Sentence examples for constituencies held from inspiring English sources
But it is also because of what happens in the marginal constituencies, held with narrow majorities, which will determine the outcome of the election.
Its government appeared to be scared of its own shadow, disappointing millions of those who had voted for it.The Lib Dems, Britain's third largest party, have often been accused of opportunism saying one thing in northern constituencies held by Labour while telling quite a different tale in southern constituencies held by the Tories.
The ICM polls, which were leaked to the Guardian, showed that the Lib Dems were set to lose in four constituencies held by the party, including Clegg's seat of Sheffield Hallam.
The Lib Dems' 11 Scottish seats include constituencies held by three current and former UK cabinet members: the current Scottish secretary Alistair Carmichael in Orkney and Shetland, his predecessor Michael Moore in the Borders, and Alexander.
These factors mean the wipeout of the Liberal Democrats may not be as catastrophic as national polls suggest.Over the past year polling by Lord Ashcroft, a Tory peer, in 44 constituencies held by the Lib Dems shows their share of the vote falling across the board.
We go into this election with 60 of our 63 constituencies held by one or other of those same two parties.
Some were in their constituencies holding surgeries, having decided to proceed as normal, but others cancelled.
Some MPs were in their constituencies holding surgeries, having decided to proceed as normal.
As the count wore on in the early morning hours, the Liberal Democrats were making inroads into Conservative constituencies, holding out the possibility that Mr. Hague might end up with fewer seats in Parliament.
These constituencies hold the levers of control and manifest a monopoly of violence within the humanitarian arena (in the Weberian sense).
Similarly, 3.5% of residents of other constituencies hold non-UK EU passports on average, but 0.9% of Clacton's residents do.
