On Firstline this morning Labour leader David Cunliffe reiterated Labour’s opposition to the MMP ‘coat-tailing’ provision (where a party that wins one electorate seat gets proportional representation on their party vote without having to make the 5% threshold).

Cunliffe said went further, saying that ‘in the the first 100 days of a government I lead we will introduce legislation” to remove coat tailing from the electoral act.

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David Cunliffe says a government he leads would pass law to remove coat-tailing from MMP “within the first 100 days”.

“We think it’s wrong, no matter who does it” Cunliffe on Internet-Mana electorate coat-tailing.

Stuff quotes Cunliffe:

Cunliffe said he challenged prime minister John Key to sign up to Labour’s bill, but the party would move to change the Electoral Act within its first 100 days in government, regardless.

“We’re saying a very principled and consistent thing,” he told Firstline this morning.