Item MAYHEW 10/6 - Correspondence and related papers, 1972-1996, concerning electoral reform

Typescript and manuscript correspondence, journals, pamphlets and books relating to Mayhew's position as Vice Chairman, Liberal Action Group for Electoral Reform, 1974-1980 and relating to electoral reform of the UK and European parliamentary voting systems. Papers include correspondence between members of the Liberal (later Liberal Democratic) Party, including leader Rt Hon Jeremy John Durham 'Paddy' Ashdown; minutes of the Democrats Action Group for Gaining Electoral reform (DAGGER), 1992-1993; one copy of Mayhew's The disillusioned voter's guide to electoral reform (Arrow Books, London, 1976); nine copies of Representation: the journal of representative democracy, 1991-1996; one copy of Michael Temple, Coalitions and cooperation in local government (The Electoral Reform Society, London, 1996); one copy of Robert A Newland and Frank S Britton, How to conduct an election by the single transferable vote (The Electoral Reform Society, London, 1972); copy of House of Lords Official Report which includes the motion calling for a better system of proportional representation, 1993. 2 files.