ERS Quiz the Green Party Leadership Candidates on Democratic Reform The Green Party of England & Wales’ leadership (and Deputy Leadership) election is in full swing, with voting open until the 25th August. At the ERS, we’re running Q&As with all the leadership and deputy leadership candidates... Posted 02 Aug 2016
Why electoral reform is a trade union issue This is an article from Rory Scothorne and Josiah Mortimer ahead of the Unite union’s policy conference starting this weekend. The text is from the ERS’ new trade union leaflet ‘Trade Unions and Electoral Reform‘, and follows an overwhelming vote at last year’s... Posted 08 Jul 2016
How do Conservative Party leadership elections work? (Updated for October 2024) Historically there weren’t elections for the leader of the Conservative party, but, following the machinations surrounding the appointment of Sir Alec Douglas-Home in 1963, elections among the MPs were brought in,... Posted 05 Jul 2016
In Australia, as in the UK, the voting system is at breaking point In 2010 Australia delivered its first hung parliament since 1940. A seemingly freak one-off, the election followed a period of unrest in the incumbent Labor Party (ALP) who had replaced their Prime Minister Kevin Rudd after just... Posted 04 Jul 2016
Pythefnos drydanol yng Nghymru…ond beth nesaf? Phew! Wel, tydem ddim wedi arfer efo ddrama wleidyddol ym Mae Caerdydd I’r fath raddau y gwelwyd yn yr wythnosau diwethaf. Gyda canlyniad yr etholiad yn Llafur yn ennill 29 o 60 sedd, roedd y bleidlais... Posted 31 May 2016
8 things last week’s elections tell us about Britain’s changing politics Last week’s ‘Super Thursday’ of elections was gold-dust for democracy lovers. It saw elections in Wales and London for their Assemblies, in Scotland for the Holyrood Parliament, in councils across England, in England and Wales for the... Posted 10 May 2016
4 positive changes the government have made to the Union Bill It’s taken a lot of campaigning, but this week the government made some major concessions on the Trade Union Reform Bill – which had its Consideration of Lords’ Amendments stage in the House of Commons on Wednesday.... Posted 28 Apr 2016
Cynrychiolaeth menywod yn y Cynulliad yn crebachu Yn gyffredinol, mae amrywiaeth mewn Seneddau ar y cynnydd ar draws y DU a’r byd. Ond mae’n bell o fod yn anochel – a mae gwneud ein sefydliadau adlewyrchu’r cyhoedd maent yn eu cynrychioli yn... Posted 25 Apr 2016
David Torrance’s guide to the EU referendum cuts through the spin The following is an introduction to David Torrance’s new guide to the EU referendum, which the ERS are supporting. Darren Hughes is Deputy Chief Executive of the Electoral Reform Society. As the UK’s longest-standing democracy organisation,... Posted 25 Apr 2016
Democratiaeth ac Amrwyiaeth: Creu Cymru i Bawb Darllenwch ein maniffesto, “Democratiaeth ac Amrwyiaeth: Creu Cymru i Bawb”, yma Yn y bôn, mae democratiaeth yn ddathliad o amrywiaeth. Mae democratiaeth yn mynnu bod y dadleuon yn cael eu profi, craffu a’u gwirio, o’u... Posted 15 Apr 2016