The prime minister will announce plans for a new alternative vote system of electing MPs, the BBC understands.

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has defended the government's plans to hold a referendum on changing the Westminster voting system against claims that its proposed timing is dangerous".

Nick Robinson at the BBC is reporting that Gordon Brown will propose to change the Westminster voting procedure to an alternative vote system. If this is true, it is the most shameless attempt to rig the electoral process in living memory. What the "alternative vote" would mean is that it would be virtually impossible for the Conservatives ever to regain powe...

This week Westminster has been preoccupied by possible changes in the voting system. The bill to give the people a referendum vote on whether to move to the Alternative Vote system or not was granted a second reading on Monday. The history of this measure is complex. It failed to get a Parliamentary majority in

Acting Prime Minister… are we allowed to call him that? No, okay then: Holding the Fort Prime Minister Nick Clegg has an article in today’s London Evening Standard setting out how he thinks the way in which people vote can be improved by the next general election, in 2015. He looks at three issues. First,

Nick Clegg has just made a statement in the House of Commons outlining the Government’s proposals for political and constitutional reform, including plans for a referendum on the use of the Alternative Vote system in the UK. The statement included the announcement of two important dates: the date for the AV Referendum (in the Bill

Prime minister accused of cynicism for proposing a referendum on electoral reform after 13 years in which Labour governments have toyed with the idea of moving to the so-called alternative vote system

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg hit out today at critics of the new coalition's plans to make it more difficult for MPs to force out the Government if it is defeated on a vote of confidence.

Nick Clegg's plan for a May referendum on changing the electoral system is being threatened by a power-struggle in the House of Lords.

The Electoral Reform Society web site gives an excellent summary of the pros and cons of the Alternative Vote system. On the same page you can click on other voting system names for similarly clear summaries.