12-10-2022, 06:00 PM
The Liberal Party welcomes the recent Labour Commission on Devolution in particular the replacement of the House of Lords, and greater powers and finance for city regions.
Where the option of an elected Mayor is offered, we believe communities should be allowed to pick their governance without excess influence.
However, devolution, without Proportional Representation(PR) will fail to engage voters and could create bastions of Labour Council cronyism and corruption.
The Liberal Party therefore believes councils and regional bodies will only be more responsive and accountable to their communities with PR.
This form of representation better reflects the distribution of voter preference and prevents a party with a minority of the vote’s securing excess power as occurred under our discredited first part the post system.
Where the option of an elected Mayor is offered, we believe communities should be allowed to pick their governance without excess influence.
However, devolution, without Proportional Representation(PR) will fail to engage voters and could create bastions of Labour Council cronyism and corruption.
The Liberal Party therefore believes councils and regional bodies will only be more responsive and accountable to their communities with PR.
This form of representation better reflects the distribution of voter preference and prevents a party with a minority of the vote’s securing excess power as occurred under our discredited first part the post system.