Papers and correspondence regarding Social Democratic Party (SDP) Committees and Henry Fisher Joint Commission on Constitutional Reform, 1981-1983

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Comprises:

SDP agenda and minutes mostly relating to the Organisation Committee, Policy Committee, National Committee, Council for Social Democracy and Consultative Assembly, European Elections and General Election analysis, 1983. Also includes a draft statement on the Government Proposals for Legislation on Democracy in Trade Unions, paper detailing the Political Groups in the European Parliament, notes of a Salford Council meeting (1983), SDP booklet "Council for Social Democracy and Consultative Assembly Agenda" (1983), draft of Green Paper "Power to the People - An SDP Energy Policy" (1983), and form titled "Campaign for Fair Votes".
Papers, minutes and correspondence mostly relating to the Henry Fisher Joint Commission on Constitutional Reform, 1981-1983. Correspondents include Vernon Bogdanor and Henry Fisher, among others. Also includes extract regarding government expenditure in Britain, appendix "A Financial and Economic Scheme", paper "Electoral Reform" by Michael English, paper "Proportional Representation in Britain: the Choice of Electoral Systems", paper "West German System", paper "Sod's Law and Electoral Reform", extracts from "Scottish Self-Government£ by the Scottish Liberal Party, extracts from "Electoral Reform and the Local MP" by Ivor Crewe, papers regarding the decentralisation of government, leaflet on voting systems, press release by Roy Jenkins (1982), paper "The House of Lords: Unreformed and Reformed", paper "A Possible Organisation of UK Constituencies for Preferential Voting", paper "Destroying the Nation", and booklet "The Electoral Reform Society - Evidence Presented to the Liberal/SDP Commission on Constitutional Reform".