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May 3, 2023

‘Progressive vote’ to be more split than the right in 69% of England’s council wards

Campaigners warn of vote-splitting as new analysis finds that the average number of ‘progressive candidates’ per seat outnumber right-wing candidates by almost two to one in Thursday’’s elections. The progressive vote will be systematically ‘split’ in this week’s council elections – with on average 1.9 candidates from Labour, the Liberal Democrats and the Greens running against just one right-wing candidate …

May 2, 2022

‘Progressive vote’ to be more split than the right in 82% of England’s council wards

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Campaigners warn of vote-splitting as new analysis finds that the average number of ‘progressive candidates’ outnumber right-wing candidates 2-1 in next week’s elections.

October 22, 2021

Unite Conference: Union vote to oppose First Past the Post hailed ‘important shift’ in campaign for fair votes

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Unite members voted to oppose Westminster’s First Past the Post electoral system at their policy conference – pledging support for moves towards a new voting system in UK elections.

September 14, 2021

Starmer under pressure as Proportional Representation tops Labour members’ conference demands

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PR set for debate in Brighton as “unprecedented” numbers of CLPs call for Labour to back UK voting system change: at least 143 Constituency Labour Parties (CLPs) have called for PR as their sole priority motion to annual conference.

May 6, 2021

England’s ‘progressive vote’ more split than the right in 85% of council wards

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gressive vote will be systematically ‘split’ in next week’s council elections – with on average two candidates from Labour, Greens and Lib Dems running against just one right-wing candidate in England, new research has revealed.

November 8, 2019

General Election: Corbyn allies call for Labour manifesto commitment to scrapping House of Lords

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Statement from the Electoral Reform Society and Politics for the Many campaign for immediate release, 8th November 2019 Contact Jon Narcross – Communications Officer [email protected] / 07794728820 for more information or interview bids. A Labour peer and other allies of Jeremy Corbyn have joined together to call for a ‘firm commitment’ to scrapping and replacing the unelected House of Lords if Labour wins power. The …

September 3, 2019

Labour demands ‘democratic revolution’ as hundreds of campaigners gather to debate constitutional crisis

Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office Jon Trickett MP made the call on Saturday at a landmark conference on democratic reform. In a speech to hundreds of democracy campaigners in Manchester [1], organised by trade union campaign Politics for the Many and the Electoral Reform Society, Jon Trickett said the left must respond to the current ‘constitutional crisis’ with a ‘democratic …

August 1, 2019

Peterloo 200 years on – speakers announced for conference on UK’s democratic crisis

Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office Jon Trickett will address hundreds of activists, trade unionists and political figures at a major conference on Britain’s ‘democratic crisis’ this month.

July 1, 2019

Figures reveal Lords becoming even more unrepresentative of the public

New research reveals that the House of Lords is becoming even more unrepresentative of voters – in contrast to the elected Commons – as calls grow for an overhaul of the chamber.

May 15, 2019

‘This is What Democracy Looks Like’: Manchester conference to debate democracy 200 years on from Peterloo Massacre

Campaigners, trade unionists and political will unite to set out a vision for ‘real democracy’, at a major conference in Manchester marking the 200th anniversary of the Peterloo Massacre.