Sentences with phrase «referendum on the alternative vote»

He promised the biggest shake - up in British democracy for 200 years and the expected referendum on the alternative vote system.

The 2015 election looks set to deliver yet another questionable result, putting to an end ideas the 2011 referendum on the Alternative Vote killed off electoral reform.

As for the suggestion that people will vote for change, regardless of substance, in preference to the status quo, I refer you to the recent referendum on the alternative vote.

The things that have happened have not really been wanted by the Conservatives: a five - year fixed - term Parliament, and agreement to hold referendums on the Alternative Vote and Scottish independence.

The actual text of the agreement says: «We will whip both Parliamentary parties in both Houses to support a simple majority referendum on the Alternative Vote», so while it does prevent a PR option in the same question, it doesn't preclude separate questions being asked, such as:

The fate of the government's proposed referendum on alternative vote (AV) hangs in the balance in the Lords today.

It is no surprise, then, that voters and politicians alike have struggled to come to terms with the Coalition's promised referendum on the Alternative Vote.

Labour's leader - in - waiting, Alan Johnson, yesterday restated his proposal for an election day referendum on the alternative vote plus system — the one recommended a decade ago by a commission headed by Roy Jenkins, but then shelved by the Blair government.

The Electoral Reform Society has criticised 40 Conservative MPs who have signed up to an Early Day Motion (EDM) proposing changing the date of the forthcoming referendum on the Alternative Vote.

In 2010, the Conservative — Liberal Democrat coalition government agreed to hold a national referendum on the alternative vote, [110] held on 5 May 2011.

Both parties will whip their Parliamentary Parties in both Houses to support a simple majority referendum on the Alternative Vote, without prejudice to the positions parties will take during such a referendum.

The legislation is intended to set the referendum on the Alternative Vote (AV) system in stone but it had a separate, seemingly academic, measure tagged onto it: equalising the size of constituencies.

Referendum bill on electoral reform will allow for a referendum on the alternative vote system.

Indeed they made clear that they couldn't guarantee that all Labour MPs would even vote for a referendum on the Alternative Vote.»

Both the «no» and «yes» to campaigns hosted cross-party events as the referendum on the alternative vote looms ever closer.

The reforms were designed to change the nature of electoral representation (the referendum on the alternative vote), alter the composition of both Houses of Parliament (boundary review and House of Lords reform), and to reduce the power of the Prime Minister to time elections.

The Lib Dems will spend the next five years as little more than the puppets of an ideologically - driven Thatcherite Conservative Party, dazzled by the prospect of a handful of cabinet posts and a referendum on the Alternative Vote.

A referendum on the Alternative Vote is currently planned for 5 May 2011.

The Liberal Democrats lost the referendum on the alternative vote electoral system and proposals for House of Lords reform were defeated in the House of Commons.

The «new politics» has given us a Conservative minister for constitutional reform, committed to seeing a referendum on the alternative vote through Parliament (TP, Sept).

The Tories may secure a referendum on the alternative vote (AV), although the opposition in the Commons and the Lords makes this highly questionable.

Then came the referendum on the alternative vote.

Having failed to achieve a change in the voting system for the House of Commons — with the loss of last year's referendum on the alternative vote — Nick Clegg's party is determined to push ahead in order that his party can boast having forced a major constitutional change on the country as a result of being in government.

It was the price they demanded, this time last year, for allowing their junior coalition partners, the Liberal Democrats, a referendum on the alternative vote.

A referendum on the Alternative Vote was the most extraordinary of many surprising parts of David Cameron's «big, open and comprehensive offer» to the Liberal Democrats.

For every Scottish independence referendum, there are three or four plebiscites which fail to spark a real debate (the referendum on the alternative vote is a case in point).

The Electoral Reform Society has welcomed news of a convincing vote in the Commons in favour of a referendum on the Alternative Vote.

This was offered to them as part of the bargaining process that created the current coalition government, but it was a referendum on the Alternative Vote (AV) rather than full PR.

Constitutional changes now being embraced by Cameron — fixed - term parliaments, a referendum on the Alternative Vote (ok not embraced, but put forward)-- are positive.

On criminal justice and asylum, the Lib Dems give a different weight to rights and responsibilities, and they favour more proportional voting systems, although with Labour's support for a referendum on the alternative vote this is now a debate about the nature rather than the principle of reform.

We will whip both Parliamentary parties in both Houses to support a simple majority referendum on the Alternative Vote, without prejudice to the positions parties will take during such a referendum.»

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.

After weeks of delay and tactical disagreements inside the cabinet, Brown staked his authority on committing his party not just to a referendum on the alternative vote, but also to making the law introducing the referendum a legislative priority in the remaining six weeks of parliament before the election is called.

Matt Wootton at LeftFootForward is more concerned at the failure of the Left to unite against FPTP: «The referendum on the Alternative Vote was a once - in - a-lifetime chance to change politics for the better, and to mainstream red, green and liberal politics, and sideline Conservative.

Labour has promised a referendum on the alternative vote system.

The bill introducing a referendum on the alternative vote finally made its way through the Lords last night.

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.

One of the most obvious sticking points is electoral reform which seemed only to be resolved when The Tories offered the Lib Dems a referendum on alternative vote (AV).

The justification for Boris's comparison was that «the two men look vaguely similar» and his belief that Gadaffi's management of Libya was somehow similar to Gordon Brown's decision to hold a referendum on the Alternative Vote.

Labour does now promise fixed - term parliaments, an elected House of Lords and a referendum on the alternative vote: too little, too late.

A referendum on the Alternative Vote system was the price Mr Clegg put on entering into partnership with the Conservatives.

But ERS was coaxed by the Labour factions, Compass and Progress, into a «behind the scenes» negotiation which, after a number of months, delivered a manifesto commitment from Gordon Brown to hold a referendum on the alternative vote — a system ERS didn't want — if he won the general election, which seemed clear wasn't going to happen.

With tricky political challenges ahead — the Oldham and Saddleworth by - election on 13 January; votes on control orders, the scrapping of which was a Lib Dem priority; the local and Scottish and Welsh elections; the referendum on the alternative vote in May — do they make a merit of creative tension and disagreement from now on, because it is impossible to cover up, or do they seek to put a lid on it?

The next two full parliamentary weeks will commence the process towards a referendum on the Alternative Vote electoral system, fixed term parliaments and a radical redrawing of constituency boundaries.

The result was that they lost their distinctive identity and, in May, were punished with two crushing defeats - in the referendum on the Alternative Vote and the local elections in England.

Our latest figures on voting intention in the referendum on the Alternative Vote show a significant narrowing of the No campaign's lead, with the... (Comments: 0)

The inter-party agreement between the coalition partners proposes a wide ranging series of constitutional reforms, the most important of which are fixed - term parliaments and a referendum on the alternative vote electoral system, to be held in May 2011.

Labour's shadow Cabinet joins forces with Tory rebels to oppose the coalition's package of constitutional reforms, including a referendum on the Alternative Vote.

If they had been well ahead there would have been no offer of a referendum on the Alternative Vote.