Proportional representation

UK politics: Kemi Badenoch criticised by Nigerian vice president for ‘denigrating’ his country – as it happened

Kashim Shettima said Nigerians are proud of Badenoch’s achievements, despite her denigrating the country where she was brought up

Andrew Sparrow

10, Dec, 2024 @6:06 PM

MPs back PR bill in vote, a symbolic win for electoral reform campaigners – as it happened

MPs vote to give leave to bring in private members’ bill on PR but it will have no practical effect

Andrew Sparrow

03, Dec, 2024 @5:41 PM

MPs back proportional representation system for UK elections in symbolic vote

Lib Dem proposal is passed by 137 votes to 135 with some Labour backbench support but is unlikely to become law

Peter Walker Senior political correspondent

03, Dec, 2024 @4:43 PM

Progressives must unite to see off the far right | Letters

Letters: Steve Williams and Jill Green respond to an article by Neal Lawson on cross-party cooperation

02, Dec, 2024 @5:27 PM

Dozens of new Labour MPs join group pushing for electoral reform

Exclusive: All-party parliamentary group on fair elections argues proportional voting system would help restore trust

Peter Walker Senior political correspondent

25, Nov, 2024 @7:00 AM

After 44 years as a Labour member, I spent 18 months facing explusion. This is what the party got wrong | Neal Lawson

People are being threatened and punished at the hint of cross-party cooperation. It’s control freakery we cannot afford, says Neal Lawson of the cross-party campaign organisation Compass

Neal Lawson

21, Nov, 2024 @1:00 PM

Starmer ‘very interested’ in Italy’s plan to offshore asylum applications in Albania, says Meloni – as it happened

UK to contribute £4m to Italian project on irregular migration, PM announces

Andrew Sparrow

16, Sep, 2024 @5:02 PM

National Housewives’ Register was a lifeline for women like me | Brief letters

Brief letters: Maureen Nicol | Let kids do their own laundry | Iron in Guinness | Why people riot | 50p postcards

10, Sep, 2024 @4:41 PM

There are many routes to electoral reform | Letter

Letter: It doesn’t have to be a dichotomous choice between first past the post and proportional representation, writes David Lipsey

24, Jul, 2024 @4:15 PM

Labour divided over calls to scrap first past the post after landslide win

Leadership won’t take the risk of proportional representation but members are pushing for change

Peter Walker Senior political correspondent

17, Jul, 2024 @5:00 AM

The Green party won four seats when it should have been 40. Surely it’s clear that Britain needs electoral reform | Ellie Chowns

Yes, proportional representation would help all smaller parties, including Reform UK, but it’s necessary to restore faith in politics, says Green party MP Ellie Chowns

Ellie Chowns

11, Jul, 2024 @2:30 PM

Making Britain’s voting system fairer won’t enable parties like Reform – it’s the only way to challenge them | Zoe Williams

Bringing in proportional representation is the best way of defending and rebuilding the legitimacy of our democracy, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

Zoe Williams

10, Jul, 2024 @8:00 AM