Sentences with phrase «who voted in the leadership election»

Around 70,000 people who voted in the leadership election did NOT vote Labour in May's general election.

Not exact matches

While I understand that the NDP must feel intense pressure to capture votes — including from people who have never taken a course from John Smithin — I often wish that the NDP would show a bit more policy leadership on the issue of the deficit and debt. I was particularly disappointed during the 2008 federal election campaign when Mr. Layton stated, unequivocally, that the NDP would not run a deficit in the following year if elected (even though it was clear that Canada was entering a recession).

Following his election as party leader, Stelmach announced a new cabinet that included all of the leadership contenders who had supported him in the second round of voting.

«I have a live and current understanding and experience of the changes in the party, both from the two leadership elections and the general election where I was out on the doorstep with all of these new members,» says McKeever, who missed out on the Commons by just 1159 votes.

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.

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».

In order to find out, we compare these two groups: older members (pre-GE2015) and newer members (who joined after May 2015 but before January 2016 and were therefore eligible to vote in the leadership electionIn order to find out, we compare these two groups: older members (pre-GE2015) and newer members (who joined after May 2015 but before January 2016 and were therefore eligible to vote in the leadership electionin the leadership election).

Many of that large majority will not vote and of those who do, it is worth noting that in the last two leadership elections they have voted for candidates not supported by the majority of the PLP.

Based on the numbers who voted in the last leadership election a 10 % opt - in rate would have been optimistic, and an immediate 90 % cut in affiliation fees would have left the party unable to function, with no corresponding reduction in Tory funding.

OWEN Smith is the man who went up against Jeremy Corbyn in the Labour leadership election - and now he has been sacked over calling for a second Brexit vote.

Today, however, such a system is not commonly practiced and most parliamentary system parties» rules provide for a leadership election in which the general membership of the party is permitted to vote at some point in the process (either directly for the new leader or for delegates who then elect the new leader in a convention), though in many cases the party's legislators are allowed to exercise a disproportionate influence in the final vote.

A source at Unite, which has 950,000 members who are eligible to vote in the leadership election, said: «The discussion before the vote was very much whether it should be Ed Miliband or Ed Balls.

In order to avoid voting on a controversial gun bill during an election year — a move that no doubt would have further enraged their conservative allies who were still smarting over passage of the SAFE Act - the Senate Republicans moved the bill from the Codes Committee to the Rules Committee, which is controlled with an iron fist by the leadership.

We call upon the Labour Party NEC to immediately withdraw this suspension to allow the General Secretary, who has been a life - long member of the Labour Party and who represents thousands of low - paid workers across the UK, to exercise his democratic right to vote in the upcoming leadership election.

We didn't see this coming until it became clear that (a) the thousands of new «# 3 members» who joined to vote in the Labour leadership election were nearly all Corbynistas, (b) Jeremy was playing to packed houses of adoring crowds everywhere he went to campaign and (c) his rivals were fighting lacklustre campaigns in comparison.

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

We know, from party sources, how Labour's selectorate divides between full party members and those who have signed up, either via their trade union or by paying # 3, to vote in the leadership election.

The MBA finance and Statistics holder said the party needs leadership with strategies, and hard working officers, who will be committed to move everywhere to deliver the votes for the NPP in the region to win the next elections.»

Our raw data finds that slightly more people who voted in the last leadership election backed Ed Miliband rather than his brother David, even though David won more votes among individual party members.

Meanwhile, the candidate for whom I voted in the leadership election and who won an incredible 60 % mandate with over a quarter of a million votes is subject to an attempt to keep him off the ballot paper.

The outcome of the election is a clear vote of confidence in the sterling leadership provided by Alassane Ouattara, who, over the last four years, has transformed a war - ravaged country into a rare African bright spot, the stand - out performer in the Region, and has accelerated the process of national reconciliation.

Registered supporters who paid the # 25 fee will have the right to vote in the upcoming leadership election between current leader Jeremy Corbyn, and Labour MP Owen Smith.

Accordingly I was dismayed to read some of the comments to Paul Goodman's piece «Enoch Powell, the dazzling man who won only 15 votes in a Tory leadership election».

Other appointments Miliband's leadership rival, Ed Balls, moves in to replace Johnson in the Home Office brief, while his wife Yvette Cooper — who was widely tipped to take over the Shadow Chancellor role after getting the most votes in the Shadow Cabinet election — takes over from David Miliband as Shadow Foreign Secretary.

Part of the reason it hasn't happened is that many CLPs are wedded to the «leader leads» model which is, for them, a reason to prevent a grassroots movement emerging (i.e. it's not that new members are simply «consumer members» who only want to vote in the leadership election).

First, we asked «If you had a vote in the Labour leadership election, who would you vote for?»

Today's Times has a new YouGov poll of Labour party members and registered supporters (so members, registered trade unionists and # 3 supporters — the same group who were able to vote in the Labour leadership election).

Gove came third in the first round of the Tory leadership election last night, with 48 votes, compared to 165 for Theresa May and Andrea Leadsom who polled 66.

Speaking after the leadership election, which he won with 62.6 per cent of the votes cast by party members, Mr Nuttall questioned whether there was «any place» for women who wore burqas in the UK.

The NEC elections don't represent leadership, look at the Centre right on the NEC Nominations, Akehurst, reeves Wheeler, they backed Ed miliband, was publicly against Iraq, in 2010 ′ the Lefts NEC man Ken Livingstone, voted for Ed balls for leader, who was pro Iraq

But on the election day, while 51 APC senators were at the International Conference Centre, Abuja, waiting for a truce meeting called by the party leadership and Buhari, Saraki avoided the meeting and was unanimously voted for as the Senate President by 57 senators who were in attendance.

MPs and MEPs, who currently have a third of the votes in the leadership election, will be relegated to a role in shortlisting candidates, a move likely to cause a backlash among Labour MPs.

Union members will be able to pay # 3 to affiliate to the Labour Party, giving them - if they choose - the same right to vote in leadership elections as full party members, who pay # 45 a year.

In another mooted change, registered supporters - those who have registered their support but are not full party members - would be entitled to vote in leadership and mayoral elections «for a small fee»In another mooted change, registered supporters - those who have registered their support but are not full party members - would be entitled to vote in leadership and mayoral elections «for a small fee»in leadership and mayoral elections «for a small fee».

Bcause Baby Boomers remain in control of leadership posts within both unions (and thanks to rules that allow retirees to vote in union elections), the NEA and AFT end up defending seniority - based privileges and layoff policies that hurt the younger, more reform - minded teachers who make up the majority of their respective memberships.