{"id":215318,"date":"2023-10-10T16:20:39","date_gmt":"2023-10-10T16:20:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bestwnews.com\/?p=215318"},"modified":"2023-10-10T16:20:39","modified_gmt":"2023-10-10T16:20:39","slug":"labour-shadow-minister-hints-party-could-tear-up-voting-system-sparking-fears-of-a-stitch-up-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bestwnews.com\/world-news\/labour-shadow-minister-hints-party-could-tear-up-voting-system-sparking-fears-of-a-stitch-up-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Labour shadow minister hints party could tear up voting system &#8211; sparking fears of a stitch-up | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LABOUR could tear up the voting system once in power, a top frontbencher has hinted.<\/p>\n<p>Lucy Powell said she was open to \u201cconversations\u201d around electoral reform if Sir Keir Starmer becomes PM &#8211; sparking stitch-up fears. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/NEW_AFP_33XQ9BVjpg-JS850953941-1.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>The Shadow Commons Leader told party members: \u201cI\u2019m personally for, kind of, looking at electoral reform-type stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her remarks sparked Tory warnings that Labour could do away with first-past-the-post in favour of a proportional representation system that tends to produce chaotic coalition governments.<\/p>\n<p>The Lib Dems have long called for the European-style method and it would likely be a key demand in any post-election deal if Sir Keir fails to win a majority.<\/p>\n<p>While Ms Powell said talk of electoral reform was a \u201cdistraction\u201d right now, she said \u201cconversations can come later\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>READ MORE ON POLITICS<\/h2>\n<p><source media=\"(-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.5)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ROB-KEIR-COMP.jpg\"><source data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ROB-KEIR-COMP.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ROB-KEIR-COMP.jpg\"><\/picture><span>&#x27;NEW BRITAIN&#x27; <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Starmer eyes 10 years in power &amp; aims to rebrand Labour as party of &#x27;service&#x27;<\/h3>\n<p><source media=\"(-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.5)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/e2bd709a-1a37-431b-b035-84092a6e3cd0.jpg\"><source data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/e2bd709a-1a37-431b-b035-84092a6e3cd0.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/e2bd709a-1a37-431b-b035-84092a6e3cd0.jpg\"><\/picture><span>WAITING ROOM <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Keir&#x27;s plan to cut waiting lists ridiculed as it relies on docs volunteering<\/h3>\n<p>She told a New Statesmen conference fringe meeting: \u201cWe\u2019ve got to win the election with the rules which we\u2019re operating under, and we should be laser-focused on that for now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But she did suggest one of the benefits of the current system was MPs\u2019 links with their constituencies.<\/p>\n<p>Yet Conservative chairman Greg Hands warned of an attempt to \u201crig elections\u201d that would make it incredibly difficult for his party to win a majority.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cBritain had a referendum on electoral reform in 2011, and it was decisively defeated.<\/p>\n<h2>Most read in Politics<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/jb-keirspeech-comp.jpg\"><\/picture><span>COR-BINNED <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Keir Starmer bids to banish Corbyn&#8217;s ghost and leads standing ovation for Israel<\/h3>\n<p><\/span><span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/jb-starmerglitter2-comp.jpg\"><\/picture><span>scare for keir <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Moment protester leaps onto the stage &#038; throws glitter at Sir Keir Starmer<\/h3>\n<p><\/span><span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/uk-borders-terminal-5-arriving-823535711.jpg\"><\/picture><span>OUT OF CONTROL <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Airport blunders let 1K travellers enter UK without passing passport control<\/h3>\n<p><\/span><span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/ROB-KEIR-COMP.jpg\"><\/picture><span>&#8216;NEW BRITAIN&#8217; <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Starmer eyes 10 years in power &#038; aims to rebrand Labour as party of &#8216;service&#8217;<\/h3>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is classic Labour, playing short term politics for their own political gain rather than focusing on what\u2019s right for the British people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It is currently not Labour policy to change the voting system, however the stance points at \u201cflaws\u201d in the existing model.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/news\/politics\/24351022\/labour-change-voting-system-mp-hints\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LABOUR could tear up the voting system once in power, a top frontbencher has hinted. Lucy Powell said she was open to \u201cconversations\u201d around electoral reform if Sir Keir Starmer becomes PM &#8211; sparking stitch-up fears. The Shadow Commons Leader told party members: \u201cI\u2019m personally for, kind of, looking at electoral reform-type stuff.\u201d Her remarks sparked Tory warnings that Labour [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":215317,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Labour shadow minister hints party could tear up voting system - sparking fears of a stitch-up | The Sun - Best World News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/bestwnews.com\/world-news\/labour-shadow-minister-hints-party-could-tear-up-voting-system-sparking-fears-of-a-stitch-up-the-sun\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Labour shadow minister hints party could tear up voting system - sparking fears of a stitch-up | The Sun - Best World News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"LABOUR could tear up the voting system once in power, a top frontbencher has hinted. 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