Electoral Reform Society – ERS – The Electoral Reform Society is an independent organisation leading the campaign for your democratic rights.

England’s local elections show the warped world of First Past the Post

First Past the Post can’t even guarantee that the party with the most votes wins the most seats.

What we do

We campaign for your democratic rights and a democracy fit for the 21st century. We work across the political divide with all the parties and civil society to put voters at the heart of British politics.

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Our campaigns

Electoral Reform in Westminster

The way we elect our MPs is bad for voters, bad for governance and bad for democracy.

England’s Local Democracy

Voters in England are being let down by their local democracy.

Replace the House of Lords

It’s time to end this rotten system of patronage and replace the unelected Lords with a smaller elected chamber, where the people of this country – not former prime ministers – choose who shape the laws we all live under.