Gordon Brown backs Alternative Vote electoral reform - Telegraph

Gordon Brown backs Alternative Vote electoral reform - Telegraph:

Gordon Brown has given his strongest backing to election reform which would ensure that MPs received the backing of at least half of local voters.
By Rosa Prince, Political Correspondent

Labour is committed to holding a referendum on voting reform if the party wins the next election, although campaigners had hoped that a law triggering a plebiscite would be passed before polling day.

During Prime Minister’s Question Time, Mr Brown dropped a strong hint that if a referendum was held, he would campaign in favour of the alternative vote (AV) system, where electors are able to rank candidates in order of preference.

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