The Labour Party and Electoral Reform
Seiten
2024
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC (Verlag)
978-0-7556-4072-0 (ISBN)
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC (Verlag)
978-0-7556-4072-0 (ISBN)
The issue of electoral reform has divided the Labour Party since its inception, but only for a brief period in the early 20th century has the Party been committed to reforming first-past-the-post (FPTP). Now, having suffered four successive general election defeats, the Labour Party will have to reconsider its electoral strategy if it is, once again, to become a party of government. For some, a commitment to electoral reform is an indispensable step to widen support, transform the Party, and unlock British Politics. For others, the present system still offers the best hope of majority Labour governments, avoiding deals with the Party’s rivals and the watering down of Labour’s social democratic agenda.
This book explores the Labour Party’s approaches towards reforming the Westminster electoral system, and more widely, its perception of electoral pacts and coalition government. The opening chapters chart the debate from the inception of the Party up to the electoral and political impact of Thatcherism. From there, the book takes a closer look at significant recent events, including the Plant Report, the Jenkins Commission, the end of New Labour, the Alternative Vote Referendum, and closing with the Labour leadership containing the matter at Party Conference, 2021. Importantly, it offers an assessment of the pressures and environment in which Labour politicians have operated. Extensive elite-level interviews and new archival research offers the reader a comprehensive and definitive account of this debate.
This book explores the Labour Party’s approaches towards reforming the Westminster electoral system, and more widely, its perception of electoral pacts and coalition government. The opening chapters chart the debate from the inception of the Party up to the electoral and political impact of Thatcherism. From there, the book takes a closer look at significant recent events, including the Plant Report, the Jenkins Commission, the end of New Labour, the Alternative Vote Referendum, and closing with the Labour leadership containing the matter at Party Conference, 2021. Importantly, it offers an assessment of the pressures and environment in which Labour politicians have operated. Extensive elite-level interviews and new archival research offers the reader a comprehensive and definitive account of this debate.
Jasper Miles is a Lecturer in Politics at the University of Lincoln. He specializes in British Politics and has written on the Labour Party’s history and political thought, including Peter Shore: Labour’s Forgotten Patriot and James Callaghan: An Underrated Prime Minister?
1. Introduction
2. For and Against the Westminster Model: Labour’s Theories of the British Constitution
3. Making their Mind Up? Labour and the Electoral System
4. The Slow Rise and the Quick Fall of the Plant Report
5. Realigning the British Left and the Jenkins Commission
6. The End of New Labour and the Alternative Vote Referendum, 2011
7. Opposition and Electoral Failure: Time for Proportional Representation?
8. Conclusion
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 15.10.2024 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7556-4072-1 / 0755640721 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-7556-4072-0 / 9780755640720 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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