Sentences with phrase «electoral reform there»

When it comes to electoral reform there is a reality that has to be acknowledged.

Not exact matches

There are growing calls for electoral reform in Italy to prevent hung parliaments in the future.

AV is just neither here nor there, proportionality is where any electoral reform would derive its fairness and potentially in time improve the connection between voters and voted for.

I disagree Daan, I think there is widespread hostility to electoral reform amongst much of the Labour Party membership.

If there are more arguments to mount on electoral reform, let me know what they are.

There has been a widespread assumption that the Conservatives have nothing to gain from electoral reform, and the work that has been done so far — such as the YouGov poll for the Spectator earlier this month — has indeed suggested that the Tories would be the biggest net losers when comparing A.V. with First Past The Post (FPTP).

And there are no votes in electoral reform.

Well there is a theory the reason New Labour have held onto the ID cards is because they can offer to drop that to appease the LibDems rather than give them what they really want (electoral reform)...

There's no evidence on Thursday that the electorate «voted for» some kind of electoral reform, neither is there any evidence that they voted againsThere's no evidence on Thursday that the electorate «voted for» some kind of electoral reform, neither is there any evidence that they voted againsthere any evidence that they voted against it.

Plus, if we get AV, there will be, rest assured, no further electoral reform for decades.

There are, they were just not represented under first - past - the - post but, because of electoral reform, they are now.

Most significantly, there is again a serious discussion about electoral reform.

There is growing speculation that David Cameron may be prepared to offer some concessions on electoral reform to gain Mr Clegg's support if there is no outright election wiThere is growing speculation that David Cameron may be prepared to offer some concessions on electoral reform to gain Mr Clegg's support if there is no outright election withere is no outright election winner.

That said, there is no reason why a Conservative supporter should not also be a supporter of electoral reform.

There was always however our distinct economic policy through the current recession, our stance on civil liberties and electoral reform.

«I was completely fed up until the Federal Government promised electoral reform, and the reform brought Prof Jega into INEC as chairman, and there was a reorganisation.

Following boundary changes in 1994, and later reform of the business vote in the City, there was a major boundary and electoral representation revision of the wards in 2003, and they were reviewed again in 2010 for change in 2013, though not to such a dramatic extent.

But alternative models exist (for example, inter parliamentary talks); and there is no single model for a constitutional convention (see Alan Renwick's excellent pamphlet, and Fournier et al's book When citizens decide: Lessons from citizens» assemblies on electoral reform OUP 2011).

He said there was growing alarm that key policies concerning drugs, land taxes, electoral and constitutional reform could all be ditched because they were opposed by both Labour and the Tories.

There is no mention of electoral reform in the Conservative manifesto, although in his speech yesterday David Cameron conceded that an all party committee of inquiry should take place on the issue.

If there's one takeaway from this election, it is that we need real campaign finance reform in this country, and we need to elect leaders who have dedicated themselves to getting corporate money out of our electoral process.»

And then there's electoral reform.

The Legislature's resistance to electoral reform does not stop there.

There is not going to be electoral reform any time soon — maybe not for a generation — so both Ukip and the Greens are going to have to find a different way of working the system to their favour.

There are clear necessities for electoral reform, improving local democracy, tackling climate change, and re-balancing the inequalities in society which will require more than the Labour party to bring about.

In Margate, there is growing support for electoral reform

There are indeed Lib Dems close to Nick Clegg who have privately suggested that Cameron might be willing to put electoral reform «on the table».

Next May, there'll be a referendum on electoral reform.

We can change the register, we can change the electoral process but until there is reform of our political parties and our electorates in terms of how they engage in the system we will still have a register that is not credible regardless of how much money you put into the system,» she argued.

There may also be difficulties ahead over electoral reform, with the Tories insisting that the number of MPs is reduced and the size of constituencies equalised — a move that could give the party an advantage at election time.

[9] However, there have been several referendums in New Zealand's history, most recently to decide the nature of electoral reform in New Zealand.

[1] Among the changes most likely are a reduction of the voting age from 21 to 18, a more proportional electoral system, reforms to the oversight of elections and an invitation for Lebanese voters from abroad to register in the embassies, although there is no clear promise of them being able to vote from abroad.

There is majority support for electoral reform among all age groups, although 18 - 24 year - olds (68 per cent) are more likely to back change than those 65 and over (52 per cent).

As Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has since confirmed to the House of Commons, there was no guarantee of electoral reform from New Labour.

If there is a Lib - Lab partnership after the next election, expect electoral reform to be back on the agenda.

And of course, there's really no chance that the Conservatives will suddenly embrace a move towards electoral reform - and that's the bottom line for the Lib Dems.

Mr Brown said: «My view is clear, there needs to be immediate legislation on this (electoral reform) to begin to restore the public trust in politics and to improve parliament's standing and reputation.

The group was formed immediately before the 2010 general election, with funding from the Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust, hoping that there would be opportunities to push for electoral reform after the eleReform Trust, hoping that there would be opportunities to push for electoral reform after the elereform after the election.