Sentence examples for marginal constituency to from inspiring English sources

Sometimes the party leader, or another leading light, will descend on a marginal constituency to knock on some doors, or join volunteers at the phone bank to put some calls into startled householders.

"Phantom voters", for example, appear to have been bussed into marginal constituencies to boost the Barisan vote.

This change would reinvigorate politics by making it meaningful for all citizens to participate rather than wait for those few in marginal constituencies to make the difference.

You only have to look at the online ads they have launched in 60 marginal constituencies to see the nasty political game they are playing.

You refer to the accusation that the road programme announced on Monday is promising road improvements in marginal constituencies to gain votes for the coalition (Clegg denies 'motorways for marginals', 2 December).

He has been made deputy chairman of the party, accompanies William Hague on visits to foreign leaders, and is paying for marginal constituencies to be carpet-bombed with Tory election materials.

In so doing, they enabled a decisive number of marginal constituency seats to be delivered straight to Labour.

That's a potential extra 800 to 2,000 Labour votes in the average marginal constituency – enough to make the difference between winning and losing in dozens of seats.

Balls launched his campaign for the leadership during a visit to two marginal constituencies, going to South Basildon in Essex in the morning – a seat that Labour needs to regain if it wants to win the next election – before travelling to Gedling in Nottinghamshire, a seat that Labour held against the odds.

A marginal constituency that used to be held by Labour, it was won by the Conservatives in 2010.

If he wears this carcrash outfit in the third debate, expect a lot of marginal constituency Lib Dem MPs to kill themselves in shame.