• An urgent meeting of the Ulster Unionist Party executive is being sought by a number of party officers to discuss what they called the "grave crisis" caused by the government's plans to reform the RUC.

    BBC: Donaldson denies crisis after Patten

  • Pakistani opposition politician Imran Khan has said that his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party is the country's number one political party.

    BBC: Imran: We are Pakistan's number one party

  • After years of infighting coupled with a poor election strategy, the Democratic Party saw their number of seats drop from eight to six.

    FORBES: Hong Kong Election: Democrats Retain Vital Veto Power

  • Mr Cobain said it was not a decision he had taken lightly but added he had been "disillusioned with the party for a number of months".

    BBC: Fred Cobain leaves UUP and joins DUP

  • As demonstrated for the second consecutive presidential election, the Republican Party has a number of well-documented problems it must solve before it once again has an occupant at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

    FORBES: Perception of Republicans Fails To Reach Between the Lines

  • To calculate how many seats each party has won and lost, the number of seats each party holds on each council just before the election is researched by PA and the BBC, and compiled into a data "baseline".

    BBC: Q&A: Election results 2013

  • The actual number of people nominated, and the number per party is decided by the prime minister.

    BBC: Guide to peers and House of Lords

  • The party saw a significant number of Malays switch support to the Islamist Pas in last year's parliamentary elections.

    CNN: The New Malay Dilemma

  • The idea was to avoid confusion among political analysts, party activists and the number crunchers when comparing performances from 2005 with Thursday's vote.

    BBC: Broadcasters' adjusted boundary figures explained

  • The only two countries in western Europe to have increased the number of party members in the past 30 years are Greece and Spain.

    ECONOMIST: Bagehot

  • Whiskey Point, about 14km north, offers more high-quality waves than Pottuvil Point, fewer crowds and is the number one party beach on a Friday night.

    BBC: Riding Sri Lanka��s new wave

  • Mr Bradley said his party had tabled a number of amendments to the bill, including provisions for an appeal mechanism, but all their proposed amendments have been rejected.

    BBC: Dominic Bradley

  • But a number of party members spoke out against the strategy, including former MP David Rendel, who said there was a "growing consensus" the approach was not working.

    BBC: UK Politics

  • Both the centre-left Labour party and the centre-right VVD party won a sufficient number of votes between themselves to rule with a majority in the lower houses of parliament.

    BBC: Netherlands election analysis: Dutch show faith in Europe

  • The commission has been a source of controversy for the Ulster Unionist Party, with a number of prominent members voicing concern over the role of the Irish Government's nominee.

    BBC: Unionists urged to accept body

  • The cross-party committee said a number of former ambassadors had stressed the importance of speaking the local language when posted abroad, one suggesting any downgrading of linguistic competence would be a "terrible mistake".

    BBC: UK Politics

  • Each Democratic state party is allocated a number of delegates based on a complicated formula that takes into account the state's electoral votes and the strength of support for Democratic presidential candidates in the last three general elections.

    CNN: 2004 Primaries

  • Yossi Beilin - the dovish minister of justice within the Barak government - has warned that he will leave the party and take a number of parliamentary colleagues with him, if it decides to join a national unity government with Ariel Sharon.

    BBC: Barak's party stripped of power

  • On Wednesday night, a UUP honorary secretary, David Brewster, and a number of party officers called for an earlier meeting of the party's 100-member executive to discuss what they called the "grave crisis" caused by the UK Government's plans to reform the Royal Ulster Constabulary.

    BBC: 'Cordial' Trimble-Ahern meeting

  • The Sandinista party has won a decisive number of victories in stark contrast to what public opinion polls have indicated.

    CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Daniel Ortega's Role in the Bolivarian Revolution

  • There should be a significant number of third party applications that will run on any Sailfish handset out of the box.

    FORBES: Jolla Sets Sail On The Smartphone Sea, Reveals Sailfish OS With Android Support

  • However, the party said it wanted a number of assurances from Sinn Fein before it would agree to support Mr Maskey for lord mayor.

    BBC: SF denied Belfast lord mayor post

  • Despite opposition gains in parliamentary elections last month, a coalition led by Musharraf's party still retains a considerable number of seats in the Senate.

    CNN: Pakistan enters 'era of real democracy'

  • Finance Committee chair Daitihi McKay was critical of the SDLP amendment and that the party had to answer a number of questions about the detail.

    BBC: Spring supplementary estimates

  • The party with the second highest number of votes, the leftist Syriza, which is against austerity measures, has declined to be a part of the government.

    CNN: Greece swears in new government

  • "Crews arrived to find a number of the party that had managed to get themselves to the side of the river to safety, " a spokesman said.

    BBC: Newport canoeists rescued from swollen River Wye

  • That effort will lead to a number of Tea Party-backed primary challenges in 2014, which could oust some pledge-breaking incumbents and put a safe seat into play.

    FORBES: Connect

  • Nationalists and republicans had wanted the flag completely removed but agreed to an Alliance party deal to limit the number of days in a vote on 3 December.

    BBC: Belfast council meets for first time since flag vote

  • Politically inclined grass-roots activism on both the right and left is alive and well on Meetup in the thriving number of tea party and Occupy Wall Street groups using the site.

    CNN: From Howard Dean to the tea party: The power of Meetup.com

  • In an election year where the Tea Party holds sway over a number of economic issues, fighting the tax levied through cable bundling by ESPN and its followers should be front and center.

    FORBES: Why The Tea Party Should Hate ESPN

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