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Could ending the virtual Parliament lock out the devolved nations?

Just as the virtual Commons finds its feet, the government seems to be kicking it down again.

Posted 14 May 2020

10 years on: What the 2010 General Election says about Britain’s political system

Last Wednesday marked 10 years since the 2010 General Election. Time flies, doesn’t it? It’s worth looking back on an election that marked some firsts in British politics. The 2010 campaign was the first to...

Posted 12 May 2020

ERS in the Press – April 2020

Here's what we got up to last month.

Posted 05 May 2020

Fairer results and real representation: 20 years of PR on the London Assembly

This week marks 20 years since AMS was first used to elect the London Assembly. How has it fared?

Posted 04 May 2020

Who benefits from Westminster’s First Past the Post voting system?

Westminster's voting system hurts voters. Here's how.

Posted 29 Apr 2020

Voters of all parties suffered in some part of the UK

We’re getting closer to a ‘virtual Parliament’ – but there’s more to do

We cannot let voters’ voices be diminished when life-changing decisions are being made every day.

Posted 16 Apr 2020

MPs and Peers to be able to contribute to debates and voting from home

New pandemic, new politics? Parliament must be innovative when it returns after recess

Next Tuesday, MPs and Peers return to Parliament. In theory, at least...

Posted 14 Apr 2020

Keir Starmer will have to combine working together with in-depth scrutiny

Within hours of victory, new Labour leader Keir Starmer had vowed to work with Boris Johnson ‘in the national interest’ to tackle the mounting coronavirus crisis – following a letter from the PM urging opposition...

Posted 09 Apr 2020

We have to start here and now, to fill the vacuum of scrutiny

Isle of Man: World’s oldest parliament goes online

Parliaments around the world are looking at new ways to conduct business during the Coronavirus crisis. We’d like to thank the Hon. Juan Watterson, Speaker of the Isle of Man’s House of Keys for taking...

Posted 06 Apr 2020

ERS in the Press – March 2020

These are difficult and uncertain times, with the coronavirus pandemic shutting down most normal activity in politics and across the country this month. Despite the disruption, we’ve been campaigning the most democratic and safe Parliamentary...

Posted 06 Apr 2020