Sentences with phrase «voting in the leadership contest in»

In the interview with the Observer Mr Corbyn also offered his first public comments on the Court of Appeal's judgement to bar around 130,000 members from voting in the leadership contest in a ruling which upheld the initial decision of Labour's ruling body.

Not exact matches

Butcher confirmed that the investigation found voting irregularities in the leadership contest that resulted in Clark defeating Kevin Falcon by 340 points on a regionally - weighted preferential ballot.

Despite being in the midst of a leadership contest, which ends with a vote on October 18, 2014, the NDP continues to nominate candidates for the next election.

Regardless if these registered supporters actually vote in their leadership contest, their names are now entered into a database that will be useful for the Liberals in the next provincial election.

Both Mr. Horne and Mr. Liepert were strong supporters of Mr. Mar in the leadership contest and would have likely ended up in similar positions had he not been defeated on the third ballot vote on October 1.

We'll soon find out whether Corbyn will be permitted to stand in the upcoming leadership contest or if the NEC will vote to keep him off the ballot.

He began saying how proud he was that 560,000 people had signed up to vote in the leadership contest — although he did not mention entryism or the shambles of the registered - supporters provision.

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.

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.

According to YouGov, 71 per cent of those who voted for Corbyn in the leadership contest believed parties should put forward policies «irrespective of whether they help to win elections».

Yet, even with the influx of all these new people after the election, the membership which voted in the leadership contest probably looked pretty similar, and thought pretty similarly, to the membership that had campaigned for a Labour victory in May 2015.

He is surrounded by a Parliamentary Labour Party that largely doesn't support him or his policies, yet he received a massive mandate from those voting in the Labour Party leadership contest.

Those polls suggested that almost two - thirds of members voting in the leadership contest had joined the Labour Party before, not after, the 2015 general election.

In last year's Labour leadership contest and after much shilly - shallying, my vote went to Yvette Cooper.

Having won the votes of only 15 MPs in the leadership contest (the other 20 MPs who nominated him did so to ensure the Left had a candidate), Corbyn has struggled to maintain his legitimacy within the parliamentary party.

He might be best known to some readers as the outsider candidate who came third in the 1975 party leadership contest, behind Mrs Thatcher and Edward Heath, gaining only 16 votes.

She has been sceptical about him from the start, voting for Yvette Cooper in the leadership contest and wondering aloud how a perennial rebel such as Corbyn could enforce party discipline.

As noted in a previous post, this follows rule changes turning the Labour leadership contest into a fully «one member one vote» process, and giving voting rights to «supporters» who signed up for just # 3.

The discussions do not need to lead to a firm policy programme, but we need to find out what views on Labour's future direction exist within the Labour Movement so we can then have a meaningful leadership contest in which the candidates and those voting understand each other.

Notably, he received fewer votes in this latest leadership contest than his rival, Chris Huhne, polled in the last Liberal Democrat election in March 2006.

Affiliated supporters will be able to vote in leadership elections and in the London mayoral primary next summer, but not in parliamentary selection contests.

After a heated six - hour debate, the ruling body decided by 18 votes to 14 that Mr Corbyn should automatically be a candidate in the leadership contest.

In August, he told the Guardian that Labour members did not like being told who not to vote for and called on the parliamentary party to see the leadership contest as exciting, rather than being frightened of debate.

If they opt in to this they will be attached to a constituency party, with the right to vote in leadership contests.

They will mean that only party members, affiliated union supporters and registered supporters can vote in Labour leadership contests.

The CWU advised its members to give their second - preference votes to Andy Burnham and to vote for Angela Eagle and Caroline Flint in first and second places in the deputy leadership contest.

Umunna told me: «In this leadership contest, there are no free hits when you're voting.

2007 did us no favours, and if I was a potential leadership candidate I'd even think about asking some of my supporters to nominate McDonnell regardless of whether they then voted for him, to make sure I was viewed as having been elected properly in a contest where all sections of the party had been included.

The shock survey suggested that a massive 43 per cent of Labour supporters and members would vote for Corbyn in the first round of the leadership contest.

As of Nick's last post on this subject, no vote had been scheduled for the leadership race, but he noted that the contest could pit a top Republican donor's family against one of the first African - American candidates the party has had run for elected citywide office in recent memory.

As far as the additional reform was concerned, the one that allowed more or less anyone to vote in his party's leadership contest, there was little comment.

For the first time since the leadership election, YouGov has polled all those who could have voted in the Labour leadership contest.

Jeremy Corbyn has an even bigger mandate to lead Labour than previously, having received 61.8 % of the vote in the party's leadership contest.

Today voting ends in Labour's leadership contest.

Meanwhile, Labour was hit by a fresh row today after its ruling NEC said union members will not be able to vote in the leadership contest unless they joined before January 12.

Allies of Jeremy Corbyn believes that as many as a quarter of newly registered Labour supporters could be barred from voting in the upcoming leadership contest.

His criticism, which he soon toned down, placed Mr Kennedy in an ideal position for the leadership contest as he picked up votes from across the party.

Just over one - third of this year's leadership electorate recall voting in the 2010 contest; we have weighted our raw data for this group to reflect David Miliband's lead among local party members.

With the window for taking part in Labour leadership election closing and ballot papers going out there were several polls over the weekend asking about the leadership candidates, though no fresh polling of people voting in the actual contest.

As incumbent leader, Mr Corbyn is guaranteed a place on the ballot in a leadership contest following the vote.

Speaking after his comprehensive victory in the party's leadership contest which the former deputy leader won with 62.6 % of the vote, beating Suzanne Evans and John Rees - Evans, Mr Nuttall said the solution to the immigration crisis was to end the war in Syria.

However, this did little to end speculation about the future of their unpopular leader Iain Duncan Smith and in October 2003, he lost a vote of no confidence and was replaced by Michael Howard, who stood unopposed for the leadership role and took control without a leadership contest.

The London Labour selection this summer, as with the leadership contest, is decided by an «alternative vote» ballot, where you rank candidates in order of preference.

In last year's leadership contest, Corbyn took the votes of nearly 60 per cent of members.

The shadow care minister delivered what was billed as a «concession speech» — just before voting closed in the Labour leadership contest at midday today.

Corbyn has majority support among all three groups of people that are eligible to vote in the leadership contest.

He argued when people joined they were told «very clearly» they would be able to vote in the leadership contest and «to deny them that democratic right flies against all the traditions of our party».

In the 1994 leadership contest, Tony Blair swept up the union votes, although most of the heads of the big unions would have prevented him becoming leader, if only they had known how.

Ensure that those in Lewisham who had voted for a Labour government knew their MP was doing her bit, prepared to put the differences of a leadership contest behind her.

Famously, Jeremy Corbyn could not have entered the Labour leadership contest without the nominations of MPs who wanted a leftwinger in the race, although they had no intention of voting for him.