How First Past the Post turns politics into tribal warfarePoll after poll and headline after headline in the U.K may leave you with the impression of a country more divided than ever. This is never more obvious than in the seemingly daily polling notifications....Posted 10 Dec 2025
2025 at the ERS: Our work in Scotland and WalesEach year we write an Annual Review which looks back at our achievements across the last 12 months, and explains how our team have campaigned towards securing our vision for a democracy fit for the...Posted 09 Dec 2025
2025 at the ERS: Our research making the case for democratic reformEach year we write an Annual Review which looks back at our achievements across the last 12 months, and explains how our team have campaigned towards securing our vision for a democracy fit for the...Posted 05 Dec 2025
2025 at the ERS: Getting our message into the newsEach year we write an Annual Review which looks back at our achievements across the last 12 months, and explains how our team have campaigned towards securing our vision for a democracy fit for the...Posted 01 Dec 2025
2025 at the ERS: Our work behind the scenesEach year we write an Annual Review which looks back at our achievements across the last 12 months, and explains how our team have campaigned towards securing our vision for a democracy fit for the...Posted 27 Nov 2025
2025 at the ERS: Our major milestones and achievements from the yearEach year we write an Annual Review which looks back at our achievements across the last 12 months, and explains how our team have campaigned towards securing our vision for a democracy fit for the...Posted 23 Nov 2025
Forced to make a tactical vote? We shouldn’t have to vote for the least bad optionEvery election, millions of us head to the polling station in a conflicted state of mind – should I vote for the party I most believe in, or should tactical considerations come into play? Often,...Posted 20 Nov 2025
2025 at the ERS: Our year campaigning for changeEach year we write an Annual Review which looks back at our achievements across the last 12 months, and explains how our team have campaigned towards securing our vision for a democracy fit for the...Posted 19 Nov 2025
First Past the Post lets people with fringe views slip through the netBritain’s First Past the Post system was designed for a two-party age. One that pretty much everyone agrees we no longer live in. Yet even when most people voted for one of the two big...Posted 13 Nov 2025
What can the UK learn from California’s Prop 50 gerrymandering plan?A high-stakes fight is underway in the United States over redrawing the constituencies for the House of Representatives in Washington, DC. One flashpoint is California’s Proposition 50, a ballot measure that passed today. Voters have...Posted 05 Nov 2025