Sentence examples for election with a majority from inspiring English sources

Sheriff Hill is represented in Parliament as part of the Gateshead constituency; the sitting Member of Parliament (MP) is Labour representative Ian Mearns, who was elected at the May 2010 general election with a majority of 12,549 votes over Liberal Democrat Frank Hindle.

For Ignatieff to win the next election with a majority government, he will need to carry the three major cities (Montreal, Toronto, and Vancouver), the smaller western cities, almost all of Atlantic Canada, most of rural Ontario, and about a third of British Columbia.

I won the last election with a majority, even after Iraq.

Labour held it in the 2005 election with a majority over the Conservatives of just 1,139 votes.

Even if no party emerges from the election with a majority, as looks likely, the one with the most votes will enter coalition talks with momentum and authority.

Johnson succeeded former deputy prime minister Michael Heseltine as MP for Henley at the 2001 general election with a majority of 8,458.

Lord Healey lost his first bid to become an MP when he was narrowly beaten by the Conservatives in Pudsey and Otley, but was elected by Leeds East in a 1952 by-election with a majority of 7,000 votes.

More than 3,100 candidates are vying to fill about 1,150 seats in the elections, with a majority of candidates from two military-backed parties.

However, had it not been for the release of videos showing sickening abuse of prisoners in the country's notorious jails then Misha's party might have scraped through the October 1st parliamentary elections with a majority.

The Conservatives have won the Newark by-election, with a majority of 7,400.

Despite five visits to the constituency by David Cameron, who was campaigning for his party's candidate Kelly Tolhurst, Mr Reckless won the by-election with a majority of 2,920 votes.