Sentence examples for equivalent constituency from inspiring English sources

Labour's 14,000 general election majority in Inverclyde was cut back to 500 in the nearest equivalent constituency in last month's Scottish Parliament elections.

Two seats the Tories ought to win on the back of gaining the equivalent constituencies at the last Assembly election are Cardiff North, which should return former MP and MEP Jonathan Evans, and Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire which Simon Hart is poised to take.

But these are seats where the "Yes" side won a majority in September - and many are places where the SNP won the nearest equivalent Scottish Parliament constituency back in May 2011.

These voters elected the electors, who then elected seventy-four deputoes thethe Diet, each holding a constituency equivalent to a rural district.

"I have to cover the equivalent of two and a half constituencies," he said.

John Sutherland has noted that it begins with two spin doctors, Tadpole and Taper, devising a slogan – "ancient institutions and modern improvements" – and rushing the catchphrase to a constituency by the era's equivalent of texting or email, the stage coach.

We need a new organisation, equivalent to the Labour Co-ordinating Commithee – the Kinnock-era constituency-based modernisers – to drive this process from the grassroots.

China doesn't have any equivalent to the U.S. "religious right" -- a politically powerful constituency that vehemently opposes gay marriage on religious grounds.

This much is true: in most European countries there is no obvious equivalent of the American religious right in which a large standing constituency spoils for a fight over hard ethical issues.

While polls seem to suggest that Republican women still support Mr. Cain in numbers that are roughly equivalent to men, flickers of discontent are emerging in crucial constituencies.

If you're trying to find policies that appeal to, say, the equivalent of Guatemala City and Hampstead Garden Suburb, it is advisable to place yourself and your constituency within the framework of a power that's bigger than government.