Sentences with phrase «who forms the next government»

And finally we come to the «others», the sub-plots, the smaller parties who will not make a difference to who forms the next government but whose campaigns have fascinated us all.

She suggests the focus on who forms the next government distracts a bit from the election from voters» point of view: «We are not getting what we're voting for.

Despite this, it was the Conservatives who formed the next government with a majority of 17 seats.

Not exact matches

We conclude that the most effective and democratic way to decide who should be tasked with forming the next government in such situations is a vote in parliament to nominate the new Prime Minister, in the form of a recommendation to the Monarch.

The more seats a party or grouping has, the more chance it has of forming a government - with 198 seats out of 646 the Conservative Party could only form a government if significant numbers of other MP's decided to back them, as happened in 1924 when there was a situation that the Conservatives didn't want to form a coalition with either other main party and equally the Liberals didn't want a coalition with Labour and the Liberals and Conservatives saw it as an opportunity to allow Labour into government but in a situation in which legislation was still reliant on Liberal and Conservative votes and they could be brought down at the most suitable time, supposing the notional gains were accurate and in the improbable event of the next election going exactly the same way in terms of votes then 214 out of 650 is 32.93 % of seats compared to at 198 out of 646 seats - 30.65 % of seats and the Conservative Party would then be 14 seats closer towards a total neccessary to form a government allowing for the greater number of seats, on the one hand the Conservatives need Labour to fail but equally they need to succeed themselves given that the Liberal Democrats appear likely to oppose anyone forming a government who does not embark on a serious programme to introduce PR, in addition PC & SNP would expect moves towards Independence for Scotland and Wales, the SDLP will be likely to back Labour and equally UKIP would want a committment to withdraw from Europe and anyway will be likely to be in small numbers if any, pretty much that leaves cutting a deal with the DUP which would only add the backing of an extra 10 - 13 MP's.

AMs will select the presiding officer and deputy presiding officer, but the crucial negotiations over who will form the next government have been taking place outside the chamber.

Their concerns date back to those five febrile days in May after the cliffhanger poll result left the future of the country in the balance as Cameron, Clegg and Labour negotiators bartered behind closed doors over who would form the next government.

As people with lives and interests outside of politics start thinking about who should form the next government, the purple barmy army aren't going to get much of -LSB-...]

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The Conservatives shocked everyone by winning a small majority at the 2015 General Election, despite predictions of a hung parliament and the possibility of constitutional wrangling over who had legitimacy to form the next Government.

With the party looking to form a government next May this was the last chance for the usual retinue of lobbyists and influence peddlers to ply their trade to shadow ministers who just might be making actual decisions in a few months» time.

Pupils in England who get poor results in their Sats tests at the end of primary school will face a resit in secondary school if the Conservatives form the next government.

Primary school pupils in England who get poor results in their Sats tests will have to resit them in secondary school if the Conservatives form the next government.

Pupils in England who get poor results in their Sats at the end of primary school will face a resit in secondary school if the Conservatives form the next government.

Who says Stephen Harper gets to form the next government?