Sentences with phrase «voted snp»

The results show that those who voted SNP and Yes were markedly more left wing than the SNP and No contingent (the Yes SNP voters outnumbered those who voted No and SNP by eight to one).

I want to thank people across our country, those who voted SNP, those who did not vote SNP and say very clearly, that I will lead this country with confidence, courage, with ambition, with imagination.»

It looks like everyone in Scotland voted SNP, yet only half actually have

In each seat we spoke to two types of people: those who voted no to Scottish independence in 2014, Labour or Liberal Democrat in 2015, and who were undecided what to do this time round; and those who voted SNP at the last general election and to leave the EU in last year's referendum.

In the 2015 general election, a staggering 90 % of these people voted SNP, while only 9 % stayed with Labour.

In contrast, of the 65 % of 2010 Labour voters who voted NO in the referendum, 75 % stayed with Labour in 2015, while only 13 % voted SNP.

Because people were really pissed off with Labour, they voted SNP to the left of Labour, not to the right.

The 2010 Labour voters who voted Yes and now intend to vote SNP are noticeably different from other 2010 Labour voters in their responses to a variety of BES questions, but they particularly stand out in two principle respects.

Since last month's poll, in the constituency vote the SNP were up one per cent to 53, Labour were also up one to 22, the Tories remain on 16 and the Liberal Democrats down one on six.

Danny Alexander, the beleaguered Chief Secretary for the Treasury, has urged anti-nationalist voters in his Highlands seat to help him beat the SNP while Scotland's best - known socialist, Tommy Sheridan, urges the opposite: vote SNP because «unique times demand unique tactics»

IE Vote SNP and get the Tories.

No less than 68 % of this group of Yes voting 2010 Labour supporters now say that they will vote SNP in May.

Plainly a lot of voters took a decision to vote SNP to keep out the Tory, and Moore's decision to campaign against the nastiness of the Tories backfired on him as he took blame for coalition policies.

But are they decent enough to vote SNP?

Send a message to Gordon Brown, vote SNP today.»

As a Londoner, I don't have the option to vote SNP.

Thirty per cent of those who voted Labour in 2010 are now prepared to vote SNP.

The main reason for wanting to vote SNP remains a commitment to an independent Scotland, with 56 % picking this option.

The reason why such a divided country might send four out of five pro-independence MPs to Westminster is that «yes» voters are broadly united: 85 % of them would vote SNP.

By March 2015 almost 90 % of yes voters intended to vote SNP, in increasing slightly to just over 90 % at the General Election, a finding confirmed by data from the nationally representative BES post-election probability sample survey.

Seventy percent of Yes voters were now intending to vote SNP compared to only 10 % Labour.

Historically Labour have actually tended to do worse, not better, in the regional vote, so the pattern here is somewhat unusual — looking at the data it seems to be because people who would vote Green or SSP in the regional vote are more likely to vote SNP in the constituency vote.

«There's no easy route to vote SNP and get a Labour government - if you want a Labour government, you need to vote Labour.»

On the other hand, 36 % of voters were more likely to vote SNP given its performance in the referendum campaign compared to 31 % who were less likely.

That he would deter Tories from voting SNP by attacking them from the right?

I means that has to be a call of help please if you vote SNP please vote Labour to give us a labour leader, Why...

But your still not answering why people in Scotland who vote SNP should give a toss whether you get a Tory party in England.

«When people go to the polls for the council elections on Thursday and the general election on 8 June they can vote Labour to elect a local championl, or they can vote SNP to elect a candidate who will only focus on another divisive referendum.»

Vote SNP and get a Labour government with a strong Scottish accent.

Not exact matches

The Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds Bank have both said they may have to move their registered businesses to London if there is a yes vote but the SNP says this will not impact on jobs.

The leader of the SNP group on Inverclyde Council has dismissed the offer of new powers for the Scottish Parliament if the «no» vote carries at the independence referendum.

The SNP make up the vast majority of Scottish seats in the Westminster Parliament and all voted against bombing Syria.

But in the wake of the «No» vote Salmond has stated his intention to resign, and the next generation of SNP leaders have no special fondness for the Catholic Church.

Labour's share of the vote in Moray slipped by 3.3 % on polling day, with the Tories coming second to the SNP.

Forcing Labour and the SNP to actually physically go ahead and vote together while the issue was still undecided would be entirely in keeping with the party's approach.

The SNP complains that the Scottish Tories have indulged in yet another Brexit flip - flop, Davidson having campaigned for a Remain vote and initially backed continuing membership of the Single Market.

The 2015 election could well - produce situations where, for example, the SNP has a pivotal vote or one of English Votes for English Laws [EVEL] in which Labour supporters are disenfranchised in the way the Scottish electorate has been in the past.

The reason for this is that there are many more liberal parties in the UK Parliament than Conservative, and chances are that during motions that have to carry in parliament that need a majority conservatives will have a hard time passing laws if the Liberal Democrats, Green Party, SNP and Labour all vote against the Tories» motions.

«In May the people of Scotland have the chance to vote for an SNP government led by Alex Salmond who, unlike the anti-Scottish Tories, will stand up for Scotland and focus on building Scotland's success.»

This follows legislation by the SNP government in Scotland to allow 16 and 17 year olds to vote in the forthcoming referendum on Scottish independence.

«Only the SNP can beat Labour next year, while a vote for the Lib Dems is a vote for Labour's Mr McConnell as first minster.

The SNP is unlikely to want to accept restrictions on the chance to secure a future vote — and may regard such limitations as, in themselves, constraints on a power that ought to reside in the hands of the Scottish Parliament.

A secretive group is beginning campaigning in Scotland this week with a simple mission: stopping the SNP by encouraging tactical voting in the 2015 general election.

In 2015, Salmond won Gordon, a Liberal Democrat stronghold since 1983, with a 25.5 % increase in the SNP's vote.

Stewart contested the Dundee East Westminster seat in 2001 delivering a 5 % swing to the SNP and slashing the Labour majority by 5,500 votes.

They had 32 per cent of total votes, compared to the Lib Dems» «paltry» 12 per cent, the SNP leader said.

We realised that to stop the SNP requesting another referendum and breaking up the UK we would have to limit their impact through tactical voting.

In the Scottish Parliament election, 2016, SNP saw its constituency vote increase slightly (from 45.4 % to 46.5 %) and its regional vote decrease slightly (from 44.0 % to 41.7 %), leading to a decrease from 69 to 63 seats (out of 129) in the additional member system.

After the SNP gained control of the Scottish Parliament it was a matter of when, not if, a vote on independence would be held.

A secretive group is beginning campaigning in Scotland this week with a simple mission: stopping the SNP by encouraging tactical voting.