Sentences with phrase «vote referendum»

Why didn't people opt for at least modest reform in the alternative vote referendum three years ago?

Though Labour remained officially neutral, he in a personal capacity supported the ultimately unsuccessful «Yes to AV» campaign in the Alternative Vote referendum on 5 May 2011, saying that it would benefit Britain's «progressive majority».

In his speech to the Lib Dem conference on Tuesday, Huhne, who fell out with Conservative cabinet colleagues over their tactics during the Alternative Vote referendum in May, will warn David Cameron to keep the Tory right under control, saying: «We don't need the Tea Party tendency in Britain.»

Ed Miliband said he would support the AV voting referendum next May and the Daily Politics mood box has been testing the views of delegates at the Labour conference.

Ed Miliband said he would support the AV voting referendum next May and the Daily Politics moodbox has been testing the views of delegates at the Labour conference.

The chance to change the voting system, viewed by many as the root of all evils in British political culture, was crushed early in this parliament by the alternative vote referendum defeat.

It can be argued that Cameron has double - crossed Clegg on democratic reform before — taking a more active role in the no campaign in the alternative vote referendum last year than he had promised in private.

On that Focus is some pretty blatant campaigning for a Yes vote in what it laughably terms the «fairer votes referendum».

Unlike many other polls asking about voting intention in the referendum YouGov's tracker on the Alternative Vote referendum starts with text briefly summarising what First Past the Post and Alternative Vote actually are.

Colin Munro examines how we arrived at the referendum stage in Scotland and where we go after the vote

It was the Alternative Vote Referendum in 2011 which drew my attention to the split in the Labour Party over whether to support First - Past - the - Post (FPTP) or the Alternative Vote (AV).

Clegg, faced with hostility to the plan and bruised after the failure of the alternative vote referendum campaign, is attempting a more sensitive approach this time, bringing in a package of measures that would appeal to ordinarily sceptical MPs and peers.

In this, the EU referendum is similar to the UK's Alternative Vote referendum in 2011, in which voters were asked if they wanted to replace the first past the post voting system with the «alternative vote».

Shortly before 23:00 BST Mr Davidson received vocal criticism after pointing out that the SNP's proposals were not always accepted — as was the case with his support for the «yes» campaign in the defeated alternative vote referendum.

Similar to the stance taken by the Conservative Party, they believe that there should be not be another referendum on the deal, but that parliament should have a vote

When I published the first phase of Project Blueprint in May 2011, David Cameron's first anniversary as Prime Minister, political comment was dominated by the relationship between Conservative and Liberal Democrat MPs following the Alternative Vote referendum.

Meanwhile, a Lib Dem victory in the alternative vote referendum could even more extensive reprecussions.

He faces a more real threat from energy and climate change secretary Chris Huhne, who has been at the forefront of dissent against the Conservatives» approach to the rejected alternative vote referendum.

In the run - up to the 2011 Alternative Vote referendum, the party adopted an equivocal stance, advising its supporters, on 8 April, to «vote as you see fit».

Mr Cameron clearly believes the Greek public should consider the vote a referendum on eurozone membership.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo this year is backing a $ 2 billion clean water act, with the money likely be raised through bonding, which would require a voting referendum.

Tagged: Alternative Vote Referendum · AV · David Cameron · Electoral Reform · Nick Clegg

The alternative vote referendum, as part of the Conservative — Liberal Democrat Coalition Agreement drawn up after the 2010 general election, was a nationwide vote held on Thursday 5 May 2011 (the same date as local elections in many areas) to choose the method of electing MPs at subsequent general elections.

The total cost of the alternative vote referendum will not be known until the autumn, but government sources provided a rough costing this morning

It found last year's alternative vote referendum a nightmare to organise and wants a period of at least 28 weeks - 12 for the finalisation of the rules, and a 16 - week campaign period.

Three case studies will form the majority of my thesis: the Plant Report 1990 - 1993, Jenkins Commission 1998 and the Alternative Vote Referendum 2011, with the arguments put forward by defenders of FPTP and supporters of reform reanalysed and reappraised.

Parish council elections and the national Alternative Vote referendum were held on the same day.

Exclusive: as Nick Clegg confirms the date for an alternative vote referendum, YouGov's Peter Kellner says research for Channel 4 News suggests an AV general election could have produced a Lib - Lab deal in May.

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?

In 2011 a campaign to encourage Muslims in Britain to vote YES in the UK was launched in response to the Alternative Vote referendum.

Miliband has, though, offered to share a platform with Clegg on the alternative vote referendum, the next fascinating dilemma for centre - left politicians.

The Liverpool Council election, 2011 to the city of Liverpool council happened on the same day as the United Kingdom local elections, 2011 and the United Kingdom Alternative Vote referendum, 2011 on 5 May.

The shock value of the «No» campaign's baby unit posters in the Alternative Vote referendum, or the Leave campaign's Breaking Point» poster of a long queue of migrants show that, under the current free - for - all, campaigners find that courting controversy is worthwhile if there are votes to be won.

During the alternative vote referendum, they channelled funding to Labour - led groups that specialised in scurrilous personal attacks on Nick, which led to one of the few cases of real verbal fisticuffs in Cabinet.

Tories say the redrawing of Britain's electoral map was originally a quid pro quo for the alternative vote referendum.