Sentences with phrase «on voting reform»

Which of the following would be your preferred situation regarding a referendum on voting reform?

And have the electorate's views on voting reform changed since then?

But he stopped short of promising the immediate legislation on a referendum on voting reform offered by Prime Minister Gordon Brown less than an hour earlier.

It would really get the debate on voting reform going, much more so than the current Morton's Fork being presented to the public.

I wouldn't want to jeopardise the, albeit slim, chance that the government will see sense and hold a referendum on voting reform on general election day.

Mayor Bill de Blasio held a telephone town hall with constituents on Wednesday night focused on voting reform.

When Roy Jenkins was asked by Tony Blair to report on voting reform, he wrote that AV should be ruled out because it would actually make the system less proportional and less fair.

[2] Suggestions are that new Labour MP Thomas Doherty will be tabling a similar motion Clegg facing double blow as Tories revolt on vote reform Clegg facing double blow

Quite apart from the fact that proportional representation is * fair *, and therefore a far better starting point for a Parliament that is responsive to the will of the people, the difference between Caroline and most Labour or Conservative MPs is that she is trying to ensure that a referendum on voting reform actually offers a meaningful choice.

Members of a new advocacy group, Brooklyn Voters Alliance Action, gathered outside Governor Andrew Cuomo's New York City office Tuesday afternoon to deliver a petition urging the governor to take action on voting reforms.

Is there a chance that any party that wins a majority of seats then has a change of heart on voting reform, on the back of their first - past - the - post success?

Mr Bercow may have been influenced by the precedent of Speaker's conferences on voting reform and parliamentary representation.

The government set up a Royal Commission on voting reform during its first term but since then the issue has lain in the long grass.

In 2007 his top adviser stood down over claims Campbell was dropping his historic insistence on voting reform, saying it was no longer a «deal - maker or a deal - breaker» for any future coalition deal.

They were thawing on voting reform.

More from Channel 4 News on voting reform - Vote reform referendum set for May 2010 - Cameron prods Clegg towards a voting referendum - Voting reform: what are the options?

David Cameron is said to be increasingly concerned that Mr Clegg will be fatally weakened if there is a «no» vote in the referendum on voting reform on May 5.

Ministerial pay would be cut by five per cent and frozen for the rest of the parliament while the number of MPs would be cut by ten per cent - a move Labour branded arbitrary during a recent debate on voting reform.

Attorney General Schneiderman even acknowledged that in his report on voting reform, going as far as to recognize that: «Many of these individuals had no interest in affiliating with either of the two major parties» in order to vote.

If we are going to have a referendum on voting reform - bearing in mind other questions, such as Scottish independence, are far more pressing - then let's have one on a more credible system.

Spring will bring local authority elections in England, national elections in Scotland and Wales, and the promised referendum on voting reform.

The Lib Dems were eventually persuaded to enter into a formal coalition with the Conservatives, thereby allowing Mr Cameron to become prime minister, after the Tories agreed to support a referendum on voting reform.

(a) Hold a referendum on voting reform, giving the electorate a choice of the following four alternative voting systems: Additional Member System; Closed Party List; Open Party List; Single Transferable Vote.

Yes it could be complex to go through an entire constitutional process with referendums on Lords reform and so on, but I would say it is worth it — look what the commons has achieved on Lords reform, on voting reform.

On voting reform, Cuomo vowed to enact early voting, allowing people to cast their ballots for about a week prior to election day, and to implement same - day registration, permitting New Yorkers to register to vote on election day.

On voting reform, some 34 % (41 %) said they favoured PR over the current first - past - the - post system for Westminster, with the Alternative Vote system coming top of the second preferences at 37 % (41 %).

If we can have a pointess referendum on voting reform, why not on marriage reform?

Nick Clegg wanted them on voting reform.

Register a political party that has the following two pledges: a. Hold a referendum on voting reform, giving the electorate a choice of four alternative voting systems to FPP.

The Conservatives have bitten the bullet of offering the Liberal Democrats a referendum on the alternative vote system and that will clearly be their final offer on voting reform.

And it was the Tories who this week blocked a referendum on voting reform and our legislation to remove the remaining hereditary peers.

The coalition agreement between the Conservatives and Mr Clegg's Liberal Democrats outlined political reforms including plans for five - year fixed - term parliaments, reforms to the House of Lords, powers for voters to recall their MP if found guilty of serious wrongdoing and a referendum on voting reforms.

As a result, Tory MPs faced a stark choice: either back down and strike a deal with the Lib Dems accepting a referendum on voting reform or face five more years in opposition.

If we can do this, we might even persuade David Cameron to accept a referendum on voting reform.»

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg is likely to announce 5 May 2011 as the date for a referendum on voting reform that could pave the way for the introduction of the alternative voting (AV) system.

He stopped short of promising immediate legislation on a referendum on voting reform, which Prime Minister Gordon Brown had offered the Lib Dems just hours earlier.