overall majority

A: One in which no single party has an overall majority.

To have an overall majority a party needs to win 326 seats.

The electorate decided not to give any one party an overall majority.

The Conservatives have had an overall majority on the council since 1978.

The government was elected in October 1974 with an overall majority of three.

In 2011 the Conservatives lost their overall majority and control of the council.

He called an early general election in the hope of gaining an overall majority.

Although the Conservatives did not win an overall majority, their administration continued.

This meant they held 27 seats and had an overall majority of 7.

If no single party were to win an overall majority, then the Queen might have real power to choose a government.

The final results saw them both winning seats, but no part having an overall majority.

In 1946 the Conservatives gained an overall majority, which they held until 1962.

In 1904 the Liberals lost their overall majority after "twenty years".

In the February 1974 election, no party was returned to office with an overall majority of seats.

If Labour took all 42, it would still be 13 seats short of an overall majority.

The results were sufficient to give the Conservatives a two seat overall majority.

The Labour party's overall majority in the 2005 general election was reduced to 66.

"Whether with an overall majority or not is certainly not clear at this stage."

It ends in a hung parliament, where no party has an overall majority.

Men now hold an overall majority of head coaching positions on women's teams in all sports.

The Conservatives subsequently won the general election with an overall majority.

Before the election the Conservatives ran the council with an overall majority of 1 seat.

There was an overall majority for them of 44, which guaranteed a full term in office, with 339 Conservatives.

The Tories would be 20 seats short of an overall majority.