Sentence examples for defeated in the seat from inspiring English sources

At last year's Scottish parliament elections John McAllion, Mr Luke's predecessor as MP, was defeated in the seat by the SNP.

Gordon's former partner met this month with the newly ousted Liberal National party MPs Gavin King and David Kempton – whom Gordon defeated in the seat of Cook – before writing letters to sitting MPs detailing accusations of repeated assaults and deprivation of liberty between 2005 and 2008.

Its most creative and effective effort was in a Democratic primary, actually, against Michael Forbes, the conservative Republican who had switched parties and was defeated in the primary for his own seat.

The SPP was soundly defeated in the election, winning only four seats.

Brough, a former minister in the Howard government, lost his seat of Longman in 2007 but returned to parliament when he defeated Slipper in the seat of Fisher six years later.

This was highlighted when the party was defeated in suburban seats from Manchester Withington to Hornsey and Wood Green by an alliance of Muslims and Guardianistas post-Iraq war.

Yet Beattie has refused to concede defeat in the seat, despite a big swing against Labor on Saturday.

Prominent Coalition rightwinger Sophie Mirabella has conceded defeat in the seat of Indi, confirming that she will not seek a recount to contest the victory of her rival, independent candidate Cathy McGowan.

To add to his humiliation, Bruce was defeated in his own seat of Flinders by Labor challenger Jack Holloway.

He was soundly defeated in bids for a seat in the Texas Legislature in 1960 and 1961 at a time when Republicans were rarely elected to any offices in the state.

The Liberal Democrats were defeated in Cheltenham, with the other four seats in the county being retained by the Tories.