ELECTORAL REFORM.
MEASURE BEFORE THE COMMONS. ALTERNATIVE VOTE PRINCIPLE EMBODIED. j PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION AGAIN REJECTED. LONDON, November 23. , The House of Commons, by a majority of twenty-nine, embodied the principle of the alternative vote in the Reform Bill. The Government left the matter to the free vote of the House. _ > _ Air Arthur Henderson said it was probable that Britain, after the war. would adopt the Continental system of political groups. The Labour Party intended to nominate candidates on an unprecedented scale. The House of Comons again rejected Eroportional representation, this timo v 202 votes to 12G.
•London members are solidly against) proportional representation.
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Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 17646, 26 November 1917, Page 4
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103ELECTORAL REFORM. Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 17646, 26 November 1917, Page 4
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