A key part of the text that glues David Cameron and Nick Clegg together is the commitment to hold a referendum on introducing ‘the Alternative Vote’. But Patrick Dunleavy argues, there are two forms of this system, with very different implications for British politics. Should voters be allowed to choose which they want
At the 2010 UK election, Labour proposed a referendum on changing the House of Commons electoral sys...
Whether or not to hold a referendum on Brexit is a clear dividing line between parties in the upcomi...
British Columbia’s voters face their third referendum on reforming the province’s electoral system. ...
Most of the discussion of the AV referendum assumes that if UK voters endorse changing the voting sy...
Nick Clegg’s political difficulties have recently worsened over the rushed effort to get the AV refe...
The upcoming referendum on the Alternative Vote (AV) on 5 May offers the Liberal Democrats a chance ...
FOR Britons to be able to use their votes to signal their true preferences and for more people to fe...
The latest fruit of the stiff resistance to the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill ...
Countries rarely change their election systems, and when they do the changes usually ‘stick’ for a v...
In the 5 May referendum voters across Britain have a chance to improve elections to Westminster by a...
The result of the AV referendum has been widely argued, most obviously by opponents of change, to ha...
With most opinion polls showing rising levels of support for changing the voting system in May, some...
Next spring UK voters will get the chance to introduce the Alternative Vote system for Westminster e...
Last night the House of Lords continued its consideration of the coalition bill to prune constituenc...
Exactly what will change if the UK adopts the Alternative Vote (AV) system in next May’s referendum?...
At the 2010 UK election, Labour proposed a referendum on changing the House of Commons electoral sys...
Whether or not to hold a referendum on Brexit is a clear dividing line between parties in the upcomi...
British Columbia’s voters face their third referendum on reforming the province’s electoral system. ...
Most of the discussion of the AV referendum assumes that if UK voters endorse changing the voting sy...
Nick Clegg’s political difficulties have recently worsened over the rushed effort to get the AV refe...
The upcoming referendum on the Alternative Vote (AV) on 5 May offers the Liberal Democrats a chance ...
FOR Britons to be able to use their votes to signal their true preferences and for more people to fe...
The latest fruit of the stiff resistance to the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill ...
Countries rarely change their election systems, and when they do the changes usually ‘stick’ for a v...
In the 5 May referendum voters across Britain have a chance to improve elections to Westminster by a...
The result of the AV referendum has been widely argued, most obviously by opponents of change, to ha...
With most opinion polls showing rising levels of support for changing the voting system in May, some...
Next spring UK voters will get the chance to introduce the Alternative Vote system for Westminster e...
Last night the House of Lords continued its consideration of the coalition bill to prune constituenc...
Exactly what will change if the UK adopts the Alternative Vote (AV) system in next May’s referendum?...
At the 2010 UK election, Labour proposed a referendum on changing the House of Commons electoral sys...
Whether or not to hold a referendum on Brexit is a clear dividing line between parties in the upcomi...
British Columbia’s voters face their third referendum on reforming the province’s electoral system. ...