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LCER All Members’ Meeting – Wednesday 4th June

By Admin | May 28, 2025

We’re excited to invite all members to the next Labour Campaign for Electoral Reform All Members’ Meeting, taking place online via Zoom on Wednesday 4th…

Fair Elections in Focus: Parliament Holds Landmark Debate on Proportional Representation

By Admin | January 31, 2025

On Thursday 30th January Parliament held a crucial debate on Proportional Representation – the first stand-alone debate on PR in the Chamber of the Commons…

Voting Reform: Labour’s Unfinished Business

By Antony Taylor | January 19, 2025

Antony Taylor, Emeritus Professor of Modern British History, traces the history of support for electoral and constitutional reform within the Labour Party, and argues that…

MPs with under a third of the vote: Lessons from Papua New Guinea

By Martin Linton | December 20, 2024

Democracy campaigners often point to the experiences of countries across the world which have switched from First Past the Post to a more proportional voting…

A little light reading

By Admin | July 14, 2024

  Since the general election on 4 July, media channels have been buzzing with calls for PR. In case you missed them, here are a few…

Labour admits first past the post is flawed, and GE24 proves it. We need PR

By Admin | July 10, 2024

Labour has gone directly from opposition to governing with a strong majority for only the second time in our party’s history. It’s an outstanding achievement…

Public support for PR is at an all-time high

By Admin | June 19, 2024

A new report from the National Centre for Social Research (NatCen) shows that public support for PR among adults in the UK is at an…

The Trade Union Campaign for PR

By Admin | April 19, 2024

In this Compass podcast, Lynne Henderson (Chair of the Electoral Reform Society and Chair of Politics for the Many) and Nancy Platts (Campaign Collective and…

Labour, the Unions and Proportional Representation

By LCER | February 1, 2024

A new article in the Political Quarterly discusses the role of Labour and the Trade Unions in reforming our political system. The article, by Cameron…

LCER talks to Scottish councillors about STV

By Admin | January 10, 2024

Since 2007, Scotland has used the Single Transferable Vote to elect local councillors. Research suggests that voters have adapted to STV easily, understand the system,…

400 CLPs and counting

By LCER | October 1, 2023

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…

Not a priority? We beg to differ

By LCER | September 10, 2023

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…