Davey and Moran on electoral reform: Lib Dem leadership contest
Both Ed Davey and Layla Moran have written for the Electoral Reform Society on the importance of electoral reform. … Read the full post »
Constitutional and political reform
Read my posts about constitutional, electoral and political reform in the UK.
Single Transferable Vote: here’s why it makes sense (feat. animals)
With the merits of the single transferable vote (STV) back in the news, now seems a good time to rerun this educational but fun video from CGP Grey explaining its virtues. … Read the full post »
Labour Party adopts STV for key internal elections
A welcome adoption of the electoral system favourite with Liberal Democrats, the Single Transferable Vote (STV), by the Labour Party. … Read the full post »
Brexit Party and Lib Dems team up to support electoral reform
A new cross-[party alliance is calling for electoral reform and the end of first past the post for Parliamentary elections. … Read the full post »
Animals explain the problem with first past the post
Wondering about why the Liberal Democrats oppose first past the post and instead want electoral reform? … Read the full post »
Single Transferable Vote or Venetian Vote?
Pah, who needs the Single Transferable Vote when you can go for the Venetian electoral system. … Read the full post »
10 lessons for winning or losing a referendum: Neil Stockley
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 »
Great news for electoral reform as STV set to spread further in public elections
Liberal Democrat Newswire #109 is coming out in a few days, and here’s a short extract from it… … Read the full post »
VIDEO: Single Transferable Vote (STV) explained
On Thursday 4 May, voters across Scotland will use the single transferrable vote (STV) voting system to cast their vote in the Scottish council elections. … Read the full post »
Why Manchester Gorton is so important for the Liberal Democrats: Liberal Democrat Newswire #92
Liberal Democrat Newswire #91 came out last week, with a special focus on the May elections: the by-election in Manchester Gorton and Lib Dem prospects in the council contests. … Read the full post »