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Here’s the insights from our ERS members’ workshop

Following the 2024 election, we set about revising our campaigning plans for the new political situation in Westminster. We’ve been talking to MPs, academics and activists, as well as listening to our membership. The support...

Posted 12 Feb 2025

140 years of winning electoral reform

On a chilly evening exactly 140 years ago, a diverse group gathered at 7 Clarges Street, Westminster. Brought together by the Victorian naturalist, archaeologist and polymath Sir John Lubbock, it was clear to them that the...

Posted 16 Jan 2024

The present political landscape would appear both radically different and depressingly similar to our forebears in 1884

2023 at the ERS: Party conference season report

Each year we write an Annual Report which looks back at our achievements across the last 12 months, and explains how our team have campaigned towards securing our vision for a democracy fit for the...

Posted 30 Nov 2023

2023 at the ERS: Our work behind the scenes

Each year we write an Annual Report which looks back at our achievements across the last 12 months, and explains how our team have campaigned towards securing our vision for a democracy fit for the...

Posted 28 Nov 2023

Annual Report: How we are working behind the scenes

2023 at the ERS: Getting our issues in the Press

Each year we write an Annual Report which looks back at our achievements across the last 12 months, and explains how our team have campaigned towards securing our vision for a democracy fit for the...

Posted 26 Nov 2023

Annual Report: How we've hit the headlines in 2023

2023 at the ERS: Our major milestones and achievements

Each year we write an Annual Report which looks back at our achievements across the last 12 months, and explains how our team have campaigned towards securing our vision for a democracy fit for the...

Posted 25 Nov 2023

Annual Report: The major milestones in our campaign in 2023

2023 at the ERS: Our year campaigning for change

Each year we write an Annual Report which looks back at our achievements across the last 12 months, and explains how our team have campaigned towards securing our vision for a democracy fit for the...

Posted 24 Nov 2023

Annual Report: How we've led the charge for reform in 2023