Train drivers’ union becomes latest to join the movement for proportional representation ASLEF joins the growing number of unions calling for a more equal voting system for Westminster. Posted 28 May 2021
Lords call for decisive action to slim down the ever-expanding second chamber Buried amidst last week’s fall-out from the Queen’s Speech and the elections was the fourth report of the Lord Speaker’s Committee on the Size of the House. The committee, established in 2016 by Lord Fowler,... Posted 21 May 2021
Elections 2021: Rotten boroughs are rife in England, as voters are hit by warped results We’re already seeing a plethora of rotten results – with parties taking nearly all the seats on a fraction of the vote. Posted 07 May 2021
These government plans will hit 44m voters with less choice and a weaker voice Millions 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
2021 Elections: Millions of voters to get fair representation through PR Over 12 million voters have a powerful voice today, with proportional representation used in Wales, Scotland and on the London Assembly. Posted 06 May 2021
How May’s elections for the Senedd Cymru will work On 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
What if? Post-war elections under the Single Transferable Vote The Single Transferable Vote (STV) is one of the most popular voting systems among electoral reformers in the UK – favoured for its supposed ability to produce broadly proportional outcomes while retaining fairly localised constituencies. Posted 28 Apr 2021
The First Past the Post Super League: if it matters in football, it must in politics too On 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 work Among 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
ERS in the Press: March 2021 The warping effects of First Past the Post were in the news again this month, with the Times’ Patrick Maguire penning a piece on the ‘one-party fiefdoms’ that plague our politics. Darren Hughes, responded with... Posted 15 Apr 2021