Sentences with phrase «win a leadership contest»

Whoever wins the leadership contest will be subject to sustained scrutiny and criticism from a Conservative press emboldened by their perceived successes in the general election.

If he wins the leadership contest, he will have to argue against austerity at a time when it is generally believed that there is no money.

So Burnham should be well - placed to win the leadership contest, but it is Corbyn who leads the race.

The shadow chancellor said that Owen Smith was a «friend» said that, as a «democrat» he would unite behind whoever wins the leadership contest, not look to split the party.

The shadow chancellor said he will unite behind Owen Smith if he wins the leadership contest, while Jeremy Corbyn unveiled his policies to rebuild Britain.

The bookies also seem to think that a Corbyn victory is a done deal, with William Hill today making him the 1/2 favourite to win the leadership contest while Liz Kendall is the 100/1 rank outsider.

I don't think any of us wants to get involved in the underhand personality politics that the media sometimes invent; and as I've said, whoever wins the leadership contest I will back 100 % so there is no doubt about that.

For the purpose of what follows I am assuming that Jeremy Corbyn (JC) will win the leadership contest, which now appears very likely, and that Labour does not split or collapse into a state of civil war, which is somewhat less likely but will hopefully be the case.

John Smith won the leadership contest, [5] but Gould resigned from Smith's Shadow Cabinet on 27 September 1992 when the Shadow Cabinet rejected a referendum on the Maastricht Treaty and in protest against Labour's support for the European Exchange Rate Mechanism.

Mr Betts said the party had to work together whoever wins the leadership contest, adding that Labour voters had told him on the doorstep they'd find it difficult to support such a divided party.

Members of the leader's office have already been quietly texting former shadow cabinet members to see if they are prepared to come back if Mr Corbyn wins the leadership contest.

Shortly after winning the leadership contest, Ms James was spat on and verbally abused on a train platform.

He is now the bookmakers» favourite to win the leadership contest, fuelling a row over the direction of the party.

Meanwhile, former prime minister Tony Blair said the party risked «annihilation» if Mr Corbyn won the leadership contest.

«If Jeremy wins a leadership contest again, if I'm selected to be a candidate at the 2020 election or whenever that election comes, I find it hard to see how people like me would stand on Jeremy's manifesto.

He told Thatcher that he would support her as long as she went on, but he did not believe she could win the leadership contest.

Not exact matches

As expected, Corbyn defeated Smith in comfortable fashion, winning with an even larger mandate than he received in last year's leadership contest.

The person who leads it will need to win an open leadership contest, just as Stephen Harper did in 2004 for the new federal Conservative party.

Prospa proved its influence and leadership by winning the headline Fintech Leader of the Year award, with Greg Moshal and Beau Bertoli crowned as joint winners in a tightly contested field.

After winning leadership of Alberta's PC Party, Kenney would run in a second leadership contest in a newly formed party

Ed Miliband, a young Brownite, then won a bitter leadership contest, in which the main adversary was his brother David, one of Blair's closest advisors.

Owen Smith launched a new vision for workers» rights today with a spring in his step — after new sampling from the Labour leadership contest showed he has a sliver of a chance of winning.

It's almost as if he misses having a leadership contest to keep him busy having spent the last two summers winning then defending his position.

If the next Tory leadership contest comes down to Boris versus that EuroMP Fox News has the hots for, I think I know which one Conspirators would want to win.

The leadership contest was won by Ed Miliband.

Love him or not, whichever Miliband brother wins the Labour leadership contest must choose a man who

In the last parliament we had the Milibands, two brothers contesting a leadership contest and the younger one winning.

Had he won then the Labour leadership contest as we know it could have been over, with Owen Smith poised to take the crown.

In third place we ask if Yvette Cooper could really win the Labour 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».

As Owen Smith's odds of winning dropped from 6/1 to 7/1 with William Hill, the MP responded by calling for the leadership contest to be extended.

24th September 2016, The Independent: Labour leadership: Liberal Democrats report increase in new members as Jeremy Corbyn win contest

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.

As more than one candidate ran for the party leadership, it was the first contested UKIP leadership election since 2010; Farage won the 2014 leadership election unopposed.

Corbyn can clearly win any democratic leadership contest within Labour, so another coup attempt along similar lines to the 2016 leadership election would not succeed at present.

Contested Chairman Phil Ragusa won re-election with 417 votes to 174 against former Rep. Bob Turner, who was backed by Bart Haggerty and the Southern faction, and will maintain his leadership post within the Queens Republican Party, according to unofficial reports.

Labour MP Jess Phillips has said she could resign from the party if Jeremy Corbyn wins the Labour leadership contest.

Mr McCluskey has been a vocal critic of Mr Murphy's leadership and opposed his appointment in December when Mr Murphy won the contest to replace Johann Lamont.

The theme of Miliband's weirdness has been in wide circulation ever since he won the Labour leadership contest in 2009, beating his brother David.

There are many reasons Jeremy Corbyn will win the Labour leadership contest later this week.

And he also sent a shot across the bows to Osborne, noting that the favourite in a Tory leadership race had only won the contest once since 1945 and adding:

The Hackney North MP said that party members would «never forgive» any MPs seeking to undermine Corbyn should he win the Labour leadership contest.

Despite his English roots, Richard Leonard won a decisive victory over his rival Anas Sarwar in Scottish Labour leadership contest.

Boris Johnson and David Davis are the two favourites to win the next Tory leadership contest and take over from Theresa May.

Andy Burnham's campaign chief Michael Dugher was on good form at the Westminster Arms last night as he insisted his man could still win the Labour leadership contest.

For his part, Mr Davis - who had led the seven - month race until the party conference in Blackpool - said he looked at the debates between them as «not just a contest for the leadership, but a preamble to us winning the next general election».

At the start of the leadership contest, no credible commentator considered that he might actually win the damn thing.

Diane Abbott has warned Jeremy Corbyn's supporters are not a «phantom army» that will «melt away» if Owen Smith wins this summer's Labour leadership contest.

It assumed that you'll win Labour's leadership contest.

A leadership contest would only take place if Cameron lost a confidence vote, which would be unlikely if the remain campaign wins the referendum.