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…
Proportional Representation
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…
John Spellar: The people have spoken. They don’t want electoral reform
It always amazes me that at every moment of political uncertainty someone always decides to bring up the…
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…
The long read: Why Corbyn’s moral clarity could propel him to Number 10
It is accepted wisdom that for a party to be elected in a first past the post two-party…
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…
John McDonnell backs PR for Westminster
John McDonnell has called for a change in our voting system to make it more proportional, saying the…
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)…
