Sentence examples for contest triggered from inspiring English sources

When his wife entered the leadership contest triggered by Michael Heseltine's challenge in 1990, her husband sensed long before anyone else, that "she's done for".

The Tories' strong performance increases Osborne's chances of succeeding Cameron and diminishes the chances of Boris Johnson, who would have been served well by an immediate leadership contest triggered by an election loss.

In the corridors the talk will be about the leadership contest triggered by William Hague's dignified departure, the first step in a process which will decide whether the Tories survive as an effective political force.

The leadership contest, triggered by the resignation of Clegg last Friday after the party lost 48 of its 56 MPs in the general election, will be decided by mid-July.

In the previous four byelections Labour suffered dire results: The Glasgow East contest, triggered last July when Labour's David Marshall stood down due to ill health, saw the party beaten into second place by the SNP's John Mason, who overturned Labour's 13,507 majority with a 26.1% increase in its share of the vote.

The contest, triggered by the death of the previous MP in June, will be on the same day as a by-election in Sedgefield, Tony Blair's former constituency, which also needs a replacement as Mr Blair heads off as a super-envoy to the Middle East.

Len McCluskey, the head of Britain's biggest union, has resigned, but will stand again in the ensuing leadership contest, triggering a fight for control of Labour's most generous donor.

As many as 17 Wisconsin state senators -- 11 Republicans and six Democrats -- as well as the governor and lieutenant governor could face recall this year in contests triggered by last year's fight over union rights.

The leadership contest was triggered when Farage stepped down after the EU referendum, although there has been persistent speculation that he could harbour ambitions to return.

The leadership contest was triggered after Farage decided to stand down after the EU referendum, saying he had done his bit for the party.

She and Watson are both regarded as contenders, but others including the shadow work and pensions secretary, Owen Smith, could also run if a contest is triggered.