Labour MPs urge Andy Burnham to make major change to elections to stop Reform

Labour MPs are pressing Prime minister Andy Burnham to launch an electoral reform commission within 100 days, fearing first-past-the-post could hand Reform UK power on minority support. Nearly 100 Labour parliamentarians have signed an amendment seeking the commission to examine proportional systems for Westminster elections. The move, tabled to the Representation of the People Bill returning on September 2, is understood to have attracted support from former ministers, centrists and some newly appointed frontbenchers. New YouGov polling of MPs shows majority support across the Commons for a review of the current system. An amendment launching the commission has been backed...