Electoral Reform

Opinion: The Labour Party hold the key to electoral reform

If Labour decided to revert to their pre-1997 stance and support proportional representation, an amendment to the referendum legislation proposing this an as option on the ballot paper would usher chaos into Downing Street. ...
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Nick Lane

A proportional system should be on offer in next year's referendum - New Statesman (blog)

A proportional system should be on offer in next year's referendumNew Statesman (blog)The Single Transferrable Vote, backed by the admirable Electoral Reform Society, is far the best option.

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Stop Talking About Coalitions - Perspectives from The Mark

But under proportional representation (PR), where if a party receives 40 per cent of the vote it receives 40 per cent of the seats, the Conservatives (with 38 per cent support) would be reduced to a still strong 117 seats, the Liberals ...
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The Mark

democraticSPACE.com/blog

Liberals and New Democrats would be better off supporting electoral reform instead — to introduce some element of proportionality into our voting system, so that the composition of parliament closely resembles the level of support a ...
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Greg Morrow

Labour must not play politics with the electoral reform referendum to come - New Statesman (blog)

New Statesman (blog)Labour must not play politics with the electoral reform referendum to comeNew Statesman (blog)What with Jack Straw already beginning to make negative n

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