Let’s make the next general election the last one to use First-Past-the-Post – Ed Davey
Speaking at an IPPR event, Ed Davey followed up his ‘conference’ speech emphasis on the importance of political reform… … Read the full post »
Read my posts about the political reform campaign group, Unlock Democracy.
Speaking at an IPPR event, Ed Davey followed up his ‘conference’ speech emphasis on the importance of political reform… … Read the full post »
Big Brother Watch press releases a welcome follow-up to Unlock Democracy’s concerns over the May elections. … Read the full post »
The Conservative government’s stance of ‘elections yes, volunteer leaflet delivery no, canvassing hell no’ means they want to hold elections in which… … Read the full post »
Former Liberal Democrat MP Tom Brake has a new role, as Director of constitutional and political reform campaigners Unlock Democracy. … Read the full post »
Liberal Democrat Newswire #91 came out last week, including the results of my latest survey of party members which asked about cross-party cooperation and electoral pacts. … Read the full post »
The House of Commons Women and Equalities Committee has published a report including a call for state funding of political parties to be linked to their progress in improving their own diversity. … Read the full post »
Here’s the list of 15 Labour MPs who defied the official party line of abstention to back introducing PR for Westminster elections. … Read the full post »
Previously the Electoral Commission had to go to court in order to secure access to evidence from the Conservative Party. … Read the full post »
Starting in October, local councils in Great Britain will be carrying out their statutory obligation to review polling district boundaries and locations of polling stations. … Read the full post »
I was elected to the Federal Policy Committee, being the fifth person elected in the count after Chris Rennard, Evan Harris, Duncan Brack and Lucy Care. … Read the full post »