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400 CLPs and counting
On Friday 15 September, Milngavie and Clydebank CLP became the 400th Constituency Labour Party to pass a motion calling for Proportional Representation for the House of Commons. Our formidable campaigner Julie Ward – well known to many members during her days as an MEP for the North West – travelled up from Carlisle for the…
Read MoreNot a priority? We beg to differ
Looking back over the past few years, the campaign for PR has made huge strides. Last year’s Labour Party conference voted overwhelmingly to back electoral reform Repeated polls put support for PR among Labour members at around 85% 96% of local Labour parties that have debated PR voted to support it A majority of affiliated trade…
Read MoreThe Labour movement supports electoral reform – and expects party policy to reflect that
This weekend, Labour’s National Policy Forum (NPF) will deliberate and agree upon Labour’s draft ‘party programme’. Not to be confused with the manifesto – which will be a concise summary of the central missions of the next Labour government and will not be agreed until the election is called – the party programme is a…
Read More400,000 could be put off voting by compulsory photo-ID
It seemed like a fairly small number when the Electoral Commission announced that 0.25% of people who tried to vote at the local elections in May were not issued with a ballot paper because of the new voter ID requirement. But drill down into the detail and the figures start to sound more alarming. In…
Read More‘Electoral reform has gone from niche to consensus view – Labour must back PR’
This article originally appeared as an article in LabourList dated 16 June 2023 “The flaws in the current voting system are contributing to the distrust and alienation we see in politics.” That’s not just according to a motion passed by your local branch or the words of a backbench Labour MP or a call to…
Read MoreLCER Youth Strategy 2022-2023
Our Youth Officer, Reed James, has set up a working group to define our Youth Strategy. Here’s the newly unveiled strategy for 2022-2023. LCER Youth – Strategy Document 2022-2023: Labour Campaign for Electoral Reform’s (LCER) Youth Group was started on 15/08/2022 and has two key purposes. To amplify the voices of Young People in…
Read MoreThe Report of the Brown Commission – lots to like, some notable omissions
December 2022 saw the publication of the long-awaited report of Gordon Brown’s Commission on the constitutional and economic future of Britain. The represents an extensive body of work and we welcome its publication. It is clear from the report that Labour recognises the need for a different type of politics, and furthermore that if we’re…
Read MoreArguments for First Past the Post – and why they’re wrong
LCER campaigns to change the way we elect the House of Commons to a Proportional Representation system (PR) for three main reasons: 1) First Past the Post (FPTP) leaves the majority of voters in the UK (around 70% at the last General Election) with a vote that makes no difference to the final result. We…
Read MoreConference 2022: A Historic Result
We did it! Monday 26 September Today is a historic day – the Labour Party Conference has committed to introducing Proportional Representation for the House of Commons. We knew we were winning the argument last year, when 80% of Constituency Labour Parties voted for PR. But this year, with key trade unions also on board,…
Read MoreConference 2022: the debate is today!
26 September 2022 – Labour Party Conference will debate the following motion on proportional representation. Our political system has catastrophically failed to represent people’s wishes, needs and votes. No one voted for housing food, heating or transport to be beyond the means of ordinary people. No one voted for our health, education and justice systems to…
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