My dad would have been ready to vote at 16, and today’s young people are tooLisa Francis is the former Assembly Member for Mid and West Wales and wrote this piece for our pamphlet Civic Duty The Conservative Case for votes at 16 and 17. Last year, my dad died at the...Posted 24 Aug 2018
Scotland shows that votes at 16 worksMiles Briggs MSP, Member of the Scottish Parliament for Lothian wrote this piece for our pamphlet Civic Duty The Conservative Case for votes at 16 and 17. Arguments for and against votes at 16 are often highly subjective....Posted 23 Aug 2018
An updated Conservative case for Votes at 16Owen Meredith, Chairman of the Tory Reform Group wrote this piece for our pamphlet Civic Duty The Conservative Case for votes at 16 and 17. In 2015, the TRG put together the Conservative case for Votes...Posted 20 Aug 2018
National Democracy Week: The Conservative case for extending the franchise is stronger than everThe following piece is a guest post by Owen Meredith, National Chairman of the Tory Reform Group. This inaugural National Democracy Week, we should take a moment to remember the sacrifices made by millions to protect...Posted 03 Jul 2018
The facts are clear: We can’t afford to let the Lords go unreformedTomasina Wallman is a University of Nottingham Research Placement student with the Electoral Reform Society. The evidence is stronger than ever. The House of Lords is a drain not only on our democracy, but on...Posted 16 Nov 2017
There’s a ‘something for nothing’ culture in the Lords. It’s time for Lords reformEmma Levin reflects on our recent House of Lords research While their role is supposedly to scrutinise government, it is the House of Lords that should be coming under increased scrutiny, following revelations today. Just...Posted 21 Sep 2017
It’s time to ‘take back control’ of money in politicsThe following is a guest post from Steve Goodrich, Senior Research Officer at Transparency International UK. The views, opinions and positions expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the Electoral Reform...Posted 24 Oct 2016
Brexit and our broken electoral systemThis is a guest blog, originally published by Noel Longhurst. The opinions expressed here are the author’s own and do not necessarily reflect those of the Electoral Reform Society. Ever since the result of the EU...Posted 01 Jul 2016
Democracy Matters: Why we need ‘A Better Referendum’This is a guest blog by Professor Matthew Flinders. The opinions expressed here are the author’s own and do not necessarily reflect those of the Electoral Reform Society. Life, it would often appear, seems dominated...Posted 23 May 2016
Which Women Win? The 2015 English local electionsThis is a guest post by James Winterbotham, University of Exeter James Winterbotham is an undergraduate student of social sciences and data analysis at the University of Exeter. As part of a team working with...Posted 08 Mar 2016