Electoral reform
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First thoughts Here’s nine ways to fix the electoral system – but first get out and vote
Polly ToynbeeTurnout is falling as democracy decays. So on Super Thursday, use your vote, even if you have to choose the least worst candidate -
Decision time for 16- and 17-year-olds in Scotland allowed to cast their ballot for the first time in parliamentary elections
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Britain’s two-party political system isn’t working
Steve HiltonVoters are disillusioned with a malfunctioning democracy. The system must change so independent candidates have a fair chance of election -
This ludicrous election to replace Lord Avebury should be boycotted
John Lubbock and Seth ThévozThe campaigner wanted House of Lords reform so a fitting tribute would be for the Lib Dems to refuse to fill his place
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Briton living in Italy seeks court ruling that voting ban for people living abroad for more than 15 years is illegal
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Boundary Commissions launch review, saying they will draw up plans by September to scrap 50 parliamentary seats across the UK
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Electoral Commission says 770,000 names were deleted in change to registration rules as critics claim Tories are ‘rigging the system’
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Letters: We urgently need a renewed voting reform movement to restore the sovereign powers that have mysteriously drained away from all our citizens – just don’t blame Europe
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Editorial: Ignoring parliament’s advice on boundaries is sneaky and unworthy
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Figures compiled by Labour find register has shrunk dramatically in areas with high student population
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When the SDP was launched 35 years ago, we hoped to break the mould. Instead the mould broke us
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Anthony Barnett writes: Tania Rose showed great dedication to the causes of Charter 88
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The grassroots revolt that put Jeremy Corbyn into the leadership has re-energised the city’s moribund constituency parties – but it has also heaped pressure on its more centrist MPs who were already under threat from planned boundary changes
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Letters: In marginal constituencies as well as solid Labour seats, there is a rich seam of votes to be mined made up of the millions of voters lost by New Labour
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Letters: Government, opposition or parliament should not have any role in date, process, or inner working of the electoral system
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Labour peers with the backing of Lib Dems tried to reinstate proposal in upper house after repeated rejection in the Commons
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Since the Conservatives’ election victory, they have been quietly reshaping the political system to give them a permanent advantage. Will any other party be able to challenge their dominance in future?
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Chancellor’s plan to slash Short money announced in autumn statement would be ‘deeply damaging for accountability’
Topics
- Labour
- EU referendum
- Boundary changes
- Conservatives
- European Union
- Foreign policy
- Jeremy Corbyn
- Proportional representation
- House of Lords
- Constitutional reform
- Young people
- House of Commons
- Liberal Democrats
- David Cameron
- Europe
- Party funding
- Local elections
- Local politics
- George Osborne
- Stoke-on-Trent
Whoever the leader is, Labour may never recover from this crisis