Burnham plans electoral system overhaul

Scholar power: 128.6%

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Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
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by Alan Renwick Reposted by Maria Sobolewska

105%

Scholar power: 105.5%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 80%, Law 15%, Sociology 5%

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🎓 Alan Renwick	72%	13	77.9%
🎓 Maria Sobolewska	67%	17	27.6%
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Alan Renwick

@alanrenwick.bsky.social

Immediate thoughts on Andy Burnham's announcement today of a national commission on electoral reform. Doing this process well will be really important.

theconversation.com/if-he-wants-...

If he wants to secure legitimacy for electoral reform, Andy Burnham must stick to these rules

Involving both the public and all parties in shaping reforms on how they vote will be crucial.

theconversation.com

September 29, 2026 at 6:04 PM

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🎓 Patrick Dunleavy	76%	46	51.5%
🎓 Tom Griffin	28%	20	12.5%
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Adam Bienkov

@adambienkov.bsky.social

Despite all the talk about him being 'Starmer with a Northern accent,' Andy Burnham's conference speech suggests he is set to be a very different prime minister from his predecesssor bylinetimes.com/2026/09/29/a...

Andy Burnham's Labour Conference Speech Offers a Clear Break From the Politics of Despair

The Prime Minister's emotional and expansive speech opened the door to a genuine shift in our politics, argues Adam Bienkov

bylinetimes.com

September 29, 2026 at 4:43 PM

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by Alan Renwick Reposted by Tim Bale

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🎓 Alan Renwick	72%	13	77.9%
🎓 Tim Bale	80%	35	47.3%
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Alan Renwick

@alanrenwick.bsky.social

Andy Burnham has announced a National Commission on Electoral Reform. The voting system is the heart of our democracy: this will be a vital debate. The Constitution Unit will work to ensure it’s an informed debate. Look out for our project launching next week examining the options and their effects.

September 29, 2026 at 2:05 PM

by Gary Sheffield

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Gary Sheffield

@profgsheffield.bsky.social

Andy Burnham is the first PM of my adult life who is talking about doing the things I want for the UK.

September 29, 2026 at 5:37 PM

by Patrick Dunleavy

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42%

Scholar power: 42.9%

Story's scientific field profile

Political science 80%, Law 15%, Sociology 5%

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🎓 Steve Peers	71%	27	36.9%
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🎓 Simon Wren‐Lewis	4%	30	2.2%
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Jonn Elledge

@jonnelledge.bsky.social

The BBC news summary this morning went seamlessly from "critics warn PM scrapping triple lock would be electoral suicide" to "critics ask if PM has nerve to make tough decisions" and I don't think it's a particularly pro Burnham stance to suggest he might not be the entire problem here.

September 29, 2026 at 8:33 AM

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🎓 Tim Bale	80%	35	47.3%
🎓 Peter Allen	73%	15	28.3%
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David Klemperer

@dmk1793.bsky.social

I wrote this piece a year ago making the case for a National Commission on Electoral Reform (as initially by @appgfairelections.bsky.social).

Delighted to see Andy Burnham announce plans for one today.

Why a “National Commission” is the way forward for electoral reform

Electoral reform is back on the UK’s political agenda as First-Past-the-Post strains under the pressures of multi-party politics. The new APPG for Fair Elections proposes a National Commission to e…

blogs.bath.ac.uk

September 29, 2026 at 2:47 PM

by Ian Bremmer

80%

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🎓 Ian Bremmer	56%	23	80.6%

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ian bremmer

@ianbremmer.com

at labour party conference, burnham announces uk-eu summit

to explore new “options” for “long-term relationship” w/ europe…

“brexit has done more harm than good”

September 29, 2026 at 2:56 PM

Reposted by Patrick Dunleavy

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🎓 Patrick Dunleavy	76%	46	51.5%

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by Simon Usherwood Reposted by Peter Holmes

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🎓 Peter Holmes	25%	20	11.2%
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Simon Usherwood

@simonusherwood.bsky.social

Positive spin: this would be that Burnham wants to build a consensus, which will be v.important

Negative spin: he doesn't know what he wants, or is worried about expressing what he wants

September 29, 2026 at 2:13 PM

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Reposted by Patrick Dunleavy

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by Peter Matanle

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Peter Matanle

@matapet.bsky.social

Well, he's got my vote!
PM Andy Burnham addresses the Labour party conference.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Burnham vows to seek new ‘long-term’ relationship with EU in emotional Labour conference speech

PM also confirms plan to end pensions triple lock to pay for national care service and pledges to put electoral reform in Labour’s manifesto

www.theguardian.com

September 29, 2026 at 6:08 PM

by Alan Sked

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by Peter Holmes

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Peter Holmes

@pholmes8.bsky.social

He has broken the wall of silence on Brexit. If he plays it right, combining opening a debate with offering a commitment to Electoral Reform post 2029, he can create an electoral coalition that will allow (re-)Join negotiations to take place and membership be locked in without a new referendum.

Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 3h

No ifs and no buts, no caveats or provisos. Things are happening here which we haven't ever really seen before. Burnham is saying the things that are considered unsayable and doing the things which are considered undoable.

September 29, 2026 at 6:04 PM

Reposted by Tom Griffin

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Dan Sohege

@danielsohege.bsky.social

How Burnham is going to try and balance proposals for a National Care Service, while supporting Mahmood's immigration policies is going to...interesting, and by "interesting" I mean fundamentally unworkable. It just cannot work with the hostile immigration policies being pushed.

September 29, 2026 at 7:04 PM

by Tim Bale

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Tim Bale

@timbale.bsky.social

If they want to win in 28/9, trying to grow real wages, keeping the deficit (plus, inasmuch as they can contribute to it, inflation) under control, and fixing NHS waiting lists and times while persuading people they've got a grip on immigration without sounding as obsessed as Reform and the Tories?

Sylvia @sylvia-suffragette.bsky.social · 5h

‘Hope Again (we may do something if we win the next GE)’

So far the next manifesto has all the centrists hopes lined up
☑️ Closer ties to the EU
☑️ Electoral Reform
☑️ Review Social care (for the nth time)
☑️ Public control (not public ownership)

I wonder what will be done in the next 3 yrs

Ed Poole @edpoole1975.bsky.social · 6h

Why does Labour conference sound like the conference of a party in opposition?

They're in government now!

"we might" "we'll consider" "the next manifesto"

We need actions now!

September 29, 2026 at 3:11 PM

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