The UK’s biggest union just passed a motion in support of proportional representationDelegates at UNISON’s National Delegate Conference have just backed a motion calling on the UK’s biggest union to ‘reject First Past the Post’ and for the adoption of PR for UK general elections. The vote,...Posted 17 Jun 2022
Voters’ views warped across England and Wales as First Past the Post holds back electionsElections happened across the UK yesterday, with polls in Northern Ireland Assembly and local elections for all of Scotland and Wales plus large parts of England. Voters in Northern Ireland and Scotland used fair, proportional...Posted 06 May 2022
The 2022 Elections Bill could open the floodgates on party fundingWe’ve spoken a lot about the danger of the Elections Bill, which returned to the House of Lords today. From wasting £180 million a year on an intrusive ID card scheme for voting, to hobbling...Posted 23 Feb 2022
The top 5 most-read ERS articles from 2021Every year we have a look through the stats to see which of our articles were the most popular with readers in the year coming to a close. So if you missed them the first...Posted 13 Dec 2021
Hefty majorities become hefty bank balances with MPs’ outside jobsAs the second jobs scandal engulfs Westminster, the same line keeps being rolled out by government figures: If voters didn’t like their MPs pocketing sizeable sums from second jobs, they wouldn’t keep re-electing them.Posted 15 Nov 2021
5 events not to miss at Labour conferenceSupport is growing across the Labour movement for reform of Westminster’s creaking electoral system. 83% of Labour members support PR according to the latest polling, and over 250 CLPs have already passed local policy in...Posted 09 Sep 2021
As New Yorkers vote in their first preferential primary, in the UK it is under threatVoters in New York City were able to participate in their first preferential voting (called Ranked Choice Voting or RCV in America) primaries this week, making it the largest-ever American electorate for a preferential voting...Posted 25 Jun 2021
Boundary review? It’s time for an electoral system reviewBoundary Review day comes around faster every year it seems. The so-called Sixth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies is now on its third go at suggesting new boundaries. The electoral map has to be updated...Posted 09 Jun 2021
Bills are being proposed across the US to scrap First Past the PostElectoral reform is gaining momentum across the USA as an impressive number of state legislatures are considering reforming their local and statewide elections. So far, 30 bills to scrap First Past the Post and bring...Posted 05 Feb 2021
Trump shows how First Past the Post gives the keys to extremistsAs the moving vans deliver the next residents of the White House into their new home, it is worth looking back on how America’s First Past the Post style political system aided Trump’s rise to...Posted 20 Jan 2021