News Senedd backs bill to “revolutionise” local government democracy in Wales Senedd members have backed legislation to extend the franchise to 16- and 17-year-olds and foreign citizens in local… Elliot Chappell 18th November, 2020, 7:19 pm
News Welsh Labour unveils 2021 Senedd election regional candidates list Eluned Morgan and Joyce Watson have topped the list after the Welsh Labour Party announced its list of… Elliot Chappell 30th October, 2020, 5:35 pm
Comment Hundreds of party members are calling on Labour to back proportional representation Hundreds of Labour members are calling on our party to commit to changing the way we elect the… Sandy Martin 7th August, 2020, 2:15 pm
Comment Under Boris Johnson, we can’t take democracy for granted As members of a democratic socialist party, we have focused on the social implications of our election defeat:… Tony Warren 24th December, 2019, 12:30 pm
Comment Billy Hayes: Why I agree – but disagree – with John McDonnell on electoral reform During the BBC’s local election coverage, John McDonnell reaffirmed his support for proportional representation. “I support PR”, he said… Billy Hayes 24th May, 2018, 8:14 am
News Corbyn “would have ended up as PM if general election had been held under STV” Labour would have emerged as the largest party on June 8 if the general election had been held… Emma Bean 21st August, 2017, 12:01 am
Comment The lure of PR conceals many myths – instead the left must learn to escape its comfort zone The answer to all of labour’s woes is proportional representation (PR). Politicians and commentators are scrambling to claim… Sam Pallis 23rd August, 2016, 12:30 pm
Comment Lewis Baston: Electoral reform must be at the heart of reviving our democracy The Fabian Society’s democratic reform programme covers, as it should, a wide range of useful reforms that need to… Lewis Baston 29th July, 2016, 12:00 pm
Comment Left-wing populism will not deliver a Labour government without electoral reform – and PR is not coming anytime soon You might be forgiven for thinking that, as per the radical tome on the English civil war by Marxist… Cat Overton 21st July, 2016, 2:00 pm
Comment The Sunnyfesto Yesterday, the Sun Newspaper set out its ‘Sunifesto’ for Britain; today here’s my response – a ‘Sunnyfesto’. (Note:… Sunny Hundal 28th January, 2015, 8:05 am