Sentences with phrase «win the next election outright»

We might win the next election outright, with or without boundary changes, but the odds are against it.

For the Tories to win the next election outright, they need to claw back voters from Ukip, hope Labour loses their votes back to the Lib Dems, and then somehow win over a whole bunch of other voters they failed to persuade in 2010.

Amid speculation that David Cameron could try to galvanise the Tory rank - and - file by making the same promise in the run - up to the poll, McCluskey told Newsnight that he hopes Labour win the next election outright, but if not, and «they are the biggest party then my view is Ed should have the courage of his convictions and govern on a minority government.»

Not exact matches

Practically no - one believes that Labour are going to win the next General Election outright.

Support for the Conservatives is finally high enough to suggest the party could win an outright majority at the next general election, according to a new poll.

«I was told it was always a bad idea to answer hypothetical questions...» A chuckle from the audience opened the door for a more direct continuation in which Gove assured the crowd of his faith that the Conservative Party would win an outright majority at the next election, hence he was «absolutely confident that the situation need not arise.»

Asked what they expect the result of the next election to be, 40 % expect the Conservatives to retain power (27 % outright and 13 % in a coalition), compared to 28 % who think Labour will win (21 % outright, and 7 % in coalition).

Labour's chances of winning an outright majority at the next election — or even of forming part of a coalition — now seem to depend on an heroic effort from core supporters in its heartlands.

Buffeted by difficulties including plotting a course on Brexit and a continued lack of support in Scotland, as well as Jeremy Corbyn's unpopularity, Labour has virtually no chance of winning outright in the next election, the Fabian Society report concludes.

Moreover, the collapse of the Liberal Democrats — particularly in urban Britain, Scotland and the north of England — gives Labour MPs extra hope that they can win outright at the next election, without needing any Lib Dem help.