Examples of 'held the seat' in a sentence
Meaning of "held the seat"
Held the seat: Refers to occupying or having a position or role, especially in a formal or organizational setting
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held the seat
He held the seat for two years.
Roch comfortably held the seat.
He held the seat for one term.
The conservatives held the seat.
Kramer held the seat for eight years.
In none did the party that previously held the seat win.
Davis held the seat for eight years.
With only a Labour opponent he comfortably held the seat.
Victors has held the seat ever since.
He remains the only Laborite to have ever held the seat.
Djanogly held the seat.
He held the seat at the next three general elections.
He was then elected for Oswestry and held the seat until his death.
Jones held the seat for less than a year.
A former Labour MP held the seat.
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Labour then held the seat until its abolition.
In the last result of the election, he easily held the seat.
He then held the seat for just a few months.
Despite a drop in the Labour vote, Short held the seat by a slim majority.
He held the seat until his death four years later.
Robert Forrest held the seat comfortably.
He held the seat until his death five years later.
Hoyle only narrowly held the seat for the Labour Party.
He held the seat until his death two years later.
The Liberal Democrats who once held the seat failed to field a candidate.
He held the seat for the Coalition.
He was successful, and held the seat until his death.
He held the seat for the Conservatives.
Darma Sengye 's nephew and their descendants held the seat at Ralung and continued the lineage.
Vowles held the seat of Dalby for the next fifteen years.
Against expectations, the UUP held the seat.
Latham held the seat.
He held the seat until his defeat by prominent independent Ted Mack.
Labour held the seat.
He held the seat for only two months, before Bradshaw 's petition against him succeeded.
And he held the seat.
He held the seat through two subsequent general elections until he retired at the 1997 election.
Fred Agabashian held the seat for several years.
If Vaughan hadn't run, I'm pretty sure the NDP would have held the seat.
Stokes has held the seat without serious difficulty since then.
It is the first time a Democrat has held the seat in 42 years.
Pease held the seat for the Liberals with an increased majority.
Polycarp became bishop of Smyrna and held the seat for about 70 years.
Aloisio held the seat with an increase in his vote and Hunter finished a distant third.
Thus, the UPA held the seat.
He held the seat for the National Country Party.
The Labour candidate, George Sylvester, held the seat for his party.
Maracaibo then held the seat of the Captaincy General of Venezuela.
In the event, the swing to Labour was around 0.2 % and the Conservatives held the seat.
Butler Lloyd held the seat for nine years.
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