by-election betydelse and definition

Exempel på by-election

• A by-election had to be fought in Clare, Mr. Fitzgerald seeking re-election on joining the Government. 

• A little later I was to speak somewhere in the North of England at a by-election in support of the party candidate. 

• Consequently property-owners were not only cut down to one vote in one district at a general election, but were prevented from voting in another district at a by-election. 

• I suppose I have fought as many by-elections as most people, and I know that all the advantages lie with the attacking force. 

• Much more serious was the split with Labour, which led to the loss of seat after seat at by-elections, when the allied forces which stood behind the Parliament Act attacked each other and let the Tories in. 

• This source provided the session of parliaments, change in prime minister, by-election results, change of allegiance, election results and public opinion data.

• The book also includes a postscript on 1994-7 politics, 1997 election predictions and an appendix of 1993-7 by-election results.

• The party had recently fought an expensive by-election, was short of funds and seemed to underestimate the significance of the new constituency boundaries.