"loss" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- The by-election in Newbury was the first in a string of by-election losses for the Conservative Party.
- Labour regained one of its by-election losses, Leicester South, but saw an increased Liberal Democrat majority in the other, Brent East.
- Several by-election losses meant that by 1977, Callaghan was heading a minority government, and was forced to do deals with other parties to survive.
- Further problems arose in April 1991, when reformists published their own manifesto for democracy and there were by-election losses.
- Marcel Proulx resigned as Dion's Quebec lieutenant hours before the Harper government's throne speech, taking the fall for the three by-election losses.
- After the by-election loss Newman retired from politics and dedicated herself to charitable work.
- It marked the third by-election loss for Labor during this parliamentary term, following on from the 2005 losses in Chatsworth and Redcliffe.
- The resignation of Harold Wilson brought James Callaghan to power, however his small majority was eroded with several by-election losses and the government became increasingly unpopular.
- His government was defeated after a series of by-election losses led to it losing a Motion of No Confidence in 1891.
- However he was later elected MP for Walthamstow West in 1970, reversing the by-election loss to the Conservatives of that seat in 1967.
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