Example sentences of "[noun sg] at the next election " in BNC.
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| 1 | A public body is also accountable both politically and administratively : the politicians consider the effect of a given decision on the electorate at the next election ; and the administrators are anxious to avoid any risk of criticism . |
| 2 | Moreover , the coalition government so formed will not have to ( or even be able to ) face the electorate at the next election since the parties to the coalition will be free to fight again as independent entities . |
| 3 | Macmillan worked on the American fear that a crisis in Anglo-American relations might contribute to a Conservative defeat at the next election . |
| 4 | The possibility of a Conservative defeat at the next election promotion investors to unload shares . |
| 5 | Any Conservative you care to converse with will predict a close contest at the next election . |
| 6 | And that is why the SDP was declared to be a spent force the instant David Owen said that it would not be contesting every seat at the next election . |
| 7 | List MdBs must emulate them if they wish to safeguard their place on their party 's list or hope to win a constituency seat at the next election . |
| 8 | He often raises that subject , and we understand his desperation about what will happen to his seat at the next election . |
| 9 | Did she hope to stand in a winnable seat at the next election ? |
| 10 | If the local organization after an election remained active , on a permanent basis of annual subscription , with a permanent organizing secretary who would attend to the registration work and become the agent at the next election , a candidate could , and probably would , be selected on his merits , and the constituency would be independent of men whose only merit was their wealth . |
| 11 | He should take responsibility for doing so or accept responsibility for his party 's vote at the next election , when Labour will be returned . |
| 12 | If there are two parties each putting forward programmes which they are pledged to carry out if elected to government , and which they are able to carry out because they possess sufficient internal cohesion , then the electorate in choosing a programme ( and a programme at that which has been drawn up to appeal to their interests ) mandates a party to carry out its programme and holds the party accountable for its adequate fulfillment at the next election . |
| 13 | Labour has vowed to keep the Works open if it wins control of the Council at the next election . |
| 14 | That is one more reason why , across the south , there has been a greater swing to Labour than in any other region and why , I must point out to the hon. Member for Thurrock ( Mr. Janman ) , who seeks to speak for my native county , we look forward to a smashing victory in his constituency at the next election . |
| 15 | The Labour Party have committed themselves to establishing Regional Government , that is if Britain decided to commit suicide at the next election . |
| 16 | The Prime Minister 's supporters were immediately thrown onto the defensive since most Conservative MPs saw the tax as the single biggest obstacle to a Conservative victory at the next election . |
| 17 | This was , it seems , partly with the rather Machiavellian intention of forcing Conservative MPs to unite behind a Prime Minister whose continuance in office was considered best to serve Labour 's prospects of victory at the next election . |
| 18 | of industrialists believed that a Labour victory at the next election would be bad for the economy ? |
| 19 | He told BBC TV 's On the Record programme he believed Mr Major would lead the Tories to victory at the next election . |
| 20 | ( 8 ) Where the prospective parliamentary candidate has been selected and subsequently intimates his or her intention not to stand for parliament in the constituency as the Labour Party candidate at the next election , the procedure set out in section ( 3 ) of this clause shall ( subject to section ( 4 ) of this clause ) be forthwith set in motion again . |
| 21 | It was , he said , a ‘ new Victorian Poor Law ’ which would pave the way for the election of a Labour Government at the next election . |
| 22 | I welcome the fact that , when we are returned to government at the next election , pensions will go up by £8 and £5 ; those are steps in the right direction . |
| 23 | It will not be long before the circumstances in this country — I do not refer to a change of Government at the next election , which I profoundly do not wish to see — allow us to catch up in the two key areas which were subjected to further delay on this occasion . |
| 24 | If the electorate disapproves of the policies or their outcomes , it has the opportunity to replace the government at the next election . |
| 25 | WHEN constituency boundaries have been re-arranged , Labour will probably need to gain an extra 75 seats if it is to win an overall majority at the next election . |
| 26 | On behalf of the Labour party , I invite you to join the vast majority of people in this country at the next election and to vote Labour . |
| 27 | The intent of the politician was of course to create a feeling of obligation , which he undoubtedly hoped would stand him in good stead at the next election , but such feelings were all the stronger because the shrewd political manager never breathed a word about a bargain or the anticipated political return . |
| 28 | The electorate is able to choose a candidate , a party , a programme , and a government ; the electorate knows roughly what the government will do once in office ; and so the electorate knows who to blame and which party to vote out of office at the next election . |
| 29 | ‘ I would hate it to go down in Conservative mythology that we always had to have a gaggle of young men running every campaign , ’ he said , ‘ although if we had the same bunch at the next election at least they 'd be a few years older . ’ |
| 30 | Could you tell me what is the policy of your party on this matter and if you were to be elected to power at the next election what would your party do ? |