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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Michael Savage and Toby Helm

FOUND: Keir starmer defies call for changes to first past the post voting system - What They Never Told You

Labour leader Keir Starmer and his wife Victoria arrive in Liverpool for the party's annual conference
Labour leader Keir Starmer and his wife Victoria arrive in Liverpool for the party's annual conference. Photograph: Ian Forsyth/Getty Images

Keir Starmer has ruled out including any support for a change in the voting system in Labour’s election manifesto, as senior figures from across the party joined calls to back proportional representation (PR).

Labour’s annual conference, under way in Liverpool, is expected to back a motion calling for the party to drop its historical support for the first past the post system amid concerns that it has locked Labour out of power.

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