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Quarter of a century of fair elections with proportional representation in Britain

Following Andy Burnham’s historic pledge that Labour will have a manifesto commitment to change the First Past The Post (FPTP ...
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The Scottish Government’s reforms offers a promising path to stronger local democracy

In recent weeks, The Scottish Government has opened a major debate about the future structure of local government. As part of ...
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What is a National Commission on Electoral Reform?

The Prime Minister made history last week announcing that he intends to fight the next election with a manifesto commitment ...
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Prime Minister announces manifesto pledge and historic National Commission at Labour Conference

Today, in his first conference speech as Prime Minister, I saw Andy Burnham commit his party to changing the way we elect MPs. It is hard to overstate how significant that is. Speaking in Liverpool, ...
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In Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, First Past the Post would have turned a slight lead into a huge majority for the AFD

Germany is made up of 16 federal states, each with a slightly different version of proportional representation – making it a reliable source of news for us if nothing else! As per the national ...