Sentences with phrase «significant electoral reform»

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The party's most significant electoral success came when Peter Davies (a former UKIP and Reform UK member), its candidate for Mayor of Doncaster, was elected.

«The expenses scandal has caused significant change to the politics of electoral reform regarding some aspects of the system - most notably recall and primaries,» the authors wrote.

Nonetheless, the burden of compromise fell heaviest on the Liberal Democrats; and within the Programme for Government coalition agreement a significant number of their flagship policies were diluted (e.g. electoral reform), forestalled (e.g. House of Lords reform) or disregarded entirely (e.g. UK - wide federalism).

The process that culminated in the 2011 referendum not only saw a significant amount of institutions sprout and bloom as major actors in favour of electoral reform, but also served as a course of education for voters unfamiliar with alternative methods of voting.

Their electoral victories give the Reform Party of the United States significant momentum going into the 2016 elections.

The Chairman said, «It is important that the budget of INEC be made to show more widespread public accountability and transparency of the Commission — which is a significant reform in itself - with a multiplier effect on electoral reform.»

Although Pal agrees that the role and the nature of the electoral process may not be transformed through reform, he points to Opitz v. Wrzesnewskyj and Henry v. Canada to highlight that courts appear to provide some constitutional significant to the connection between Members of Parliament and specific geographic ridings.