Sentences with phrase «votes in seats»

That must mean that Labour are piling on votes in seats like this, surely?

But if we take English seats - Scotland's battle lines are different, while the politics of Plaid in Wales are complicated - and combine the Labour, Lib Dem and Green votes in each seat from 2015 on one side, and Tory and Ukip votes on the other, then the Tories in fact do better than before.

The Ukip vote there was up 13.4 %, providing 7,951 votes in a seat where just 422 decided it.

While no party wants to lose its deposit, I suspect the 352 votes in a seat that Labour have held since the 1930s won't be concerning the Lib Dem hierarchy too much.

Graham — The share of the vote in these seats at the last election would have been CON 38.1 %, LAB 30.8 %, LDEM 24.5 %, Others 6.6 %.

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.

Some of these Independent candidates are former representatives of existing political parties: for example, the ex-Labour MP Tony Clarke is standing in his old seat of Northampton South (which should helpfully split the Left wing vote in the seat being defended by Conservative MP Brian Binley), whilst John Stevens, who is challenging John Bercow in Buckingham, is an ultra-europhile former Tory MEP who set up the Pro-Euro Conservative Party before joining the Liberal Democrats.

Douglas Alexander told Good Morning Britain: «We actually increased our share of the vote in the seat last night.

We actually increased our share of the vote in the seat last night.

At the last election the vote in these seats was CON 37 %, LAB 37 %.

In the south London seat of Tooting, Sadiq Khan only increased his lead by 300 votes in a seat where a much stronger result was expected.

If their vote in those seats now collapses, it's likely they'll go overwhelmingly Tory.

This suggests that the Conservative vote in these seats is largely steady, with the Lib Dems losing support towards Labour.

The UK Independence party, which has historically put in a lacklustre performance in local elections, has been averaging 13 % of the vote in the seats it contested — five points higher than a year ago — making 2012 a record year for Nigel Farage's Eurosceptics.

The reason it's so extreme is because Martin's calculator is based upon a proportional swing — i.e. the Lib Dems have lost 43 % of their vote at the last election so their vote in each seat is reduced by 43 %.

One would suppose that most of the LD vote in a seat like this is left - leaning and that therefore Labour should win quite comfortably in 2015.

They face losing their seats to LAB by small margins (predicted 4 - 10 % because of a significant UKIP vote in the seat).

Long queues form outside polling stations to vote in the seat vacated by former PM Nawaz Sharif.

Not exact matches

But his «safe hands on the economy» message cut through in the end, with the coalition winning a majority of seats in 1998 despite Labor winning 51 per cent of the two - party vote.

In 2012, the first election under those new maps, Republicans won a 33 - seat majority in the U.S. House even though Democratic candidates across the country received 1.4 million more votes than their Republican opponentIn 2012, the first election under those new maps, Republicans won a 33 - seat majority in the U.S. House even though Democratic candidates across the country received 1.4 million more votes than their Republican opponentin the U.S. House even though Democratic candidates across the country received 1.4 million more votes than their Republican opponents.

The Pirates are expected to gain as many as 20 seats in the weekend vote, which would give them a leading position to form a government.

As pro-independence parties won enough seats in the vote held Dec. 21 to be able to form a new regional government, Rajoy insists he will never allow the region to split from Spain.

The conservatives, liberals and socialists, who command a large majority of the parliamentary seats, will work out a joint motion on Tuesday and expect to debate the issue in parliament on Wednesday and vote on it on Thursday, Tremosa's aide said on Monday.

As a rule, Milner has said he doesn't take board seats in his later - stage investments, and rarely requires founders to hand over voting shares when issuing company stock.

ROZZANO, Italy, April 24 (Reuters)- Telecom Italia (TIM) shareholders will vote on Tuesday to confirm Amos Genish as CEO, while a widely - anticipated showdown between the top two investors in Italy's biggest phone group over board seats is delayed by 10 days.

An unusual 16 seats were available in this year's vote, with branch members choosing from as many as four candidates for those seats.

Trump said Wednesday that it was «important» to vote on the tax bill next week, but not only because the GOP lost a seat in Alabama.

Likewise, in Britain, the U.K. Independence Party (UKIP) is a relatively small entity, but the 3.1 percent of votes that it received in the 2010 elections would have given it some seats in Finland or Portugal.

Weddings are both a joyous family affair and a tangle of moving parts — perhaps it's the stress of making sure one Trump - voting aunt won't be seated next to a Democratic in - law, or rerouting those flowers from the wrong location on the big day — that make the event notoriously stressful for both brides and grooms.

The centre - left Social Democrats (SPD), Merkel's current coalition partners who were the second - biggest party in the election, have ruled out a repeat of an alliance with her conservatives, who won the vote but were left with fewer seats.

In Italy, Telecom Italia chief Amos Genish said that his position in the firm would be «untenable» if activist fund Elliott gets the majority of the board seats during a shareholder vote Friday, Reuters reporteIn Italy, Telecom Italia chief Amos Genish said that his position in the firm would be «untenable» if activist fund Elliott gets the majority of the board seats during a shareholder vote Friday, Reuters reportein the firm would be «untenable» if activist fund Elliott gets the majority of the board seats during a shareholder vote Friday, Reuters reported.

Clement won his first seat in the suburban riding of Brampton South during the 1995 vote that elected Mike Harris as premier.

In 2006, he won a seat by just 28 votes in Parry Sound??? Muskoka, a rural Ontario ridinIn 2006, he won a seat by just 28 votes in Parry Sound??? Muskoka, a rural Ontario ridinin Parry Sound??? Muskoka, a rural Ontario riding.

The GOP holds just a one - seat majority in the chamber after the surprise victory of Democrat Doug Jones in last year's Alabama special election; that means they can lose just one Republican vote, even under reconciliation (Vice President Mike Pence would cast a tie - breaker in the case of a 50 - 50 split).

As he did last week, Commissioner David Hays provided the swing vote at a jammed meeting at the courthouse in Georgetown, the county seat.

With 14 votes in the U.N. General Assembly, the region can be key to Canada's 2020 bid for a non-permanent U.N. Security Council seat.

Lastly, there are entrepreneurs with soon - to - be-insolvent firms that hold controlling preferred equity positions and Board seats, leaving a potentially deadly vacancy in governance and voting control.

In contrast, they won two seats and eight percent of the vote in 200In contrast, they won two seats and eight percent of the vote in 200in 2001.

This represented a decrease of 13 seats for the PCs from the previous election in 2001, although the Party edged up slightly in the popular vote.

Republicans control 52 votes in the 100 - seat Senate, meaning they can only lose two members if they want to pass a bill without Democratic support.

The Left Platform, which holds about 40 seats in parliament and is composed of former communists and others closely aligned with labor unions, could defeat the government if its members vote against the plan.

The PCs won 61 of 83 seats in the provincial legislature, with 47 percent of the popular vote (CBC, Alberta Votes).

After leading her party to re-election, winning 61 of 87 seats, it is likely that her leadership will be strongly affirmed in the vote.

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.

Triggered by the resignations of former premiers Ms. Redford and Mr. Hancock and PC MLAs Ken Hughes and Len Webber, the votes allowed Mr. Prentice to win a seat in the Assembly along with PC candidates Stephen Mandel, Gordon Dirks and Mike Ellis.

The election was a landslide win for the PC Party, whom improved both their seat total in the legislature and their share of the popular vote from the 2004 general election.

In addition to their board seats, such persons will have significant influence over corporate actions requiring stockholder approval, irrespective of how the company's other stockholders, including you, may vote.

In 1993, after the Liberals won their largest vote share with 39.7 % and 32 seats, a group of MLAs and party members were not satisfied with official opposition status called for his resignation.

In the 2008 election, however, the Party had lost its only seat, and saw its share of the popular vote fall from 9 percent in 2004 to 7 (in the 2004 election, the Party ran as the Alberta Alliance PartyIn the 2008 election, however, the Party had lost its only seat, and saw its share of the popular vote fall from 9 percent in 2004 to 7 (in the 2004 election, the Party ran as the Alberta Alliance Partyin 2004 to 7 (in the 2004 election, the Party ran as the Alberta Alliance Partyin the 2004 election, the Party ran as the Alberta Alliance Party).

The federal NDP, which picked up three new seats in B.C. in 2011, is using this as a training ground for the 2015 federal vote, both to fine - tune ideas and techniques and to sway popular opinion in the key region.