Looking back on the last 20 months of UK political pollsThis month’s polling breakdown is being written shortly after Andy Burnham’s big speech to Labour’s annual conference. One of the cornerstones of which was his announcement of a National Commission on Electoral Reform and the...Posted 30 Sep 2026
Prime Minister announces manifesto pledge and historic National Commission at Labour ConferenceToday, in his first conference speech as Prime Minister, Andy Burnham committed his party to changing the way we elect MPs. It is hard to overstate how significant that is. Speaking in Liverpool, he told...Posted 29 Sep 2026
In Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, First Past the Post would have turned a slight lead into a huge majority for the AFDGermany is made up of 16 federal states, each with a slightly different version of proportional representation – making it a reliable source of news for us if nothing else! As per the national parliament,...Posted 28 Sep 2026
First Past the Post would have given the AfD nearly every seat in Saxony-AnhaltThere has been much coverage in recent days of the outcome of the state election in Saxony-Anhalt, which lies in eastern Germany. It is unusual for regional elections in other countries to generate such debate...Posted 10 Sep 2026
August 2026 in the polls: The latest UK monthly political polling averagesAugust is a month of long summer holidays for both schoolchildren and parliamentarians. However, it did not feel like politics took much of a break, with the new Prime Minister, Andy Burnham, keeping up a...Posted 10 Sep 2026
Questioning New Zealand’s proportional system led to questions about the prime minister’s positionNew Zealand heads to the polls on November 7 and as a country with similar political traditions to the UK, it is always worth looking at what is happening. The parties that loosely make up the two...Posted 12 Aug 2026
What does an independent commission on electoral reform need to succeed?The idea of an independent commission on electoral reform has been gaining traction lately, with nearly 200 MPs calling for one [UPDATE: a Commission was announced on 29th September]. But with a prime minister who...Posted 06 Aug 2026
What do the UK political polling averages for July 2026 point to?July saw the transition from one UK Prime Minister to another for the fifth time since 2019. Andy Burnham stepped through the threshold of Number 10, followed by a flurry of announcements on various issues...Posted 05 Aug 2026
Proposed Italian electoral law would remove First Past the Post seats – but it’s not all good newsFor much of the post-war period, Italy was famous for having a very proportional electoral system – but this all changed in 1993 when they created a system that mixed First Past the Post and...Posted 27 Jul 2026
In Andy Burnham we have the first prime minister who openly backs proportional representationAndy Burnham’s rise to Downing Street means that for the first time in modern history we have a prime minister who is openly committed to proportional representation. In recent years the new Labour leader has...Posted 20 Jul 2026