Calls for PR dominate Labour manifesto consultation
Analysis of responses to Labour's manifesto consultation by Labour for a New Democracy has confirmed that Proportional Representation for general elections remains a central and overwhelming demand of the Labour membership.
An amazing two-thirds of responses by branches and CLPs to the consultation dealing with constitutional issues called on Labour to back PR for the House of Commons.
44% of local parties' submissions to all six policy commissions - which between them cover all policy areas - were pro-PR. This is an unprecedented level of support for any single policy issue.
Read and share the Labour List coverage below, as well as a comment piece by Labour Campaign for Electoral Reform Youth Officer, Reed James.
44% of NPF submissions call for Labour to back PR, according to L4ND analysis
By Katie Neame
According to analysis of the submissions by Labour for a New Democracy (L4ND), 44% of submissions across the six commissions called for PR. The pro-PR campaign group’s research also found that two-thirds of submissions by local parties to the policy commission covering constitutional issues called for Labour to back PR for general elections…
📰 Members' calls for Proportional Representation dominate @labpolicyforum manifesto consultation.
— LCER (@Labour4PR) March 28, 2023
💥 2/3rds of local parties' responses to 'SSC' consultation call for PR for general elections.
🌹 44% of all submissions on all policy areas called for PR.https://t.co/N91acmpkSQ
The NPF consultation proves PR is one of the core demands of the membership
By Reed James
With the dust settling on Labour’s national policy forum (NPF) consultation, it’s clear that electoral reform is one of the core demands of the party membership. After last year’s overwhelming conference vote, it’s no surprise that there’s huge support for proportional representation (PR) for general elections, but the sheer scale of the consultation response will hopefully be all the evidence the NPF needs about how important it is that Labour includes PR in its package of democratic reforms…
"The sheer scale of the consultation response will hopefully be all the evidence @labpolicyforum needs about how important it is Labour includes Proportional Representation in its democratic reform package"
— LCER (@Labour4PR) March 28, 2023
LCER Youth Officer @Reedjames617 #Labour4PRhttps://t.co/ZXNFOwN7OF
