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400,000 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…
‘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…
LCER 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…
The 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…
Arguments 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…
Conference 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…
Conference 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,…
EVERYTHING BUT THE COMMONS: WHY PR IS ESSENTIAL
A new report from Labour for a New Democracy sets out why Proportional Representation for the House of Commons is essential in order to deliver…
The role of the MP
The constituency link – and why PR would strengthen it LCER believes that any system of PR which is introduced in the UK should retain…
From Brighton to Liverpool – Labour’s march towards electoral reform
After revealing unprecedented demand for Proportional Representation from the Labour Party membership at last year’s annual conference, the Labour for a New Democracy (L4ND) coalition…
THE ELECTIONS ACT 2022, and why we should be worried about it
28 April 2022 saw the Royal Assent given to the Elections Act. The debate, the protests, the submissions pointing out the defects and dangers in…
North Shropshire – what does it tell us?
The North Shropshire by-election of 16 December 2021 saw a historically rock-solid Conservative majority overturned by a surge in votes for the Liberal Democrats. What…
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