I was pleased to get a link to this by email this morning. A Progressive Alliance is in action in Ely, where I live:
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Very nice to see some local organization. We have some country wide resources on http://www.progressivepulse.org/tactical2017/ and are very happy to add more links if suggestions are made either here or on the ProgressivePulse blog. Also vote today if there is a local election in your area an keep a close eye on the result. I will be voting either Labour or Lib Dem in the general election depending on who is the most likely to win.
Sadly I am getting more disturbed by May rather than less; she has “blagged” her way to the job and is totally out of her depth. Her posturing shows weakness rather than strength and is backing the UK into a corner. This is the way wars start. Being Irish I hope I am not collateral damage
I voted this morning
And because we have a mayour election with first and second prefs managed to vote for candidates with three different allegiances
One problem for local parties is the sudden nature of the GE announcement. Nominations close next Thursday and some constituency parties are still in the process of selection (we selected last night, for example). This means that finding a candidate suitable to all Labour/Libdem/Green etc members with an agreed platform is proving difficult, especially if one of the parties is non-cooperative (again as has happened locally). The best we may be able to to do is a kind of ‘non-aggression’ pact in return for future collaboration. The obvious solution of putting in a nomination and them withdrawing the candidate at a later date is a problem for smaller and less well funded constituency parties faced with the unaviodable loss of £500.
Hi Richard,
It’d be easy in my view to convert council elections to STV; I am sure that many would like the idea of preference voting and proportionality. Alternatively, to use my borough (Lewisham) as an example, there are currently 18 lots of 3 councillor wards. If one did not want to use STV, one could use AV+ or AMS to elect one cllr per ward, with the rest on a borough-wide party list PR vote, like the London Assembly. Alternatively, one could have more wards, with one cllr each (elected by AV or FPTP), with a smaller number of list cllrs.
Thoughts are welcome! Any preferences Richard? I guess you could rank the ideas in your preferred order!! 🙂
Something based on the Scottish parliament system maybe?
I think that is your member + list system
That is easy to understand and explain, and for the list members, one uses V/(S+1), where V is the total votes cast and S is the number of seats already won by a party. +1 enables not dividing V by zero. I like it in London in order to elect the London Assembly, and it helps the Greens and Lib Dems