Charities have nothing to fear from the Scottish Lobbying BillThis is a guest blog – the opinions expressed here are the author’s own and do not necessarily reflect those of the Electoral Reform Society. MSc student Megan Elliot, who is conducting research on lobbying...Posted 12 Feb 2016
Politics Can Be Confusing; Explaining It Doesn’t Have To BeThis is a guest post from Joel Davidge. Joel is an actor, writer and lead contributor at Scenes of Reason; a new media outlet explaining the news for young adults. It’s time for a media...Posted 29 Oct 2015
Why can’t we vote online?The following is a guest blog from Jason Kitcat, who is on the Advisory Council for digital campaigners, the Open Rights Group. At first blush it’s understandable why many would think that Internet voting is a good...Posted 04 Sep 2015
#MergerHeWrote: Peter Davies on democracy and the Future Generations BillFresh from launching the ‘Wales We Want’ report outlining the findings of a major consultation exercise on what kind of country people want for future generations, Peter Davies, Commissioner for Sustainable Futures outlines how the Welsh Government’s...Posted 04 Mar 2015
When NOTA winsThis is a guest post by ERS member and NOTA UK researcher Rohin Vadera. The views, opinions and positions expressed within are those of the author alone and do not necessarily represent those of the Electoral Reform...Posted 16 Feb 2015
#MergerHeWrote: Steve Reed MP on Sharing Power With CitizensOur second article in the Merger He Wrote series is from guest writer Steve Reed. Steve is Labour MP for Croydon North, UK Shadow Minister for Crime Prevention, and Hon. President of the Cooperative Councils Innovation Network. ...Posted 11 Feb 2015
Cheryl Gillan on women in politicsThis is a guest post by Cheryl Gillan, Conservative MP for Chesham and Amersham and former Secretary of State for Wales. The views, opinions and positions expressed within are those of the author alone and...Posted 29 Sep 2014
Voter registration: lessons from the USBy Dr Toby S James, Swansea University In the 1980s American academics Frances Fox Piven and Richard Cloward, alongside the organisation Human SERVE, campaigned to make voting and registering to vote easier for citizens. At...Posted 21 May 2012
Women’s legislative recruitment: no simple explanation, no single panaceaRosie Campbell, Birkbeck University London & Sarah Childs, University of Bristol It is a widely held view that the first-past-the-post electoral system disadvantages women and that electoral reform would improve the representation of women in the UK...Posted 08 May 2012
“Aren’t you a bit small to be our Police and Crime Commissioner?”Jane Basham was the Labour PCC candidate for Suffolk “Nearly toppled the establishment…” …..Is what colleagues have said after my performance in the recent Police and Crime Commissioner elections. I stood as the Labour Party...Posted 22 Nov 2011