Please note that with the exception of our own publications, LCER does not necessarily endorse the content of any publications in this list.

REPORTS AVAILABLE ONLINE

  • The Many, Not the Few: Proportional Representation and Labour in the 21st Century (2017, Second Edition) published by LCER and Make Votes Matter
  • Politics for the Many: The Trade Union Case for Political Reform (Updated 2021) published by Politics for the Many
  • Reversing Labour Retreat: the Challenge and Change of Electoral Reform (2007) by John Denham and others, published by LCER
  • Getting it in Proportion: Trade Unions and Electoral Reform (revised edition, 2016) TUC, Touchstone Extras
  • The Electoral System and British Politics (2019) David Klemperer, for the Constitution Society
  • Peterloo 200: The Path to Proportional Representation (2019) Owen Winter, published by LCER and Make Votes Matter. 
  • Everything but the Commons: why PR is iessential if constitutional reform is to address Britain's crises of democracy, inequality and the union. Labour for a New Democracy.

THE BRITISH ELECTORAL SYSTEM

  • Cook, R. (2003). Where Do We Go From Here? Chapter 9 in Point of Departure: Diaries from the Front Bench. Simon & Schuster. (ISBN: 0-7432-5255-1)
  • Bogdanor, V. (1981). The People and the Party System Cambridge University Press: Cambridge. (ISBN - 0521 28525 9)
  • Bogdanor, V. (1984). What is proportional representation? Martin Robertson & Company Ltd.: Oxford.
  • Pike, M.S. (2018). The Value of Your Vote: The Case for Electoral Reform in the United Kingdom. ISBN-13: 978-1979838986
  • Kuper, R. (1990). Electing for Democracy: Proportional Representation and the Left. Socialist Society. (ISBN: 9781872481050)
  • Linton, M., & Southcott, M. (1998). Making Votes Count: The Case for Electoral Reform. Profile Books.(ISBN: 9781861970879) Contact LCER to request a discounted copy (£5, free P&P). 
  • Lundberg, T.C. (2007). Proportional Representation and the Constituency Role in Britain. Palgrave Macmillan ISBN-13: 978-0230006522
  • Meadowcroft, M. (2016). The Politics of Electoral Reform. Beercroft, UK. ISBN-13: 978-0993090936
  • Ritchie, K. (2016). The Reform Debates. Lulu.com ISBN 978-1326597481.

TEXTBOOKS AND ARTICLES IN ACADEMIC JOURNALS

  • Amy, D. J. (2000) Beind the Ballot Box: A Citizen's Guide to Voting Systems Greenwood Publishing Group.
  • Colomer, J. (Ed.). (2016). The handbook of electoral system choice. Springer.
    Farrell, D. M. (2011). Electoral systems: a comparative introduction. Macmillan International Higher Education.
  • Lijphart, A. (2012). Patterns of Democracy: Government Forms and Performance in Thirty-six Countries. Yale University Press. (ISBN 978-0300172027)
  • Dummett, M. (1997). Principles of Electoral Reform. OUP.
    Rossiter, D., and others (1999). Changing biases in the operation of the UK's electoral system, 1950-97. BritJPIR, 1(2), 133-164.
  • Curtice, J., & Steed, M. (1982). Electoral choice and the production of government: the changing operation of the electoral system in the United Kingdom since 1955. BritJPS, 12(3), 249-298.
  • Curtice, J., & Steed, M. (1986). Proportionality and exaggeration in the British electoral system. Electoral Studies, 5(3), 209-228.
  • Herbert, C. R. (2024). Labour, the Unions and Proportional Representation. The Political Quarterly, 95(1), 139-147.
  • Georghiou, E. (1998). What is the likelihood that electoral reform for the House of Commons will happen under a Labour Government with a historic landslide majority delivered to them by the first-past-the-post electoral system? Masters Dissertation, Ruskin College, 1998.

ARTICLES

  • Anthony Barnett (2019) John Smith and the Path Britain did not Take Open Democracy, 12 May 2019.


HISTORICAL INTEREST

  • The Report of the Independent Commission on the Voting System (the Jenkins Report) 1998.
  • The Plant Reports : Report of the Working Party on Electoral Systems, Labour 1993
    Second Interim Report of the Working Party on Electoral Systems, 1992
    Democracy, Representation and Elections, First Interim Report of the Working Party on Electoral Systems, 1991
  • The Labour Party and the Westminster Electoral System. Jasper Miles, PhD thesis, University of Liverpool, 2017
  • Westminster Hall Debate "that this House has considered e-petition 168657 relating to proportional representation". Hansard, Monday, 30 October 2017

GENERAL TITLES ON CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGE

  • Williams, S., Ryland, S., Rivers, P. and Irvine, L. (eds) (2018) A New Way of Doing Politics: Working Together to Challenge a 'Safe' Tory Seat. Compass Publishing
  • Langford, B. (2017). All Together Now: The Progressive Alliance and the 2017 General Election. Biteback publishing.
  • Lister, R. (2003). Citizenship: Feminist Perspectives. Palgrave.
  • Ballinger, C. (2014). The House of Lords 1911-2011: a century of non-reform. Bloomsbury Publishing.

Publications and Policy Briefings

  • Electoral Reform in Local Government - Transcript of the session at the 2020 Labour Connected event. 
  • Interim Report of LCER Systems Working Group - 2020-06-29 
  • Submission to the Justice & Home Affairs Commission of Labour's National Policy Forum Consultation 2020. 
  • Submission to the Justice & Home Affairs Commission of Labour's National Policy Forum Consultation 2019. 
  • Everything but the commons: Why PR is essential if constitutional reform is to address Britain's crises 
  • The Many Not the Few - PR and Labour in the 21st Century. Published by LCER and Make Votes Matter