Sentences with phrase «voting reform defeated»
The announcement will be seen by some as a personal blow to the authority of Clegg, who has already seen the party's cherished hopes of voting reform defeated in last year's referendum, while he has asked his MPs to vote for bills deeply unpopular with Lib Dem supporters, including higher university tuition fees and the NHS shakeup.
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Ministers were forced to abandon a key vote guaranteeing the passage of the Lords reform bill through the Commons over a 14 - day period after it became clear it would have been roundly defeated by Tory rebels voting with the Labour party.
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.
Brewer defeated Republican challenger Frank Scala, who received 12 percent of votes, as well as Green Party candidate Daniel Rivera and Reform Party candidate Brian Waddell.
The coalition government is facing the prospect of its first major Commons defeat after a 70 - strong group of Tory rebels signed a letter opposing House of Lords reform before a crucial vote on Tuesday.
Campaigners for democratic reform give a mixed reaction on Mr Brown's proposals, with some, such as Power 2010 saying it did not go far enough: «Without troubling the public for their views, ministers hand - picked the voting system they favour in a cynical exercise aimed at wrong - footing the Tories ahead of a likely election defeat.
George Osborne remains adamant that his proposals for tax credit reform will go ahead, despite his initial plans being defeated by a vote in the House of Lords yesterday.
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.
Fresh from their resounding success in defeating AV, many Conservative MPs have started talking to Labour backbenchers who also voted No in the referendum trying to form a new alliance to defeat the proposals to reform the House of Lords, announced by Nick Clegg yesterday.