Sentence examples for in safe constituency from inspiring English sources
It would end the "jobs for life" culture in safe constituency seats (campaigners point to MPs in safe seats who were embroiled in the expenses scandal that hit the previous parliament).
These of course are all theoretical examples - if the polls are right, the election will look like a first-past-the-post contest in a safe constituency seat.
Adam Bandt, the party's new deputy leader, won his seat last year in what used to be a safe constituency for Labor, in Melbourne.
Against the defeat at Hottentots-Holland, thought to be a safe constituency for the Government, should be set a victory in the Zululand constituency of Natal where, in spite of the discontent over the Government's Indian policy, the United party candidate defeated a strong Nationalist candidate.
Politicians control the drawing of district boundaries and frequently use that power to map out safe constituencies for themselves.
I've been really interested in websites such as VoteSwap, in which people exchange their vote if they feel it will be wasted in safe-seat constituencies – an attempt at rebelling against first-past-the-post.
The SNP has taken some of the safest constituencies in the UK in terms of 2010 majorities.
In return, Ms May promised not to run a Green candidate against the Liberal leader in his safe Montreal constituency.
Opposition to twinning is concentrated in the safe Labour constituency parties of the south Wales valleys where the tradition that women run the household but men run everything else is still strong.
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Most black Conservative MPs are in safe seats, in predominantly white constituencies.
