Former mayoral runner Zac Goldsmith is heading back to the Commons are retaking the Richmond Park Westminster constituency at last night’s General Election.
Reviewing London’s voting system could allow us to better represent London’s growth areas
A review of the voting system gives us an opportunity to look at the boundaries of the 14 constituency GLA seats we have in the London Assembly as some have more 500,000 constituents like City & East London and North-East London and are spread across 3 local authorities and half a dozen parliamentary seats.
Imposing First Past the Post on Londoners would be a deeply undemocratic move
Last week, Conservative sources confirmed to this site that they would seek to overturn that motion and the 1998 referendum vote in order to impose First Past the Post on the capital.
Tories confirm London Assembly also faces election rules shake-up
Conservative plans to overhaul how the London Mayor is elected would also be extended to the London Assembly, MayorWatch has been told, potentially eliminating smaller parties from the capital’s scrutiny body.
No, moving to First Past The Post won’t guarantee a procession of Tory London Mayors
Conservative plans to hold future mayoral elections under First Past The Post have, perhaps inevitably, been greeted with social media claims that the party is attempting to “rig” future elections in its favour.
