Read about the referendum on introducing the Alternative Vote (AV) for elections to the House of Commons held on 5 May 2011.
Back in July 2010, I first blogged about an excellent post from Neil Stockley on how to win a referendum. He was writing before the AV, Scottish Independence and Brexit referendums, which makes very impressive how well his list of 10 key factors now read after we’ve seen how they were all conducted and concluded. … Read the full post »
The web address for the ‘Yes to AV’ campaign in the 2011 referendum – www.YesToFairerVotes.org – now takes you to a spam website. There is therefore a double problem with links to it. … Read the full post »
If you want a list of things electoral reformers got wrong for the 2011 AV referendum, you better also have a good few hours to spare. Just for the summary. … Read the full post »
The overall pattern is consistent, and fits with wider international experience – the public usually moves towards the status quo option as polling day nears. … Read the full post »
You propose something. Someone objects to it, giving many reasons. You offer to make some changes to meet some of the objections. A deal is made and progress is achieved. … Read the full post »
The May 2011 electoral reform referendum is not a happy memory for Britain’s electoral reformers… … Read the full post »
The Electoral Commission report into the administration of the May 2011 AV referendum is out. … Read the full post »
The Saturday morning of Liberal Democrat conference in Birmingham sees a consultative session on the May 2011 elections and the AV (alternative vote) referendum. … Read the full post »
Over on the OurKingdom site, I’ve contributed the following thoughts to their debate on the future for political reform after the AV referendum result. … Read the full post »
Andy May gives a warts and all (which is mostly more warts) account of what went wrong with the Yes to Fairer Votes campaign in the AV referendum. … Read the full post »