Following last year’s successful motion on proportional representation, electoral reform and improving our democracy remained some of the biggest topics of discussion at Labour conference this year.
When it comes to democracy and elections in Wales, bills are coming like buses! Just two weeks after the introduction of the Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill the Welsh Government laid it’s Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill before the Senedd
There is a long history of electoral reform supporters in the Conservative Party, with Conservative Action for Electoral Reform (CAER) existing since 1974. As such, we went up to Manchester to talk to candidates, councillors and activists at the conference.
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