Sentence examples for a reduced majority and from inspiring English sources

He won that 2005 election, it is true, but with a reduced majority, and struggled thereafter with a recalcitrant Labour Party and hostile media.

Ruth Smeeth entered parliament in the vacated Stoke-on-Trent North seat of departing Labour stalwart Joan Walley with a reduced majority, and Rob Flello just about held on in Stoke-on-Trent South, with the Tories and UKIP both nipping at his heels.

Political comment over the relationship between Brown and Blair continued up to and beyond the 2005 election, which Labour won with a reduced majority and reduced vote share.

His share of the vote fell, from 58% four years ago, and his party has a reduced majority in the legislature.

Sneaking home next year with a reduced majority would not have helped his national ambitions, and losing would have been disastrous.

Tim Farron, a former president of the Liberal Democrats, managed to hang on to his Westmorland and Lonsdale seat in the northwest with a reduced majority.

At the count for Carmarthenshire - a big target for Plaid Cymru - BBC Wales political editor Betsan Powys said it looked as though another coalition between Labour and the independents is a possibility, but with a reduced majority.

The question is whether they will have a reduced majority or no majority.

Whitlam won a double dissolution election in 1974, with a reduced majority.

His Republican counterpart, Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, called a reduced majority "a reasonable surmise".

Salford was in open revolt over Hazel Blears last summer, but she returned to parliament with a reduced majority.