Sentences with phrase «wins fewer seats»

Miss Sturgeon insisted she would never support the Conservatives in government, but indicated that she is ready to put Mr Miliband in Number Ten even if Labour wins fewer seats at the election.

They questioned the legitimacy of the SNP's plan to try to put Ed Miliband in Downing Street, even if Labour wins fewer seats at the Election.

Only in the case of council representatives have the dissidents put up alternatives in recent years, winning a few seats.

Pitching for every Remainiac vote is low risk for Tim Farron when the immediate aim is for a Parliamentary group able to fit in a nine seat VW Caravelle to upgrade to a mini bus by winning a few seats.

With the support of Governor Cuomo, the IDC, a group of 8 Democratic senators, have joined with another Democratic senator, Simcha Felder, to give the Republicans a majority in the Senate — despite the Republicans winning fewer seats.

Gordon Brown will be hoping to win a few seats back - particularly from the anti-war Liberal Democrats who rode high then - but Labour's opinion poll rating is now below that of 2004 so the Labour leader might lose a few seats in his nightmare scenario.

The Liberal Democrats face a squeeze from both main parties; Labour inching back in their urban heartlands and the Tories winning a few seats from them through active lovebombing.

The return to national lists in effect benefits smaller parties which were previously disadvantaged by the system of large regional constituencies, while larger parties would win fewer seats due to the system of apportionment.

Wrong winners Under FPTP there can be cases in which a party can have the most votes but end up winning fewer seats than one or more of its rivals.

Which is why the Conservatives win fewer seats than Labour for any given percentage share of the Britain - wide vote.

Not exact matches

But emboldened by a decisive White House win, an expanded majority in the Senate, and at least a few extra seats in the House, they seem less likely to budge on taxes.

The centre - left Social Democrats (SPD), Merkel's current coalition partners who were the second - biggest party in the election, have ruled out a repeat of an alliance with her conservatives, who won the vote but were left with fewer seats.

we went through a difficult part unsaved so if we win the next few games we would be seating pretty smiling for sure

It used to be different: in some sports games from a few years ago, your seats would get emptier as your team got worse, and it was on you to get better and win them back.

The bus is crawling toward the airport, across the ice, through the darkness; crawling as Michelle listens to Pat, a few seats away, ridicule her; crawling as Pat rises and takes a seat next to Michelle and tells her that unless something drastic happens, she doesn't think the Lady Vols can win a championship with Michelle as their point guard.

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Seats would be won by convincing voters across the constituency, not just targeting action at a few swing voters.

The new system is less proportional than the old system (which allocated half the seats through party lists and had smaller single member districts); thus Orban was able to retain his two - thirds majority despite winning 800,000 fewer votes than in 2010.

Even if Ukip wins very few seats, it could split the Tory vote and prevent the party securing its own target seats.

A year after easily winning a seat on the board, few are still laughing.

The second set of seats (20) are won at a larger regional area using a system called «proportional representation», and is designed to ensure that no party wins either far more or far fewer seats than the share of votes they received.

Thus they are strongly supported by parties like the Liberal Democrats, UKIP, the Greens and so, that often pile up millions of votes in FPTP contests but may win few or no seats, because they are less commonly or rarely the largest party in a given local area.

We won 100 fewer seats than them: our worst election performance in almost three decades.

Indeed, it takes a stretch of the imagination to visualise Corbyn winning some of Labour's target seats but this has caused surprisingly few problems so far.

Indeed, it is entirely possible that the Conservatives could win more votes and gain fewer seats than Labour.

While there may be concerns for a party committed to proportional representation about forming a government with the runner - up on votes, especially if the Lib Dems themselves win many more seats but fewer votes than UKIP, the constraints of parliamentary arithmetic will be a more powerful force.

And you know, fueled by Real Estate and Charter School $ $ $, dark money channeled through invisible Virginia PO Boxes, IEs from who - knows - who, they'll swamp a few key Dem seats and they'll win again, despite overwhelming Democratic statewide voters.

Provided the Conservatives can indeed win the biggest share of seats (and they'll probably lose a few — but only a few — to UKIP, so will get a bit less than they might otherwise), then they'll get the first opportunity to put together a coalition, or at least a working minority government.

This is why Labour still holds a massive advantage in terms of seats won, despite picking up relatively few net gains this time round.

There the range is so wide the model is essentially saying that the Tories could win many more or many fewer seats than they did in 2014.

Moreover, they are fielding many fewer candidates and not even defending some of the seats they won last time.

Second, the system deals harshly with third parties, discouraging voters from backing them and ensuring that even if they do, those parties will win very few seats.

The second set of seats (11) are won at a «London - wide» level using a system called «proportional representation», and is designed to ensure that no party wins either far more or far fewer seats than the share of votes they received.

Just 0.0016 % of voters choosing differently would have given the Conservatives a majority, while the election saw a rise in very marginal seats: eleven were won by fewer than 100 votes.

The Tories picked up three more seats this time around than in 2010, with a few shock wins in the process.

Farley first won the seat in 1976, and has enjoyed easy re-election in the past nine two - year cycles, winning by fewer than 20,000 votes only once.

The LibDems remain subdued below 20 % but there are few signs that the Conservatives are poised to win back many of the thirty and more seats lost to the LibDems at recent elections.

Had the 2010 election been fought under the new boundaries, Labour would won 28 fewer seats — while the Tories would have been down only 8.

I don't put much store in opinion polls, but if true it would only indicate roughly what you would expect to happen at this point in the parliament - 32 % isn't that much lower than Labour got in the 2005 General Election and all it would suggest is that the Liberal Democrats are having a reversal - tactical voting could see them holding onto many of their current seats, indeed it is even possible that if they got 17 % of the vote that if it focused in an area that they could actually end up with more seats, where the switches in support are occuring is crucial - if they are focused then if the Conservative Party were to get 39 % then it might still result in them getting fewer seats than Labour or in extremis winning a 150 seat majority or so?

I have no doubt that the Conservative Party will make major gains in votes and seats in the next 10 years that will build to their return to power ultimately, but they are a long way off actually winning a majority and it has to be said that a Hung Parliament now looks more improbable than at any time since 2001, demographic factors are working against the Conservative Party as well - Labour seats mostly are held with far lower turnouts which is partly why Labour can get fewer votes than the Conservatives and end up with an overall majority and far more seats than the Conservative Party.

It was hugely impressive that he came within 2,500 votes of winning the seat last May, with few local members on the ground and none of the benefits that were afforded to target seats.

Even though Bush won NC handily, Dole and Burr won their Senate seats by only a few points over Bowles, who I thought was an awful candidate.

The party managed to win two seats in a few other electoral areas, including Drogheda, Tralee, Glencullen - Sandyford and Ballymun.

As his «People's Army» celebrated uproariously, Mr Farage confirmed that Ukip will concentrate on winning «a few dozen seats» next May to grab the balance of power in the Commons.

The logical argument goes that Shalala is both the favorite to win, and at 77 years old, unlikely to serve for more than a term or two, allowing JJR to bow out gracefully, continue to serve in the Senate, and have a more accessible path to the same seat in a few years time.

Kathee Burke - Gonzalez, who won a seat on the East Hampton Town Board in November 2013 running on a platform of curbing excessive noise, and who is the board's liaison to the airport, said she was looking forward to «having a plan put in place over the next few months and see restrictions effected for the 21015 season.»

Ted Heath remained in office over the weekend after the general election on 28 February 1974, despite winning four seats fewer than Labour, as he tried unsuccessfully to form a coalition with the Liberals.