Sentence examples for constituencies down from inspiring English sources

Labour lost 13 seats overall and won in only three constituencies, down from 15 in 2011.

Changing time zones is one more way for Pyongyang to say to its own citizens and some constituencies down south that South Korea is symbolically and practically in step with the imperialists, while North Korea has always tried to carve its own path.

Aside from calling for an end to the bedroom tax and a guaranteed level of defence spending, one aspect of the DUP's Northern Ireland plan which Peter Robinson referred to in his recent Inside Politics interview, is its rejection of the previous proposal to cut Northern Ireland's constituencies down from 18 to 16 (as part of a general reduction in the size of the Commons).

"Someone in the government decided to put the whole constituency down instead of the poorest of the poor," Mr. Moonis said.

"Maybe Churchill, Gladstone or Disraeli would not have been that great on the Daily Politics, but if you haven't got the skills you will let your constituency down".

And when Republicans serving middle-of-the-road constituencies step down, their seats can be ripe for Democratic picking.

Furthermore, an electronic system for tallying votes that was meant to supply provisional results from all 291 constituencies broke down within hours.

The initial analysis, carried out by the Guardian data team, is based on figures released by the boundary commission, showing the makeup of each of England's 502 new constituencies – breaking down exactly which previous constituencies voters came from.

It's a white mayor selling his African- American constituency down the river".

The crucial votes that guaranteed Healey's defeat came from craven members of the parliamentary Labour party who mistakenly believed that troublemakers in their constituencies would quieten down if an old left-winger became leader.

Their former MP, Lady Sylvia Hermon, romped home in her North Down constituency with a majority of almost 15,000 over her nearest rival.