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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…
Conference 2021: What a result!
On 27th September, delegates representing 80% of Constituency Labour Parties voted to commit our Party to a proportional system of election to the House of…
Fulfilling the legacy of Robin and Mo at Party Conference
Labour campaigners for voting reform under 40 only know its greatest campaigners, Mo Mowlam and Robin Cook, from history books or talking with their parents.…
Will this finally be PR’s Conference?
On Saturday 25th September the 2021 Labour Party Conference gets under way. 144 CLPs have submitted the Labour for a New Democracy (L4ND) motion –…
Winning Locally is a Step Toward PR
I am standing for election as a local councillor this year because I know that Labour needs to stand candidates and campaign to win in…
Watching what happens in Scotland
We have heard much about SNP squabbles and Salmond’s new Alba party. Party leaders debates have been held, the last one on Tuesday, see LCER’s…
Getting into the detail of the Count: D’Hondt and Modified D’Hondt
In the UK, one ‘family’ of electoral systems appears to offer solutions to those searching for a more acceptable electoral system for the House of…
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