Clive Lewis and Jonathan Reynolds: It is time for Labour to embrace PR
by Clive Lewis, MP for Norwich South, and Jonathan Reynolds, MP for Stalybridge and Hyde. We stand on different…
Electoral Reform
Neal Lawson: It’s time for Labour to give up on tribalism and embrace PR
At the weekend John McDonnell made a call for the party to support a shift to proportional…
Labour told to get serious about reforming politics
A new push for Labour to take democratic reform seriously begins today, as the Fabian Society launches a…
Labour MPs set to lead All-Party Parliamentary Group on Proportional Representation
Chuka Umunna and Jonathan Reynolds today pledged their support for the cross-party campaign to introduce proportional representation. The former…
We need to reform our electoral system. But it just isn’t a priority
I’ll put my cards on the table from the outset: I’m pro-electoral reform. I believe proportional representation (PR)…
Labour MPs put forward proposal for electoral reform
Chuka Umunna and Jonathan Reynolds have called for the UK to abolish the First Past the Post (FPTP)…
The Tories’ most recent attack on democracy
Last week, the Government quietly slipped out a written statement saying that the start date for full Individual…
The next Labour leader must champion electoral reform
In the most disproportionate election result in modern British electoral history, on the 7th May 2015, the Conservative…
As May approaches, politicians risk ignoring young people – argues Khan
As serious campaigning for the general election kicks off, Sadiq Khan, Shadow Justice Secretary, has hazarded a guess…
British politics trundles towards the abyss – what are we doing about it?
The Labour Party’s response to a worsening polling position has been remarkably sanguine. For a long time, there…
