The road to reform: how we can achieve PR for Westminster

LDER
13 Jan 2023

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Join Wendy Chamberlain MP and Mark Pack, Liberal Democrat party president, for a conversation on why electoral reform is a priority for the Liberal Democrats - and how we can achieve it. Find out more about the implications of Labour adopting PR as party policy; what our party is doing to campaign for reform; and how you can help to bring about change.

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Format

19:00 Guests assemble

19:05 Welcome and introduction to the topic (Keith Sharp)

19:10 Why electoral reform matters to the Young Liberals and introduction to speakers (Janey Little)

19:15 Opening remarks (Wendy Chamberlain)

  • Achieving PR for Westminster as a Lib Dem priority: why it matters
  • Current state of play: external landscape incl. Labour
  • Reasons for optimism: how PR might be achieved

19:20 Opening remarks (Mark Pack)

  • PR as a Lib Dem campaign priority: what our party is doing
  • Champions for reform: what others are doing e.g. allies
  • What we can expect in the year ahead

19:25 Panel Q&A with Wendy and Mark (hosted by Janey Little)

  • Sarah Lewis and Helen Parker (LDER) to moderate

19:55 Wrap panel and thank panellists (Janey Little)

19:57 LDER and how you can get involved (Keith Sharp)

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Our Allies' work:

In late December, the Electoral Reform Society (Research Director Jess Garland) did a New Statesman podcast on Labour and proportional representation. Well worth a listen here!

Coming soon from Make Votes Matter:

Democracy Loves Climate Justice

Tuesday, February 7, 2023, <time class="event-time-12hr-start" datetime="2023-02-07">7:30 - 8.30 pm</time>

Godfrey Mitchell Theatre

One Great George Street

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Join a distinguished panel of senior politicians and climate experts to discuss how Proportional Representation can help us to tackle the climate emergency.You can find full details here.

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