Sentence examples for conservative support in from inspiring English sources

In previous London mayoral elections, the efficient Labour machine got out the vote in inner London but was not able to overcome strong Conservative support in the suburbs.

In previous London mayoral elections, the efficient Labour machine got out the vote in inner London but was unable to overcome strong Conservative support in the suburbs.

MEMPHIS — Rick Santorum fought to shore up conservative support in the South on Sunday, attending a Baptist megachurch and courting voters over ribs and pulled pork at a famous barbecue restaurant here.

Conservative support in Britain has fallen in the aftermath of the chancellor's autumn statement, which pencilled in deep public expenditure cuts for years ahead, according to the latest Guardian/ICM poll.

But as things stand, Conservative support in the European elections is holding up reasonably well against 2009, down by just three points against a baseline year in which, on the opposition benches, the Tories enjoyed commanding leads in most Westminster polls.

BBC political correspondent Vicki Young says Conservative support in the North of England has been declining and Mr Osborne's statement will be seen as an attempt to show the party is keen to increase prosperity beyond its traditional strongholds in the south.

But the volunteers agreed to rally conservative support, and, in conjunction with human-rights organizations and liberal groups, they helped secure the unanimous passage of the Prison Rape Elimination Act, in 2003.

Those shifts reflect a strategic imperative Walker faces — the need to consolidate conservative support, particularly in Iowa.

Although he did well in the primaries, the continued presence of Fred Thompson in the South Carolina primaries denied Huckabee the conservative support he needed in the state.

Conservative support has surged in council contests on the back of the party's general election triumph.

Mr. Akin let an evening deadline pass for withdrawing from the race on Tuesday, defiantly telling conservative radio hosts he intended to ride grassroots conservative support to victory in his race to unseat Democratic Senator Claire McCaskill.