We called, they listened: Government confirms historic democratic reformsIn a statement to parliament today, the democracy minister set out the changes the government plans to make in the forthcoming elections bill. Last week we set out what we hoped to see in the...Posted 17 Jul 2025
The government are introducing a new bill to reform elections – here’s what we want to seeOne year on from the General Election and we are eagerly awaiting the government’s Elections Bill, expected to be tabled in the next session of this parliament. The bill is likely to contain measures, promised...Posted 03 Jul 2025
Friday 11th April should be the last time electors had to actively register to voteThe deadline to register to vote in the local elections on 1 May was 11 April. Last February we estimated that 8.2 million voters were missing or incorrectly registered on the electoral roll across England,...Posted 13 Apr 2025
Electoral administrators call for an overhaul of electionsA fresh call for modernising democracy came last week from the people that run our elections. The Association of Electoral Administrators (AEA) have published a new report, New Blueprint for a Modern Electoral Landscape: How...Posted 06 Mar 2025
ERS in the Press – Coverage we’ve secured in the GE campaignYou might have noticed that there’s a general election approaching. Whilst the date of the election may have taken us all a little by surprise, the ERS communications team were ready to go and making...Posted 25 Jun 2024
Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee publish welcome electoral registration reportLast week, the Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee published a new report on Electoral Registration. Even though electoral registration is mandatory, millions of people are missing from the electoral register, and the ERS has...Posted 26 Mar 2024
ERS reveals constituencies with the most potential missing voters – is yours on the list?Analysis by the Electoral Reform Society has revealed that an estimated 8.2 million eligible voters are missing from the electoral register in England, Scotland and Wales. If moved onto the register this huge figure has...Posted 07 Feb 2024
How do countries around the world deal with overseas voters?In October, legislation was introduced which would enable over 3 million more British citizens to vote. Wondering where the government have found 3 million extra voters? They’re the long-term UK diaspora, as the Guardian termed...Posted 08 Dec 2023
Welcome new bill will make it easier to vote in WalesWhen it comes to democracy and elections in Wales, Bills are coming like buses! Just two weeks after the introduction of the Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill the Welsh Government laid it’s Elections and...Posted 05 Oct 2023
Electoral Commission estimate 8 million missing from electoral rollThis week, the Electoral Commission published a report highlighting how millions of people are missing from Britain’s electoral registers. The report details how up to 8 million people are not correctly registered and are at...Posted 21 Sep 2023