Sentences with phrase «av referendum campaign»

During the course of the AV referendum campaign over the last couple of months, numerous supporters of the Yes campaign have variously claimed that polls which give a cursory explanation of the system before asking the voter whether they support AV - which have generally shown larger numbers opposing the change - are a «complete misrepresentation», «loaded» or «flawed».

I felt, however, that the «whispering campaign» from those bearing personal grudges against me meant that my role in the 2010 General Election was limited (at some cost to the party) and I did not help the AV referendum campaign in any significant way.

Mr Miliband expressed sympathy with those Lib Dems - including former leader Paddy Ashdown and business secretary Vince Cable - who were incensed by the tactics employed by the Conservatives against them during the AV referendum campaign.

Not exact matches

As things stand Labour, which campaigned at the election on holding a referendum on AV, is not going to support the bill because of what it sees as gerrymandering.

Though Labour remained officially neutral, he in a personal capacity supported the ultimately unsuccessful «Yes to AV» campaign in the Alternative Vote referendum on 5 May 2011, saying that it would benefit Britain's «progressive majority».

The Yes to Fairer Votes campaign has announced the first appointments to the team that will lead the call for a «Yes» vote on the Alternative Vote (AV) in next year's referendum.

For all these reasons, I think AV is actually a very good voting system and I would put the referendum result down to several things — an ineffective Yes campaign (if you typed AV into Google, they didn't even come up on the first page of results), lies and smears spread by the No campaign, the association with Nick Clegg, the split in Labour over AV and finally, and not insignificantly, the fact that the Electoral Commission sent leaflets to every household containing an overly complex explanation that made AV look more complex than the insides of a nuclear reactor.

Mr Huhne, who narrowly lost the leadership fight for the party against Mr Clegg, was a robust defender of Lib Dem policies in government, not least during the AV referendum, when he led the attack against Tory campaign tactics.

His first challenge was the legislation for the AV referendum on electoral reform that was defeated after Harper's other boss — David Cameron — asked Tory donors to donate to the No campaign that trashed his Cabinet Office boss.

The referendum on AV heated up significantly today as David Cameron and Ed Miliband launched simultaneous campaign events.

As such, he has announced his intention to resign as an MP to concentrate on the mayoral campaign and it is strongly expected that the by - election will take place on May 5th, coinciding with local elections and the AV referendum.

One major reason for campaigning for a No Vote in the AV referendum is that a public rejection of AV could seriously disrupt the coalition which is bent on undermining the post war welfare state of the 1945 Labour Government.

During the Christmas holidays, the cross-party NO to AV campaign announced the names of over 100 Labour MPs — almost half of the Parliamentary Labour Party — who will be voting no to the Alternative Vote at the referendum in May.

Opponents of AV need to turn the campaign into a referendum on the broken promises and horse - trading of coalition politics.

I see that he's positioning himself to campaign alongside Clegg in the AV referendum.

This led to our defeat in the AV referendum, as the «Yes» campaign sought to use reason and our opponents deployed negative tactics to deadly effect.

In 2011, former research secretary Richard Mabey produced a paper with Bernard Jenkin MP on the Alternative Vote system [17] «Death of the Conviction Voter - Fairness and Tactics under AV», which was often cited during the 2011 AV referendum debate and was seen as being an influential contribution to the thinking of the «NOtoAV» campaign.

Lib - Lab coalition For all the differences that Labour and the Liberal Democrats might claim during debates and on the campaign trail, it seems probable that a deal to put AV + to a referendum as part of wider constitutional reform would be one of the first measures of a Lib - Lab coalition.

Ahead of the referendum, the Liberal Democrats will campaign for the AV system but their coalition partners, the Conservatives, will argue to retain the current «first past the post» system.

Reid took a leading role in the campaign for a «No» vote in the 2011 AV referendum, appearing alongside Conservative Prime Minister, David Cameron.

We will also campaign against the AV referendum - this would make Clegg the kingmaker for evermore - getting full PR would allow a broader coalition to come to power, whilst AV would simply cement the centre - right into power for the forseeable future.

The emerging anti-government movement which is the shining hope of extending democracy should not be encouraged to campaign or support a device (the av referendum) aimed to curtailing reform by limiting itself to a «reform» that is actually worse than the status quo.

«As things stand it is highly unlikely that Labour will campaign positively for AV in a referendum because of timing and the package looks very opportunist and I don't think we should give this credibility.

Senior Conservatives have already questioned whether he wants to remain in his post after he launched a «theatrical» outburst against David Cameron and George Osborne in a Cabinet meeting over their refusal to denounce tactics used by the No campaign in the AV referendum.

David Cameron is quizzed about the upcoming alternative vote (AV) referendum - and a call for the PM to back the No campaign - with a question from Conservative MP Stuart Andrew comparing it to an Olympic race.

Voting system: Bill will be brought forward for referendum on changing to AV but parties will be able to campaign on opposite sides of argument

Offer another referendum on AV — and allow their unreformed members to campaign with the Tories for a «No» vote?

It all started to go a little wrong when the Lib Dems felt let down by the way that the Tories campaigned against AV in the referendum.

This tends to produce figures that show the No campaign doing better than polls that just ask the referendum question without an explanation of what the options are, perhaps suggesting that people are less positive towards AV when they are told what it is.

As attention returns from the unifying Royal Wedding to politics as usual, Andrew Boff below puts the case for AV - a sign that the referendum campaigns continue.