Articles by Electoral Reform Society

An electric few weeks in Wales…So what’s next?

Yn y Gymraeg yma Phew! Well, we’re not used to political drama in Cardiff Bay of the scale witnessed over the past few weeks. With the election resulting in Labour winning 29 of 60 seats,...

Posted 31 May 2016

Pythefnos drydanol yng Nghymru…ond beth nesaf?

Phew! Wel, tydem ddim wedi arfer efo ddrama wleidyddol ym Mae Caerdydd I’r fath raddau y gwelwyd yn yr wythnosau diwethaf. Gyda canlyniad yr etholiad yn Llafur yn ennill 29 o 60 sedd, roedd y bleidlais...

Posted 31 May 2016

Cynrychiolaeth menywod yn y Cynulliad yn crebachu

Yn gyffredinol, mae amrywiaeth mewn Seneddau ar y cynnydd ar draws y DU a’r byd. Ond mae’n bell o fod yn anochel – a mae gwneud ein sefydliadau adlewyrchu’r cyhoedd maent yn eu cynrychioli yn...

Posted 25 Apr 2016

A stagnating Senedd?

In general, diversity in Parliaments is on the rise across the UK and the world. But it’s by no means inevitable, or uniform – and making our often archaic institutions reflect the public they represent...

Posted 25 Apr 2016

Why the SNP are Scotland’s new predominant party

On Wednesday, ERS Scotland launched a major new report, One Party To Rule Them All: Does Scotland Have A Predominant-Party Problem?. That concept of a “predominant-party system” – popularised by the political scientist Giovanni Sartori –...

Posted 20 Apr 2016

Let’s make sure every voice is heard in Wales

There are now just a couple of weeks until the Welsh Assembly election. Parties are coming out with their policies for the next Assembly thick and fast. So we’re calling on parties to revitalise democracy in...

Posted 18 Apr 2016

Democratiaeth ac Amrwyiaeth: Creu Cymru i Bawb

Darllenwch ein maniffesto, “Democratiaeth ac Amrwyiaeth: Creu Cymru i Bawb”, yma Yn y bôn, mae democratiaeth yn ddathliad o amrywiaeth. Mae democratiaeth yn mynnu bod y dadleuon yn cael eu profi, craffu a’u gwirio, o’u...

Posted 15 Apr 2016

A diverse democracy: Building a Wales for all

At its heart, democracy is a celebration of variety. Democracy requires that arguments are tested, scrutinised and checked, from inception to delivery. That’s why it’s important that the backgrounds of those doing that are as...

Posted 15 Apr 2016

The Other EU Referendum

With only 76 days until polls open in Britain’s EU referendum there is now a diminishing amount of time before the campaign reaches its zenith. Yet, it may have escaped the notice of many Britons...

Posted 07 Apr 2016