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Published in: openDemocracyUKWhy the AV campaign really will matterPollsters have detected a voting pattern on the AV question, which new YouGov research explains. Voters are more...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKAn essential guide to electoral reform
Patrick Dunleavy finds essential reading for academics in the run up to the AV referendum in Alan Renwick’s recent book.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKBefore the referendum tomorrow, ask what devolution has done for Wales
The result of the Welsh Assembly referendum will not only decide whether the assembly gains significant legislative...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe 'No to AV' campaign is preying on fear
What a nasty invidious campaign the ‘No to the Alternative Vote’ side are running. From the opening shot of David...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe Welsh Assembly powers referendum will be won or lost in the housing estates
Hywel Francis MP, the former chair of the Welsh Affairs Select Committee and supporter of the Yes campaign, sets out...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKElectoral reform dilemmas: are Britain's single-member constituencies out of date?
If parliament is to shift from representing places to representing people, we may have to leave single-member...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe road to self-determination starts with AV
As the date of the AV referendum is confirmed, Anthony Barnett looks back to a speech he made, urging the Durham...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKA leaked "No to AV" letter from William Hague is dissected by a Yes! campaignerThe below letter from William Hague to fellow Conservatives, urging them to help the party ensure a vote against AV...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKYES campaign celebrate the AV Referendum go-ahead
The bill introducing a referendum on the alternative vote finally made its way through the Lords last night. Today,...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKAV means you can stick to First Past the Post if you really want to!
An epicycle in the arguments for the Alternative Vote in the coming UK referendum, it permits you to only vote once...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKLabour’s filibustering and the consequences for political reform
The filibustering by Labour peers of the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill is having two...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe House of Lords is right to challenge the Coalition on where we vote
A new Labour Peer attacks the spirit and methods of the Coalition's attempt to re-draw the UK's constituencies and...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKFirst Past the Post: a damning report on a system that 'fails the fairness test'A damning report on the first past the post voting system has been released by ippr. Clare Coatman, of the Yes to...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKOn the fifth day Britain's Coalition was Created and...
Is the Lib Dem negotiator David Laws being tendentious in his account of how the Coalition came about in May? A...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKAV: a very unpopular movement for democratic reform?
Is the current campaign to overhaul the electoral system motored more by the needs of a disconnected elite than by...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKFunny, but the Tories could be having second thoughts on AV
The Conservatives oppose changing the UK's election system to the Alternate Vote in the coming referendum. But now...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe Alternative Vote: Yes and No camps go head to head at NUS conference
An early clash between the 'Yes' and 'No' campaigns as the UK heads towards a referendum on changing its voting system.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKLord Leach mounts the case for No2AV
No2AV is up and running with a campaign website and an open letter from its chairman, Lord Leach, in which the Tory...
