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A majority of people oppose Boris Johnson’s plans to pack the Lords with new peers

Our new polling has found that the majority of people (54%) oppose Boris Johnson’s plans to pack the Lords with new peers just weeks before he leaves office. Some prime ministers appoint a group of...

Posted 16 Aug 2022

It shouldnt be at the prime ministers whim to decide who scrutinises our laws

On the anniversary of the equal franchise, new government plans will undermine the right to vote

The 2nd July is the anniversary of the 1928 Equal Franchise Act. The act granted equal voting rights to women and men. As a result, for the first time, anyone over the age of 21...

Posted 02 Jul 2021

Government research half of those without photo ID would not apply for free photo ID

How MPs are being effectively locked out of Parliament during the pandemic

Commons leader Jacob Rees Mogg has announced a partial return to remote proceedings for MPs, after the shocking case of ex-Minister Tracey Crouch – who has cancer – being unable to contribute to a debate...

Posted 16 Nov 2020

We can’t have a return to the conga line chaos

Government must do more to ‘level up politics’ for women and minorities

Despite some gains in the last general election, women and minority groups remain highly under-represented in politics, according to a new report ‘Data Drives Diversity’ published by the Centenary Action Group. Despite the 2019 parliament...

Posted 05 Oct 2020

It’s time for parties to open up about who is running for office

Ministers just vowed to plough ahead with a ‘dangerous’ change to elections

The ERS and groups representing elderly voters and BME communities are warning that mandatory voter ID risks pulling up the drawbridge to thousands of voters, after the government confirmed plans to impose the ‘show your...

Posted 02 Oct 2020

There was just one proven case of personation fraud in 2019

ERS reveals the scale of secretive online campaigning during last year’s election

Democracy in the Dark – our new report commissioned from two of the UK’s leading election finance academics reveals a major rise in online spending during the 2019 general election – with little transparency over...

Posted 24 Sep 2020

New figures reveal dire levels of regional representation the unelected House of Lords

The warped nature of the House of Lords has once again been revealed, after the ERS found that nearly a quarter of peers are based in London…compared to just 13% of the UK public.

Posted 03 Aug 2020

36 new unelected legislators: PM’s Lords appointments shatter myth of an ‘independent’ House of Lords

Pressure is mounting for an overhaul of the House of Lords after the PM announced a wave of new ex-MPs, party loyalists and donors to the second chamber.

Posted 03 Aug 2020

Has the Government misled Parliament over voter ID?

A series of Freedom of Information requests has revealed that Government departments do not know who will be hardest hit by mandatory voter ID plans - despite ministers repeatedly claiming that "the evidence shows there...

Posted 30 Jul 2020

The already super-sized House of Lords is about to get bigger

Plans to appoint dozens of new unelected Lords make a mockery of claims that the chamber is slimming down.

Posted 27 Jul 2020