One such challenge is whether the principle of "
one member one vote" is the core issue the voting strengths working group needs to address.
WELSH Labour has rejected
one member one vote for future leadership elections.
The Senate Chairman explained that during the joint sitting when vote is cast on the basis of
one member one vote, the Upper House's votes are just 104 against the 342 votes of National Assembly.
They will ditch '
one member one vote' as sure as night follows day.
Twenty-one years ago I helped introduce
One Member One Vote to the Labour Party.
The House of Laity should in future be elected by "
one member one vote" by the church's registered membership.
Opening debate on the remit, Midlands member Janet Black (pictured right) said
one member one vote was the epitome of democracy.
The
one member one vote postal ballot will select a new President between Dafydd I wan and Cynog Dafis, while a separate ballot will select a leader in the Assembly from AMs Ieuan Wyn Jones,Helen Mary Jones and Rhodri Glyn Thomas.
Mr Duncan Smith was decisively elected leader by
one member one vote, a process that marks the Conservatives out as the most democratic political party in Britain.
There is a suggestion for every member to be eligible to elect the leaders by way of '
one member one vote', but we find that the system is open to all kinds of problems.
Democracy is controversial: The switch to
One Member One Vote, and the decision to allow people to become registered supporters for PS3, was a bold act of democratisation.
Change in the Labour Party is always controversial, as I found out when I campaigned for
One Member One Vote and a new Clause 4.