Sentences with phrase «year electoral cycle»

The minister says his preference is for a five year electoral cycle but accepts the debate on this must be had, as Ms Goldie made a good point about the four year cycle.

Conservative and Liberal Democrat ministers» constitutional reforms have been criticised from the start, as the Fixed Term Parliament Act deliberately linked the establishment of a five - year electoral cycle with the mechanics setting up the 2011 electoral reform referendum.

Local government's four - year electoral cycle means that the baseline with which to compare these elections was 2011, when most of the actual council seats up this year were last won and lost.

In the UK, the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has called for governments of all political persuasions to take more of a long - term approach to planning such projects, with a 25 -30-year horizon rather than working over five - year electoral cycles or even shorter timeframes.

Not exact matches

This is the year in the electoral cycle where traditionally Labour do well and the Tories nosedive.

In the long run over two whole electoral cycles (20 - 25 years), the Conservatives would lose out in my opinion.

The YouGov local election poll in the Sun today is based on just repondents in those areas that actually have local elections in May — that is, excluding London, Scotland, Wales and the 13 or so councils who do not have elections this year (primarily Cornwall, Durham, the Isle of Wight, Northumberland, Shropshire and Wiltshire, with a handful of district councils with unusual electoral cycles).

On July 31st, the 89 year - old former freedom fighter and President of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe went to the polls to compete in yet another contest on his mandate and similar to the violent 2008 electoral cycle, the incumbent was again facing opposition leader and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC).

This is because, unlike news cycles (which are measured in days or weeks) or electoral politics (which plays out over months and years), extractive industries» investment timelines are typically 20 to 25 years.