A future Labour government would be right to use Citizens’ Assemblies This morning it was revealed in The Times that Sue Gray, Keir Starmer’s Chief of Staff and former leading Civil Servant, is considering the use of Citizens’ Assemblies. Gray made the comments by referring to... Posted 19 Feb 2024
Welsh Labour conference vote is a big boost to campaign for Senedd reform With just 60 elected members, Wales’ Parliament has long been under-resourced. But that problem has grown as Wales acquired more responsibilities – without the representatives needed to properly scrutinise legislation. For as long as there... Posted 16 Mar 2022
80% of CLP back PR but motion falls at Labour Party Conference On Monday Labour conference debated and voted on a motion to back PR, adding a pledge to their next manifesto. Despite the overwhelming support of local party delegates, 80% of whom supported the campaign for... Posted 30 Sep 2021
Labour conference: Party set to vote on supporting vital shift to proportional representation Labour conference delegates will vote today on whether to back proportional representation, and ditch Westminster’s broken voting system. Attendees will debate the policy shift at the conference in Brighton, which would push the party to... Posted 27 Sep 2021
Calls for Labour to back reform grow as members back PR in record numbers With Labour’s conference set to begin next week the debate on electoral reform looks set to be one of the big issues on conference floor this year. At least 144 constituency parties have called on... Posted 14 Sep 2021
5 events not to miss at Labour conference Support is growing across the Labour movement for reform of Westminster’s creaking electoral system. 83% of Labour members support PR according to the latest polling, and over 250 CLPs have already passed local policy in... Posted 09 Sep 2021
Activists are calling on Keir Starmer to back ambitious political reform, following a key Labour report Leading Labour figures and democracy campaigners have urged the Labour party to get behind major political reform, following the launch of a new party-commissioned roadmap for constitutional change. Posted 05 Feb 2021
Why we’re calling for Labour to join others in backing proportional representation "The need for a wholesale renewal of our democracy is now more urgent than ever." Posted 16 Jul 2020
It’s time for the Labour Party to get behind real democracy at Westminster The rules that govern our politics have a lot to answer for when it comes to political in-fighting and polarisation. Posted 07 Jul 2020
Labour now backs proportional representation for executive elections. Next stop: PR for Westminster The Labour Party has scrapped First Past the Post voting for its National Executive Committee elections, meaning constituency representatives will now be elected using the gold standard of PR: the Single Transferable Vote. Posted 02 Jul 2020