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Britain’s voters overwhelmingly reject calls to switch to the Alternative Vote system – but is this a death knell for electoral reform? Channel 4 News speaks to politicians, analysts and academics.
As the campaign to switch to the alternative vote heads towards defeat, analysts tell Channel 4 News it will set back electoral reform – but there is a glimmer of hope for the Lib Dems.
The polls have closed after a bitter AV referendum campaign. Votes have also been cast in elections for the Scottish Parliament, Welsh Assembly, Northern Ireland Assembly and local councils.
As the referendum campaign turns bitter, the gaps in government grow larger – as the Yes camp accuse the No camp of lying and threaten legal action.
As the campaigns for and against a switch to the Alternative Vote step up a gear for the 5 May referendum, the former Home Secretary and now Labour Peer, John Reid, makes the case for a No vote.
As the campaigns for and against a switch to the Alternative Vote gear up for the 5 May referendum, Jonathan Bartley – Vice Chair of the Yes to Fairer Votes campaign – makes the case for a Yes vote.
Gary Gibbon
One Conservative backbencher tells our Political Editor that Tory MPs could try to pull down the Coalition and force a General Election if the Yes camp wins the AV referendum. But it could be Ed Miliband who has most to gain.
Labour MPs are split over proposed changes to the voting system. Former Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett and former Culture Secretary Ben Bradshaw explain why they are backing different sides.
Gary Gibbon
Gary Gibbon blogs on how government whips are confident they can see off any backbench rebellion over plans to hold a referendum on introducing the alternative vote.
We hear from the Scottish Government’s Cabinet Secretary for the Constitution, External Affairs and Culture, Angus Robertson, on Nicola Sturgeon’s plans for a second independence referendum.
We spoke to the Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey and asked him if he would consider his position as leader if his party will end up losing seats overall in tomorrow’s elections.
At almost exactly the same time as the European Parliament was voting on Brexit, the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh was holding, a so-far symbolic vote, on having another referendum.
Jeremy Corbyn has promised the biggest extension of workers’ rights if his party wins the next general election.
We spoke to the Justice Secretary David Gauke, and started by asking if the deal is already doomed.
We spoke to two Labour Party MPs; Labour’s Shadow Business Minister Barry Gardiner, and Melanie Onn who has been on the campaign trail in her constituency in Grimbsy.