As New Yorkers vote in their first preferential primary, in the UK it is under threatVoters in New York City were able to participate in their first preferential voting (called Ranked Choice Voting or RCV in America) primaries this week, making it the largest-ever American electorate for a preferential voting...Posted 25 Jun 2021
We need to talk about WestminsterDebates about the future of the union and devolution to the UK’s nations and regions continue to dominate the constitutional sphere, as we have set out before, with the results of the May 2021 elections...Posted 04 Jun 2021
These government plans will hit 44m voters with less choice and a weaker voiceMillions of people went to the polls this Thursday in England and Wales to elect PCCs, plus Combined Authority mayors and the London mayor– using the Supplementary Vote system (SV). Posted 07 May 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
Labour and progressive thinkers to present Keir Starmer with vision for ‘real democracy’Keir Starmer will be presented with a vision for a pro-democracy overhaul of Westminster and the economy on Sunday (21st March), with the release of a new book, The New Foundations.Posted 15 Mar 2021
What can we learn from the evolution of English devolution?There has been considerable discussion about the ‘Union’ and efforts to save it in recent months, given the increasing support for nationalist parties in Scotland and Wales, and growing talk of a border poll in...Posted 09 Mar 2021