Sentence examples for slender majority from inspiring English sources

David Cameron's government has a slender majority of 16.

Mr Trimble won only a slender majority of the unionist vote.

That is beyond the reach of the Democrats, with their slender majority of 53.

A little less than a year ago he won a general election by a slender majority.

And for the first time a slender majority, against Mr Meciar's fierce opposition, say that Slovakia should join NATO too.

With Labour facing firstly a hung parliament and then a slender majority, we see the whips coming into their own.

The faction controls seven seats in Parliament, which would give Mr. Sharon a slender majority of 62 votes.

If Mr. D'Alema fails to retain his slender majority in Parliament, Italy could be plunged into elections a year early.

The prime minister has been noticeably warmer towards backbenchers since the general election, mindful of a slender majority of 12.

Of course, with a slender majority in the Commons, he wants a similar majority in the Lords.

Downing Street sources said her conciliatory tone reflected pragmatism about the new parliamentary arithmetic, which gives May a slender majority only with the support of the DUP.