‘The signs from the NPF are clear: first-past-the-post’s days are numbered’
LabourList → In a major step forwards for electoral reform, Labour’s National Policy Forum (NPF) has formally recognised that the UK’s current voting system is driving “alienation and distrust” in our politics…
Labour Recognises Westminster’s Voting System is Driving ‘Distrust’, in Potential Pivotal Moment for Proportional Representation Fight
Bylines → Campaigners for electoral reform are celebrating a landmark win…
Labour’s National Policy Forum must back proportional representation
Chartist → The vast majority of CLPs support it, as do two-thirds of affiliated trade unions. So, will the NPF accept the case for PR? Maximilian Czekalski explains why it should…
Why I support Electoral Reform - Luke Akehurst
YoungFabians → I don’t see proportional representation (PR) as a panacea or silver bulletthat would exclude the Tories from power or mean Labour gets off the hook of having to build a broad coalition of voters…
Labour must back voting reform if it wants to transform Britain
LeftFootForward → Over the past 104 years, the Conservatives have been in power for over twice as long as Labour. The open secret is: this is a feature of our first past the post (FPTP) voting system…
The Labour movement supports Electoral Reform - and expects party policy to reflect that
LCER → This weekend, Labour’s National Policy Forum (NPF) will deliberate and agree upon Labour’s draft ‘party programme’…
Look at the effects of the Tories’ corrupt voter ID rules – and then tell me Britain is still a democracy
Guardian → Labour has other priorities for now, but once in power it should focus on undoing the damage of these constitutional assaults…
‘Electoral reform has gone from niche to consensus view – Labour must back PR’
LabourList → “The flaws in the current voting system are contributing to the distrust and alienation we see in politics.”... That’s according to Labour’s official draft party programme…
Voting reform will secure Brown’s ambitions
TheTimes → Their mission? To argue the case for something they called “the solidarity union”, a rewired Britain that redistributes power, wealth and accountability to every corner of the country…
Andy Burnham calls for Labour to adopt proportional representation
Guardian → Andy Burnham has called for MPs to be elected by proportional representation as part of Labour’s plans for a “radical rewiring of Britain”…