Sentence examples for mining constituency from inspiring English sources

It was a mining constituency and miner followed miner as the MP.

The whiff of Geoff Hoon, hit by expenses and then by "cash for consultancies" revelations this spring which led to his suspension from the Parliamentary Labour party, was not easily erased in Ashfield, the former mining constituency in Nottinghamshire.

But the plan was introduced with little warning, angering industry giants and voters in important mining constituencies, who worried that the new tax would cost jobs and slow the economy.

Elsewhere in the county, attention is focused on the rise of the fortunes of the UK Independence Party in South Yorkshire on the back of a succession of scandals involving Labour politicians which have seen the party come under extreme pressure in historically safe steel and mining constituencies.

The objective of protesters in Majaz is to kill the project while it is in the exploration phase -- before, presumably, a pro-mine constituency can develop in the area.

Then, he said, they are looking for voters further afield, "mining different sub-constituencies they can tap into".

Figures released today by the Campaign for Better Transport show what this could mean for a constituency like mine in Brighton.

I thought I would be able to go home regularly but that isn't possible when you represent a huge constituency like mine which stretches from Crewe to Carlisle.

I think the pretty strong message from the parliamentary Labour party was they wanted to make sure that we talk about what's happened in the election last week in a constituency like mine, where it was closely won, but there are some real issues for us to look at.

One Tory backbencher, representing a rural area, wants to give the market-based reforms a chance to work, but wonders "how will the supply-side revolution work in a rural constituency like mine where for most parents there is only one school?" Another concern was being quietly expressed around the edges of the Tory conference, particularly by local councillors.

I know there are Labour MPs with constituencies like mine, with beliefs like mine and with desires for a better society like mine.