Sentences with phrase «while labour»

While Labour managed to take control of Plymouth, the party failed to build a stronger hold in London, missing out on target seats such as Barnet, Wandsworth, Westminster, Hillingdon and Kensington.

It is also becoming evident, on the basis of votes cast, how skewed the electoral system is: for the Conservatives, 2m more votes than Labour translates into 48 more Tory seats, while Labour's similar 2m vote advantage over the Lib Dems means 200 more seats.

While Labour's Mary Creagh told the Evening Standard she had been sexually abused as a child and Jess Phillips said her former boss had attempted to assault her when she was in her 20s.

In the rest of England excluding London, the Tories gained 57 seats, while Labour took an additional 12.

And while Labour activists in Stoke should beam with pride for routing Ukip, there, too, there was a swing to the Tories.

The answer is that Osborne has been skillful at framing an (untrue) narrative to suit his political purposes while Labour has utterly failed to offer a (true) counter-narrative to Osborne's fetish with austerity.

While Labour's plans to close the deficit concede limits to government's size, George Osborne was much quicker than Gordon Brown to acknowledge such limits.

While Labour MPs who've quit under Corbyn are ten - a-penny in Westminster these days Reed has the unique distinction of having been the first.

Nicola Sturgeon's party now has 56 MPs while Labour and the Lib Dems have seen their standing slashed to one seat each.

While the Labour and Lib Dem vote in the last Parliament delayed the new review, it did not reverse the changes in the law and the new review will still take place under the new rules.

Celebrations included fist pumps from IDS and and backslaps all round, while Labour party MPs were either absent or semi-comatose

She said her party was securing remain wins across the country, while Labour had lost in its heartlands.

Why is it that Tories can do no wrong and will be proved innocent in time, while Labour MPs are guilty until proven innocent (by which time you hope the damage will be done and they'll have resigned)?

Results have been declared at 78 out of 124 English councils to declare so far, showing the Conservatives and Lib Dems picking up seats, while Labour and the Greens losing out.

If Labour don't define themselves, then come the next election the Conservatives will paint the choice as being «the party that took the hard but necessary decisions while Labour suggested nothing» or «the party that took the steps needed to bring the economy back to health, opposed at every step by Labour».

David Sparks reported on the desperate situation faced by many councils: while Labour fights to minimise the impact on vulnerable people, our constant message must be that these cuts are Tory government - imposed, and they are unjustified, unnecessary and unfair.

The latest monthly Opinium / Observer poll puts the Conservatives on 43 % (up three points) while Labour is down one on 39 %.

As you can see, while Labour are much the same, there is a huge 10 point difference between the two Conservative scores.

His speech - writing duties will be carried out by Seumas Milne, Mr Corbyn's head of communications and strategy, and his policy adviser Andrew Fisher, while Labour search for a full - time replacement.

Their actions have helped escalate this crisis while the Labour Government in Cardiff bay has failed to stand up for steelworkers in their own backyard.

[4] The Conservatives won the seats in Ormskirk, while Labour held the seats in Skelmersdale.

The Conservative council leader, Geoff Roberts, saw the results as a sign they could take the parliamentary seat in the next general election, while Labour blamed their defeats on national issues.

While a Labour (or Labour led) government will bring a different approach to the NHS, it will require pressure from below to keep the party to its current promises.

In Lincolnshire, for example, while Labour held onto Lincoln City council, the independent Lincolnshire PCC was defeated by a Conservative while in Norfolk the Conservatives replaced another independent PCC but failed to take seats in the two local elections in the area, in Norwich and Great Yarmouth.

[7] This meant that before the 2007 election Labour had 22 seats, the Liberal Democrats 16, Conservatives 13, East Cleveland Independents 2, the Independent Group 5 and 1 independent, [8] with the Liberal Democrats, Conservatives and the 2 East Cleveland Independents forming the administration, while Labour and the other independents were in opposition.

The Tories have risen four points, with 43 % of voters saying they would vote for the party at the next election, while Labour has dropped two points to 27 %.

«While Labour fights a leadership contest and Lib Dems wonder whether they can change the voting system as a reward for their loyalty, Osborne needs to win the argument that his measures are «unavoidable» — a word that recurred in his speech as often as «progressive».

The Conservatives are brim full of confidence while Labour — whose rebuttal efforts have been pathetic — are paralysed by defeatism.

While Labour were in government.

The rolling average in the previous two weeks showed a pretty steep increase in the Tories» vote share, and while Labour saw its grow slightly, it wasn't enough to stop the gap widening.

Here Boris leads Ken by 45 - 40 %, while Labour leads the Tories in the Assembly list vote by 46 - 35 %.

In contrast, Conservative voters like the anti-Keynesian option — cutting spending and borrowing faster — more than any of the other three, while Labour voters regard it as anathema.

Nick Robinson said the TV pictures were «pretty devastating» with no Tories on show, while Labour «of course packed its front bench» with women to highlight the issue, in the week when Tory MP Anne McIntosh was deselected.

While Labour and Liverpool are struggling to meet expectations, I am not among either of these groups.

They say Welsh Labour's campaign, led by Carwyn Jones, connected positively with voters across Wales, while Labour's UK campaign, led by Jeremy Corbyn, was hugely effective, especially in energising 18 — 24 year olds who voted in unprecedented numbers.

On the opposite page (Report, 12 May) you talk of «Labour's past failure to reform the Lords» in a report about some hypothetical plan of Clegg's, while Labour actually ended hundreds of years of rule by aristocracy.

While Labour voters have always voted for the party because they believe Labour will look after them better than the Tories, it's self - interest, they have few if any socialist convictions, as we saw with the recent drift to UKIP.

And while Labour did slightly better, particularly on police numbers, the response didn't give a clear sense of an alternative.

Tory MPs cheered jubilantly after the result waving papers, while Labour left - wingers sombrely rose and began singing the Red Flag.

Four years ago we lost over 100 seats while Labour gained 500 on the day they took a drubbing in the General Election.

Stay in there while Labour loses votes & seats & The Libdems rebuild, waste more time.

Conservative voters dislike him because they think he is left - of - centre — while Labour voters reject him as too far to the right for their taste.

The poll supports ICM's findings earlier in the week in regard of the two main parties — the Conservatives seem steady while Labour seem to have lost support over the last month, possibly as a result of their response to the crisis in Lebanon or the foiled terrorist attacks.

McCluskey claimed offensive comments made by Tory MPs, councillors and candidates rarely resulted in serious disciplinary action, while Labour had taken swift and thorough action when allegations had come to light.

Tories always had a safe Lords majority, while every Labour government always faced a hostile Tory second chamber.

While Labour began to have some policy divisions during the election campaign, the Conservatives ran an efficient campaign that was well - funded and orchestrated.

The Tories led Labour by 17 points among people working in the private sector, while Labour lead by three points among public sector workers.

SNP membership, now at over 100,000, has surged while Labour's has been in slow decline, with estimates ranging from 20,000 to as low as 10,000.

But I think it was Ed Miliband on BBC R4 at 1 pm worrying that the Tories «still believe» in Government «withdrawing», while Labour believes in Government involvement.

Andrew Neil looked at two leaders» wives stepping into election campaign, while Labour leader Ed Miliband launched his party's women's manifesto.