Will Labour embrace electoral reform?

Will Labour embrace electoral reform?

The Labour Party has an uneasy relationship with electoral reform. Few postwar leaders have prioritised it, and the relationship is even more complicated for those who became prime minister. Despite overseeing a radical programme of social change, Clement Attlee – often seen as the architect of modern Labour – showed little interest in changing the voting system. Nor did Harold Wilson or James Callaghan. Tony Blair promised a referendum on elect…