Merseyside & Cheshire Make Votes Count
Invites you to our forum
‘Make Local Votes Count’
On Thursday 16th February 7-00pm to 9-00pm. At The Alexandra Room, Liverpool Parish Church, The Old Church Yard, Off Chapel Street, opposite The Thistle Hotel, By The Pierhead Liverpool L2 HTZ
Facilitated by : - David Bird - Retired Regional Officer of Amicus trade union.
Peter Facey - Director of New Politics Network, Co-director
Charter 88, & former candidate for the Liberal Democrats in the
London Assembly & European Parliament elections.
Frank Kennedy –
Councillor Steve Radford –
Mary Southcott – Parliamentary Political Officer of The Labour Campaign for
Electoral Reform.
Make Votes Count nationally has presented a motion to the Government which said:
“We believe that the current voting system acts as a barrier to participation in local democracy.
Unjustified outcomes, such as:
§ Entrenched one-party dominance.
§ Greatly exaggerated majorities.
§ 'Losers' winning over-all control,
feed the belief that voting doesn't make a difference.
In contrast, more representative councils would be more involving of and more accountable to local communities.
We note the Scottish Executive's proposal to introduce voting reform for local government and the Assembly's consideration of similar reforms in .
We therefore call on the government to take steps to introduce a more representative voting system for local government in .”
Since then, the Scottish Executive has agreed that the 2007 local elections system in will be the Single Transferable Vote (STV). has had the STV system for a number of years, of course.
Should the local elections system in be proportional and if so How?
Please come along and join in the discussion.
Admission free or by a donation towards the cost of the forum.
For more information please contact:
David Bird
9,
Telephone 0151-608-2698
The Liberal Party is supporting this event but has reservations about Make Votes Count lack of a policy when it comes to the merits of STV over Party Lists but please come along and support this debate
