Sentences with phrase «won by an opposition party»

«The current Short money formula is based on both the totality of votes cast at the general election and the total number of Commons seats won by an opposition party, along with an additional top - up for the official opposition.

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MAY 2, 2011: Harper's Conservative party, having been endorsed by the Globe and the Post, wins a majority government, as Jack Layton's NDP surges to opposition status.

The opposition Wildrose had hoped to win at least two of the by - elections, but were upstaged by the NDP in Edmonton - Whitemud and an insurgent Alberta Party in Calgary - Elbow.

It's a flash game (to be played in browser) that tasks you with redistricting given populations to achieve specific goals, for example depriving a surefire opposition candidate of votes, consolidating opposition in one area leaving one opposition candidate with almost all their voters and all the rest with less than enough to win, or just assuring status quo between the two parties by marginalizing uncertainty coming from undecided voters.

The context is made all the worse for the coalition by the fact that parties in opposition nationally tend to win more seats in local elections than governing parties.

He has therefore charged team members and supporters to desist from allowing themselves to be manipulated by the falsehood from the NPP and win back the seven seats with an additional four that have been for the largest opposition party.

In the face of a string of Tory reversals, all down to his opposition, Labour MPs from across the party — from Blairites to the soft left — have been won over by his leadership skills, despite the minority of plotters and the «mainstream media» who rudely reprinted all the things he's said over the years about the IRA, Hamas, Kosovo, Iran, Israel, etc..

Mr Mahama's comments come just a few days after his arch-rival, Nana Akufo - Addo, flag bearer of the main opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) told party supporters in the Volta Region during his campaign tour that he will not abandon projects started by the Mahama administration should he (Akufo - Addo) win the forthcoming pParty (NPP) told party supporters in the Volta Region during his campaign tour that he will not abandon projects started by the Mahama administration should he (Akufo - Addo) win the forthcoming pparty supporters in the Volta Region during his campaign tour that he will not abandon projects started by the Mahama administration should he (Akufo - Addo) win the forthcoming polls.

A member of the communication team of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC), Koku Nenugbo Mawugbe has predicted that the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), will by September 2016 elect a new presidential candidate because his chances of winning are slim.

Many of the councils being defended by Cameron's party this year were won by the Conservatives at their high - water mark in opposition, in 2009.

The Tories have become the first party of Government to win a by - election from the Opposition for more than three decades.

Harriet Harman became the Leader of the Opposition and acting Leader of the Labour Party following the resignation of Gordon Brown on 11 May 2010, pending a leadership election [89] subsequently won by Ed Miliband.

Carswell, who won the Clacton by - election with a huge majority last week, said he argued that «we needed to Spotify» the Tory Party, but found too much opposition to change.

In the meantime, just as Fayose wants a win for the Peoples Democratic Party, the APC is also keen on taking over the governorship seat of Ekiti State, the only state in the South - West that is still in control by the opposition.

Packing and cracking result in some telltale signs of interference: the opposition party tends to win by a landslide in packed districts, but lose by a narrow margin in cracked ones.

Legal Week's latest Big Question found commercial partners largely united in opposition to Cameron's highly publicised commitment to hold a referendum on the UK's EU membership by the end of 2017 if the Conservative Party wins the next general election.

A trial attorney in the divorce courts attempts to ensure that his or her client «wins» by doing the opposition research (depositions, interrogatories, motion practice) to show that the opposing party is a loser.