Sentences with phrase «supporting electoral reform»

On another point, while I strongly support electoral reform, it continues to alarm me that a few others do not appear to consider the proportionality (and thus the fairness) of the electoral system to be of over-riding or critical importance.

Support electoral reform including Instant Runoff Voting and public financing of elections.

Some Conservatives, like Douglas Carswell, support electoral reform.

A majority of people support electoral reform amid growing fears of chaos after Thursday's general election, according to a survey for The Independent.

Not exact matches

Lib Dem peers had planned to support a Labour amendment to the electoral reform bill currently in the upper House.

Convening such a body would provide a space to debate how best to address systematic political inequality, whether through thorough - going electoral reform including PR and compulsory voting, the radical overhaul of the democratic aberration that is the Lords, or in reforming party funding, all of which the report supports.

I have supported PR since 1990, and wrote in favour of electoral reform in the first piece I wrote on joining the Fabians in 2003.

Given the potentials the card reader has for disinfecting the process with the scrutiny of authentication of the voter register, all those who stand for genuine electoral reform have no choice but to improve the enabling policy ambiance for supporting the card reader by ensuring judicial clarity which supports its use.

If electoral reform produces a better politics, then people will eventually support it.

He had 13 years to reform the Lords, and numerous electoral mandates to support him if he so chose.

Indeed, can't I equally argue that Neal Lawson risks narrowing his coalition of support for electoral reform by suggesting that the existence of a national campaign on PR means postponing or vetoing any consideration of party reform issues on their merits (where he seems to argue that the principle would be one he would support, were it not for this context)?

I believed at the time it was signed that the coalition deal wiped out support for electoral reform because it meant its core left wing rump, which felt it would ensure more left wing government in future, suddenly felt that wasn't true any more.

In the run - up to the 2010 general election, following a meeting of the editorial staff, [131] the paper declared its support for the Liberal Democrats, due in particular, to the party's stance on electoral reform.

The coalition deal utterly destroyed support for electoral reform.

So having wiped out a massive part of the support for electoral reform — Clegg has left those who want reform for more high - minded reasons (which is a small constituent remember, most support the system that suits their narrow party interest) with a mountain to climb to rebuild widespread support.

Unlock Democracy's protest on Saturday succeeded in attracting support from Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg and the group is hoping its efforts will help strengthen the party's resolve in calling for a referendum on electoral reform as coalition negotiations continue.

The Free and Equal Elections Foundation, a non-partisan, non-profit organization dedicated to electoral reform, today extended an offer of support to Occupy movements across the country.

The party supports constitutional and electoral reform, [111] progressive taxation, [112] environmentalism, [113] human rights laws, [114] banking reform [115] and civil liberties.

In October 2007, Issa announced that he was supporting the Presidential Electoral Reform Act, a ballot measure that would have changed how California selects its representatives to the presidential electoral college.

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 winner.

I could not say that I would never support some form of electoral reform, in any circumstances, but I think we have seen all too clearly the downside of coalition government.

Of further note, the conference was joined by Sam Smith of the Progressive Review in Washington, DC; by Mike Feinstein of the California Green Party, who had just helped organize a very successful «Green Parties of the West» conference; by representatives of the Reform Party; by Rob Daniels» «Campaign for a New Tomorrow»; and by the Center for Voting and Democracy, a national organization headed by Rob Richie dedicated to promoting Instant Run - off Voting, Ranked Choice Voting, proportional representation, and electoral reforms supported by many Greens through the Center's FairVote organizing work.

Although it is not regarded as truly proportional by campaigners for electoral reform, AV is favoured by some because it maintains the constituency link, ensures elected MPs have the support of at least 50 per cent of voters and allows supporters of minority parties to express opinion through their first vote while giving their second preference to a mainstream party.

Although conservatives opposed attempts to allow greater representation of the middle class in parliament, they conceded that electoral reform could not be reversed and promised to support further reforms so long as they did not erode the institutions of church and state.

I think if the Tories reject electoral reform, that's a pretty good case for not supporting their government.

Firstly support for reform of our political institutions and our electoral system is growing among Labour thinkers and leaders.

Even staunch critics of reform in 2011 like Daniel Hannan have come out in support of a proportional electoral system, citing the shift from a mostly two - party system to a multi-party system as the reason.

They supported our referendum on electoral reform and the removal of the hereditary peers from the Lords, which the Tories blocked in the parliamentary «wash - up».

But Sir Stuart Bell, Labour MP for Middlesbrough, said Mr Johnson's electoral reform proposals had little support in the House of Commons and would never be implemented.

In Margate, there is growing support for electoral reform

At the moment, both Milibands are hostile to PR and luke - warm in their support for AV, the mildest form of electoral reform we could have (witness David's remark that we will «cross that bridge» when we come to it).

A hung parliament, leading to electoral reform as the price the Lib Dems will try to exact as a condition of supporting a minority administration, could be the key.

Danny suggested a referendum on the most modest form of electoral reform - the Alternative Vote (AV), which allowed candidates to be ranked in preference order and required MPs to secure 50 per cent of the vote to be elected - linked to Lib Dem support for the Conservatives» own reform plan, which was to reduce the number of parliamentary seats and to remove Labour over-representation.

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.

On the eve of polling day the Labour leader appeared to lock and bolt the door to electoral reform for a generation, saying he did not support anything other than AV as an alternative to First Past The Post.

Many - giving parliament the power over Britain going to war, a largely - elected House of Lords, «no» to ID cards and support for reform of the electoral system - seem designed to woo the Liberal Democrats as possible coalition partners.

The Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu, has called for support for the Electoral Commission in order to deepen electoral reforms in the country.

David Cameron last night won strong support from his newly elected MPs for his offer to the Liberal Democrats to form the first coalition since the second world war with a referendum on electoral reform.

While citizens supported the adoption of a mixed member proportional electoral system in New Zealand in 1993, electoral reform to introduce an aspect of proportionality has failed in three Canadian provinces in the last decade.

Labour will need electoral reform to rebuild their support in Scotland and to reach out beyond their northern heartlands.

He noted that the UN had, over the years, been providing critical support to the Commission in its effort to introduce and sustain reforms of the electoral system, through agencies such as the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

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).

But given the Conservatives» outright refusal to countenance electoral reform — presumably Clegg's minimum precondition for any electoral deal — and likely visceral Lib Dem backbench opposition to supporting a Tory government, that would be some coup to pull off.

The Liberal Democrat leader said that the party had examined «every possible outcome» but warned that any alliance would be conditional on support for electoral reform.

Macfarlane cites Leonid Sirota to support the proposition that even with electoral reform, the «nature» of the House of Commons would not be changed, as it would continue its primary role of responsible government.