How May’s elections for the Senedd Cymru will workOn May 6, more than 2 million voters will be called to elect their 60 representatives in the Senedd / Welsh Parliament. The Senedd was established in 1999, together with the Scottish Parliament, and holds...Posted 04 May 2021
The First Past the Post Super League: if it matters in football, it must in politics tooOn Sunday night, the owners of 12 elite European football clubs – the big 6 in England, plus 3 top teams from each Italy and Spain – announced the creation of a new tournament, the...Posted 22 Apr 2021
How May’s elections for the Scottish Parliament will workAmong the wave of elections that will be held on 6 May, voters across Scotland will be called to elect 129 members of the devolved Scottish Parliament for the sixth time in its history. The...Posted 19 Apr 2021
It’s time for candidates to ‘play fair’ and back overhaul of UK’s outdated election rulesThe Fair Play Pledge, a major initiative involving several democratic organisations, was formally launched this Wednesday to highlight the need for open and transparent campaigning for the May election period. Next month thousands of candidates...Posted 09 Apr 2021
How elections for the Mayor of London will workOn May 6, one year after elections were supposed to be held, more than six million Londoners will be called to the polling stations to elect their mayor (alongside 25 members of the London Assembly)...Posted 01 Apr 2021
Hereditary Peers highlight the absurdity of our system and the case for reformMomentum is building for wholesale reform of the House of Lords, as hereditary peerages are under public scrutiny after a Sunday Times report shed light on the absurdity of inherited titles – twenty years after...Posted 26 Mar 2021
We can’t let the government force a broken system on important electionsThis week, Home Secretary Priti Patel laid out new plans as part of a review into the role of Police and Crime Commissioners. The move would see the current preference-based Supplementary Vote (SV) system replaced...Posted 19 Mar 2021
Why voter ID is the opposite of what we need to improve our electionsThat there is growing opposition to government plans to introduce mandatory voter ID should come as no surprise. Requirements to show photo ID at polling stations, which are expected to be introduced in 2023, are...Posted 12 Mar 2021
Why are there still hereditary peers in the House of Lords?The ancient triumvirate of the British constitution – the Monarchy, the Lords and the Commons – is a historical trait whose origins can be traced all the way back to the 11th century. Such history...Posted 05 Mar 2021
Campaigners call for Government to back franchise extension across the UKMay’s elections will see an exciting democratic first as voters head to the polls: 16 and 17-year-olds in Wales will be able to vote in elections for the Senedd. This exciting breakthrough comes following legislation...Posted 25 Feb 2021