Sentences with phrase «av referendum result»

They have no other short - term strategic aim (and no medium - term one either, given the AV referendum result).

His sensible comments following the AV referendum result are characteristic of his open - minded approach to Coalition.

The future of the centre left in Britain is dependent on the AV referendum result.

The only acceptable option given the AV referendum result is to have all AMs elected by first - past - the - post, and we believe that each of the 30 new constituencies should elect two AMs by that system.

Not exact matches

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.

We were given the opportunity to adopt the AV system in a 2011 referendum, yet it was decisively rejected, with 68 % of voters opting for No on a 42 % turnout, in part the result of the abject failure of electoral reform advocates to craft a convincing case in favour of change.

In the medium term, the Labour Party will be reinvigorated with a new leader and there is every possibility that the AV referendum will result in a «no» vote.

In fact it's something I've only ever done once before, betting on the result of the AV referendum (as sure a thing as I can imagine).

Liberal Democrats are reflecting on the likely and disappointing loss of the AV referendum, and difficult electoral results in Scotland, Wales and in English local elections.

The former Liberal Democrat leader launched a stinging rebuke of the prime minister, as the referendum on the alternative vote (AV) is expected to result in a defeat for voting reform.

The deputy prime minister will be keen to see at least some his cherished programme of political reform become a reality, particularly if the flagship referendum on AV results in a «no» vote.

A negative result in the AV referendum would be presented in the media as an out - right rejection of all forms of electoral reform.

The referendum took place on Thursday 5 May 2011, resulting in a 67.9 % «No» vote, in favour of keeping the existing «first - past - the - post»; versus 32.1 % «Yes» in favour of Moving to AV.

So what will I do when I finally vote in the referendum on May 5th where on the one hand we have the incumbent First Past the Post System which we know at a national level to be unrepresentative and unfair as it returns governments with overwhelming majorities in the House of Commons even though they only have forty per cent of the vote or less, or AV which is not a representative system but more complicated with it's opaque results making it more open to election fraud or the suspicion of.