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Electoral Reform Moves Centre Stage as Prime Minister Commits to Change
It was the moment we had all been waiting for but hardly dared hope for. Speaking in Liverpool, in his first speech as Labour Party Leader in September, our new prime minister, Andy Burnham said, “In past years, you have voted twice to support electoral reform. I hear you. I agree with you. “We will contest the next election with …
Continue readingAndy Burnham is the first prime minister to support proportional representation
The biggest news in the world of people campaigning for electoral reform is that we now have a new prime minister who believes in proportional representation (PR). Darren Hughes, Chief Executive at the Electoral Reform Society (ERS) examines what our new PM has said in the past and what he might do to ‘rewire Britain.’ In Andy Burnham we have …
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