44% of MPs Support Fixed Term Parliaments
The polling firm ComRes has released details of a new poll showing that support for the idea of fixed term parliaments has risen to 44% among Members of Parliament. ComRes interviewed 154 MPs in October and these were the results
44% of all MPs support fixed term parliaments, 49% oppose them
25% of Conservative, 41% of Labour and 88% of LibDem MPs support fixed terms
43% of English MPs, 39% of Welsh MPs and 52% of Scottish MPs support fixed terms
43% of male MPs and 49% of female MPs support fixed terms
Interviews were carried out in October by ComRes
December 27th, 2007 at 3:19 pm
Hear hear!
December 27th, 2007 at 3:49 pm
[…] but getting there Posted on 27 December 07, 2:49 pm by ourkingdom Anthony Barnett (London, OK): Iain Dale has just put the results of a new poll of MPs up on Fixed Term 44% of all MPs support […]
December 27th, 2007 at 5:07 pm
What a surprise that the Tories are the least willing group of people to have fixed terms.
December 27th, 2007 at 5:52 pm
Well, converting your Conservative colleagues is obviously going to be a worthwhile task for you in 2008, Iain. Hard luck re Maidstone, by the way.
December 27th, 2007 at 9:15 pm
Hmmm, here’s a rough rule of thumb: if politicians are in favour of it, it’s probably not a good idea…
DK
December 27th, 2007 at 10:31 pm
An excellent new blog and I fully support this campaign.
I don’t quite understand why Conservatives are so against this idea since they are the ones who suffer from it most at the moment. Surely they must think it’s unfair that Brown can call an election at any time which gives him an advantage? This process is undemocratic and not acceptable in the 21st century.
I hope you push your fellow Tories into changing their minds Iain.
I’ll add a link in a LabourHome blog.
December 27th, 2007 at 10:44 pm
As always, DK makes a good point. We need to carefully consider why this is in their interests
But seriously, that’s a good piece of news…
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