The present electoral system shows no sign of delivering this. When running to be Labour leader, Keir Starmer committed to a constitutional convention and to look at reform of the voting system. It is true that less than a decade ago reformers lost a referendum on whether to change the voting system for British general elections. Political parties that win power may be reluctant to change the voting system to which they owe their success. But without some sort of electoral reform that engages the public, the pressure to mend a broken system may blow up politics once more.

Source: The Guardian July 19, 2020 17:30 UTC