Sentence examples for open constituencies from inspiring English sources

The problem for the Opposition in 1734 was that there were few such populous, open constituencies but very many rotten borough seats such as Malmesbury.

Although public opinion aided Pitt in the open constituencies, it is nevertheless misleading to say that he was "the choice of the people"; he was the dispenser of royal patronage.

In 1774 Burke was elected a member of Parliament for Bristol, then the second city of the kingdom and an open constituency requiring a genuine election contest.

A legitimate question, you might say, if it's true the 73-year-old Labour member for Middlesbrough hasn't held an open constituency surgery for 14 years, and allegedly won't return phone calls - Bell says he meets regularly with his constituents by appointment and has no record of the alleged calls.

The envelope was kept in a safe at Loughner's home alongside a letter from Giffords in 2007 thanking him for attending an earlier open air constituency meeting of the kind he attacked on Saturday.

Six of its 10 members in the 60-member legislature represent geographic constituencies open to voting by the general public, which has turned out huge demonstrations against the bill.

A facetious observer might describe Mr Brown as the Scottish Obama or Mr Obama as "the Black Gordon".As for the idea that Britain could use more of that American drama: it is true that more town-hall meetings and debates among leaders, and open "primaries" in constituencies, would enliven elections.

The constitution stipulates that 475 members of the 500-seat parliament are needed to convene parliament and the protesters have already prevented candidates from registering in 28 out of the 375 constituencies open to direct elections.Thailand's political crisis, in other words, will only grow.

Polling stations opened in 19 constituencies on Thursday morning.

Polling stations opened in eight constituencies - Bracknell, Maidenhead, Newbury, Reading East, Reading West, Slough, Windsor and Wokingham.

Polling stations opened in six constituencies - Banbury, Henley, Oxford East, Oxford West and Abingdon, Wantage and Witney.