ANDY BURNHAM’S renewed commitment to electoral reform in his first conference speech as Labour leader is a welcome development.The present first-past-the-post system has become increasingly indefensible. The case for reform has grown as the electoral landscape has fragmented.The Communist Party has advocated proportional representation as a matter of democratic principle since the second world war. However, in the 1950s, when up to 98 per cent of the electorate voted Labour or Tory, the issue could gain only limited traction.

ANDY BURNHAM’S renewed commitment to electoral reform in his first conference speech as Labour leader is a welcome development.

The present first-past-the-post system has become increasingly indefensible. The case for reform has grown as the electoral landscape has fragmented.

The Communist Party has advocated proportional representation as a matter of democratic principle since the second world war. However, in the 1950s, when up to 98 per cent of the electorate voted Labour or Tory, the issue could gain only limited traction.

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