Sentences with phrase «constituency boundary reform»

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The deputy prime minister told reporters he would instruct his MPs to vote against the constituency boundary review in retaliation for Tory MPs» refusal to support House of Lords reform.

Clegg claimed on Monday that Lords reform was the Tory offering in exchange for Liberal Democrat support over the constituency boundaries review, but Cameron is now insisting the actual deal was over the AV referendum.

Then Nick Clegg organised a press conference in the afternoon confirming the death of House of Lords reform and pledging to whip his MPs into opposing the constituency boundaries review.

The current government has bigger problems to address than electoral reform, so the constituency boundaries will soon be unchanged for 20 years.

[67] Conservatives forced the government to drop House of Lords reforms, and the Liberal Democrats said they would refuse to support changes to the boundaries of constituencies, as they believed such changes favoured the Conservatives.

Our Conservative colleagues are happy with constitutional reform so long as it is about police commissioners, redrawing constituency boundaries, referendums for mayors, or voter registration.

Tagged: Constituency Boundaries · Filibustering · Gerrymandering · House of Lords · Parliamentary Reform