's business center, looking at the vote count, which sources familiar with the negotiations said was very narrowly in Cuomo's favor by the early afternoon.

This is in contrast to a YouGov poll in the Times today which asked a nationwide sample how people would vote with Vince Cable as leader — in YouGov's control question asking how people would vote with the existing party leaders the Lib Dems were on 8 %, if the leaders were Cameron, Miliband and Cable the Lib Dems would still be on 8 %.

The first is that normal voting intention questions do not include prompting by the party leaders names, so realistically you should only compare the results of a question asking «how would you vote with Milliband in charge» with one saying «how would you vote with Brown in charge».

To be Conservative leader you must make it through a particular bottleneck, as two potential leaders must emerge from the votes of the Conservative MPs for a run - off with the rest of the party.

In Germany in 2013, SPD convention delegates voted by 196 votes in favour to 31 against, with two abstentions, before entering coalition talks with Merkel (though party leaders had already themselves ruled out a coalition with the Greens and Die Linke).

After some tense moments, when the vote tallies appeared decided, Democratic headquarters was filled with excitement from party leaders who strongly supported Clinton.

Collectively they're more moderate than the average member, and many of them have actually voted with House Republicans on bills targeting Obamacare — causing headaches for Democratic leaders who yearn for party unity and a more progressive presence in the caucus.

On 1 March 2014, at a special conference the party reformed internal Labour election procedures, including replacing the electoral college system for selecting new leaders with a «one member, one vote» system following the recommendation of a review by former general - secretary Ray Collins.

Despite the terse statement in the coalition agreement that «arrangements will be made to enable Liberal Democrat MPs to abstain in any vote» on proposals from Browne with which they disagree, numerous backbenchers - including the former leader Menzies Campbell - have let it be known that they plan to rebel if the party performs a U-turn in government on fees.

Former Tony Blair spin doctor Alastair Campbell told the BBC he would struggle to vote Labour at a general election with Mr Corbyn as party leader.

The comments by Paul, the state's junior senator, came at a news conference with McConnell in Louisville that was focused on building party unity following a bruising campaign in which the minority leader's opponent, Matt Bevin, got 35 % of the primary vote.

Seventy - two percent of Labour members think Corbyn is doing well as party leader (compared with 66 % last November) including 43 % of those who voted for Yvette Cooper or Andy Burnham last summer.

He said he would not «betray» the party members who elected him leader just nine months ago with a mandate of almost 60 % of the vote.

At a meeting Monday with a group of influential labor leaders representing some of the state's powerful unions, including 1199 SEIU, 32BJ, the Hotel Trades Council and the Communications Workers of America, Cuomo said he couldn't pass a budget with campaign finance reform because of Senate opposition, and pressed the leaders to rein in the restive members of the Working Families Party, who vote on the party's endorseParty, who vote on the party's endorseparty's endorsement.

In the medium term, the Labour Party will be reinvigorated with a new leader and there is every possibility that the AV referendum will result in a «no» vote.

The electoral body said opposition leader, Mr Charles Brumskine, of the Liberty Party finished third with 149,495 votes constituting 9.6 per cent.

He suggests the Labour leader couldn't persuade his party's peers to vote with the government.

'' Specifically, the leaders were mandated to discuss with the National Chairman of the party on the possibility of an option of Direct Primaries for the conduct of the rescheduled primaries, as provided for in Article 20 of our party's constitution to enable every card - carrying member of the party vote for an aspirant of his or her choice.

Ukip's beleaguered leader Henry Bolton was this weekend hit with a vote of no confidence from his party's national executive committee.

The Liverpool Echo reported that Roy Bentham, one of those elected to a new position in Wavertree, said of his MP: «She will now have to sit round the table with us the next time she wants to vote for bombing in Syria or to pass a no confidence motion in the leader of the party — she will have to be answerable to us.

Research shared exclusively with TP has confirmed that the performance of party leaders is now significantly more important than the performance of local candidates in deciding how people will vote.