Sentences with phrase «wing vote in the seat»
Some of these Independent candidates are former representatives of existing political parties: for example, the ex-Labour MP Tony Clarke is standing in his old seat of Northampton South (which should helpfully split the Left wing vote in the seat being defended by Conservative MP Brian Binley), whilst John Stevens, who is challenging John Bercow in Buckingham, is an ultra-europhile former Tory MEP who set up the Pro-Euro Conservative Party before joining the Liberal Democrats.
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The Tories were also soon confronted with a major electoral threat in the form of the right - wing United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP), which seemed primed to steal crucial Tory votes in marginal seats.
Recall that the SNP won 56 of 59 seats in Scotland with a manifesto committed to promoting anti-austerity policies, and that the 45 % who voted Yes to independence were more likely to be driven by left - wing ideas than No voters.