Sentences with phrase «electoral reform referendum»

Clegg reportedly chose to prioritise Lords reform over scrapping the unpopular NHS reforms when he met with Cameron after May 2011's electoral reform referendum defeat, the Times reported.

David Cameron and Nick Clegg have laid the groundwork for a «no» campaign win in the upcoming electoral reform referendum.

Liberal Democrats barely uttered a word about the failed electoral reform referendum.

Support for the coalition has now collapsed from 59 % to 43 %, backing for the Lib Dems from 23 % at the general election to 8 % in some polls, and Nick Clegg has become one of the most hated men in Britain as his party prepares to pay a savage political price in next May's elections — and quite possibly in his lifeline electoral reform referendum as well.

Liberal Democrats and other «yes» campaign supporters are «owed» an explanation for their defeat in the electoral reform referendum, Chris Huhne has said.

Conservatives say the dramatic shakeup of Britain's electoral map, which could hand the party around a dozen more seats at the general election, was a quid pro quo for the electoral reform referendum, which took place in May 2011.

Labour should also introduce an amendment to the electoral reform referendum bill to change it from a referendum on AV to a referendum on STV.

From the «betrayal» of the Lib Dems over the Jeremy Hunt vote, when Clegg's party abstained and won the enmity of vast swathes of the Tory party, or the vicious tactics of the «no» campaign in the electoral reform referendum which disgusted Lib Dems and led to open rowing at Cabinet, the «calm and businesslike» relationship between the two parties has become a myth anywhere below the most senior levels.

It was the acrimony surrounding the campaign for the electoral reform referendum which ended the coalition's prolonged honeymoon.

In the wake of the electoral reform referendum defeat Lib Dems were faced with the bitter reality of a complete failure to achieve one of their biggest constitutional reform goals.

They were handled with contempt by the Conservatives during the electoral reform referendum.

This would take place at a «much slower» pace than the legislation which set up the electoral reform referendum.

An electoral reform referendum, local elections and elections to the devolved administrations all took place today.

This May will also see much of the public debate centre on the nature of our politics - thanks to the electoral reform referendum.

Labour «troublemakers», in particular, have outraged Lords ministers with their partisan tactics - including the filibustering of the parliamentary voting system and constituencies bill, which came close to derailing the government's plans for next month's electoral reform referendum.

What a contrast with the electoral reform referendum of 2011, which the Conservatives said had put the issue to a bed for a generation.

The idea of an electoral reform referendum on election day was an attractive one.

Jackie Ashley: MPs have backed an electoral reform referendum.

Bolstered at last with a mandate of his own, he pressed on until the end of the year, winning an electoral reform referendum.

Conservative and Liberal Democrat ministers» constitutional reforms have been criticised from the start, as the Fixed Term Parliament Act deliberately linked the establishment of a five - year electoral cycle with the mechanics setting up the 2011 electoral reform referendum.