Created Thu 17th Apr 2008 5:41am PST by 
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lloydshep 
Will there be a change to second preference voting before the next general election in Britain?
Background: There's been talk that Labour might consider voting reform before the next general election, and that it might include second preference voting to give MPs more reliable mandates. Do we think this will happen?
Settlement details:As reported by a major mainstream news source.
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score: 10
BBC 27 weeks ago
scandal was ultimately in the hands of their local constituency parties who could de-select them before the next general election. Parliamentary Labour Party chairman Tony Lloyd has written to all the party's MPs, urging them to publish their expenses
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Sydney Morning Herald 27 weeks ago
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has been accused of foot-dragging as opposition leader David Cameron proposed quick action in a row sparked by MPs claiming perks like swimming pools on expenses. The two men
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Herald Sun 27 weeks ago
BRITISH Prime Minister Gordon Brown has been accused of foot-dragging as opposition leader David Cameron proposed quick action in a row sparked by MPs claiming perks like swimming pools on expenses. The two men
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Sunday Times 27 weeks ago
the main political parties that their MPs had got out of hand. He said that he expected both David Cameron and Gordon Brown to discipline members of their parties who are shown to have made dubious expenses claims. ?What I am advising people is to show
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Sunday Times 27 weeks ago
to pay back some of their expenses claims or face losing the party whip, The Times has learned. David Cameron called an emergency meeting of the parliamentary party at 2pm to outline his plans for dealing with what he has called 'abuses of the system'.
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might concentrate a few minds in that party's leadership and make them seriously consider the partisan advantages of a second-preference (aka "instant runoff") voting system.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8092396.stm
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