Sentence examples for second preference for from inspiring English sources

More than 1.1 million people cast their second preference for a candidate with no chance of being in the run-off for the final two.

It will, in other words, end up being of equal value to him in his head-to-head with Johnson – just as a second preference for Johnson will be to him in relation to Livingstone.

Len McCluskey, leader of Unite, will, over the weekend, be writing to his members who are signed up reiterating the union's official position, which is a vote for Corbyn and a second preference for Burnham.

A second preference vote is only likely to influence the result in any way if the first vote is for a candidate unlikely to win (such as the Greens' Jenny Jones, or Liberal Democrat candidate Brian Paddick), and the second preference for one of the top two.

Voters were asked to select their first and second preference for the new role, from a choice of 15 candidates.

Consumers and politicians were ranked first or second preference for only 16.2% and 7.7% respectively.

That said, second preferences for the two front runners could be decisive if their first preference totals are very close.

It's the question in the poll that interests commentators most because it tries to pin down the effect of voters' second preferences for mayor as well as their first under the supplementary vote system.

I hope both Helal Abbas and Lutfur Rahman will ask their supporters to use their second preferences for each other to demonstrate that it is possible for politics in this borough to move forward following the election.

And he should do the right thing by the party and tell people who do still support him to put second preferences for Yvette – something he is still refusing to do".

Almost 1,000 people have put St Ives as their first preference for a home.