Created Thu 17th Apr 6:41am PDT by 
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Will there be a change to second preference voting before the next general election in Britain?
Current forecast: 18% chance 
Combining all predictions, the current forecast is that this is 18% likely to happen (unchanged in last 1 day)
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?
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score: 10
Mail Online UK 14 hours ago
was an 'improper' arrangement designed to protect the Speaker, a Labour MP but a supposedly independent figure. Leader David Cameron said: 'I think some sort of stitch-up meeting between the House of Commons authority and the Labour Party wouldn't be
score: 10
The Times 2 days ago
committing one, a much more serious crime than the one they imagined they were investigating. Contempt of the House of Commons can only be defined by the House of Commons itself, but there is little doubt that this was it. All the evidence of history is
score: 10
score: 10
Mail Online UK 4 days ago
Green, almost certainly with the prior knowledge of Michael Martin, the Labour MP who is Speaker of the House of Commons, and probably with the tactic support of Labour ministers, marks a fundamental break with the political Geneva Convention, the
score: 10
Channel 4 News 4 days ago
a democracy, opposition politicians have a duty to hold the Government to account. I was elected to the House of Commons precisely to do that and I certainly intend to continue doing so.'Both Downing Street and the Home Office emphatically deny that
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.
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