The Plant Commission was a commission in the

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that examined

electoral reform Electoral reform is a change in electoral systems which alters how public desires are expressed in election results. That can include reforms of: * Voting systems, such as proportional representation, a two-round system (runoff voting), instant-ru ...

started by the Labour Party while in opposition. The Commission was headed by Professor

Raymond Plant Raymond Plant, Baron Plant of Highfield FKC (born 19 March 1945) is a British Labour peer and academic. Lord Plant was educated at Havelock School in Grimsby, King's College London (BA Philosophy, 1966), and the University of Hull (PhD). He is ...

and recommended a move to

proportional representation Proportional representation (PR) refers to a type of electoral system under which subgroups of an electorate are reflected proportionately in the elected body. The concept applies mainly to geographical (e.g. states, regions) and political divis ...

as a method of electing British

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, date=1 April 1993 Plans for electoral reform were shelved by the incoming Labour government in 1997 when the party won a 179-seat majority under

first past the post In a first-past-the-post electoral system (FPTP or FPP), formally called single-member plurality voting (SMP) when used in single-member districts or informally choose-one voting in contrast to ranked voting, or score voting, voters cast thei ...

References

Electoral reform in the United Kingdom