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Alternative vote

October 2023

  • A voter leaves with their dog, Lilly, after casting their vote at a polling station in Brighton, 12 December 2019

    Notes and queries
    Readers reply: which electoral system is the fairest?

    The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical concepts

October 2017

  • Boris Johnson MP with the leave campaign bus during the EU referendum campaign.

    Are referendums the best way to shore up our feeble democracy?

    Letters: Michael Meadowcroft on the need for a fair electoral system; Keith Flett on extra-parliamentary activity; Jol Miskin on an educated electorate; Nigel Trow on a citizen parliament; and letters by Tony Wright, Howard Hilton and Ian East

September 2015

  • Michael Gove, Vince Cable, George Osborne and David Cameron, drinking a toast

    Vince Cable: ‘The Tories collectively could be appalling’

  • Vince Cable

    Vince Cable: ‘Historically, the coalition will be seen as a success’ – interview

August 2015

  • UK Labour Party Leader ship Hustings<br>GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - JULY 10: Labours candidates for Leader and Deputy Leader Liz Kendall, Andy Burnham, Yvette Cooper and Jeremy Corbyn take part in a hustings in The Old Fruitmarket, Candleriggs on July 10, 2015 in Glasgow, Scotland. The four candidates for the Labour Leader ship Andy Burnham, Liz Kendall, Jeremy Corbyn and Yvette Cooper faced questions on a range of issues including immigration, welfare and the economy. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

    Labour leadership election: could tactical voting sway the result?

    As the first ballot papers are dispatched in the election to decide Labour’s future, read our guide to the AV system and how tactical voting could influence the result

June 2015

  • Union flag and EU flag

    David Cameron rules out 5 May date for EU referendum

    Prime minister bows to pressure from own party and opposition to avoid clash with Scottish and other devolved elections

May 2014

  • Polly Toynbee

    Our dismal EU ballot papers say it all: this electoral system is corrupt

    Polly Toynbee

    Polly Toynbee: The way we vote today is a toxic anachronism of safe seats and rotten boroughs. And it suits our main parties fine

May 2013

  • Steve Richards

    David Cameron should beware the referendum trap

    Steve Richards
    Steve Richards: History shows that referendums tend to ruin rather than unify political parties – and have little to do with genuine people power

February 2012

  • Jo Swinson MP

    Saturday interview
    The Saturday interview: Jo Swinson, Liberal Democrat MP

    Kira Cochrane: Lib DemMP Jo Swinson scored another victory this week in her one-woman battle against the beauty industry. But is 'airbrushing' really the big issue during an economic crisis?

September 2011

  • Caroline Lucas: 'I joined the Green party because I seriously wanted it to have influence'

    Caroline Lucas: 'The odds of serious Green influence are extremely high'

    Andrew Sparrow speaks to the Green party leader about economic growth, proportional representation and Greenham Common

June 2011

  • Nick Clegg votes in the AV referendum

    Liberal Democrats start investigation into AV referendum defeat

    Party president orders inquiry into disastrous Yes campaign, which was described by staff as a 'living nightmare'

May 2011

  • A recovery plan for Labour

  • Camden is not all middle-class liberals

  • David Cameron, who had admitted that the relationship between Tory and Lib Dem ministers will change

    Change in coalition relationship inevitable, says David Cameron

  • Grist to mill for the chattering classes

  • They think it's all over – it may be now

  • AV referendum: Vince Cable attacks 'ruthless' Tories over poll defeat

  • Election results 2011
    After election battle, bruised Clegg seeks distance from Tory partners

  • AV and local elections: don't gloat in public, triumphal Tories told

  • AV referendum: Yes campaign handed thumping defeat

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