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…
FPTP
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…
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…
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:…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
The Sunnyfesto
Yesterday, the Sun Newspaper set out its ‘Sunifesto’ for Britain; today here’s my response – a ‘Sunnyfesto’. (Note:…
