How the 2024 election could have looked with proportional representation And the results are out. This election has the biggest difference ever between how we voted and the MPs that now represent us. This was the first election ever where four parties got over 10%... Posted 05 Jul 2024
First three weeks of donation data show that money is attracted to power From the dissolution of Parliament through to polling day, political parties are legally required to report any large sums of money they receive in donations. Within the first three weeks of campaigning for the upcoming... Posted 03 Jul 2024
It should be a scandal that small changes in the vote result in outsize changes in Parliament Two, rather similar, articles came out today on the likely impact of small swings in the vote on the results of the general election. In the Times, they identified 130,000 voters in 100 seats that... Posted 03 Jul 2024
Voters will be turned away at the general election for lacking the right ID Thursday 4th July 2024 will be a historic General Election for all the wrong reasons. For the first time, voters in Scotland and some parts of England will be turned away from polling stations, as... Posted 01 Jul 2024
Over one million people at risk of not having voter ID on election day New figures show that there have been only 57,000 new applications for Voter Authority Certificates (VACs) meaning over a million voters risk not having an accepted form of ID on July 4th. Voting is a fundamental... Posted 01 Jul 2024
ERS in the Press – Coverage we’ve secured in the GE campaign You 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
Candidate selections reflect the barriers for women in politics Last week, all UK political parties confirmed which candidates they were standing in each constituency for the 2024 general election. Including independents, a total of 4,515 candidates will be fighting for a seat in the... Posted 20 Jun 2024
New polling finds three quarters of public say politics needs to improve significantly Last week we had extremely concerning news about the state of our democracy. A significant study by the National Centre for Social Research found more people ‘than ever before’ ‘almost never’ trust the British government... Posted 20 Jun 2024
Manifestos outside the big two parties: Putting democracy on the agenda Last week we looked at the sections of the Labour and Conservative manifestos that touched on democracy-related issues. This week, we turn our attention to the other parties that are standing candidates in virtually all... Posted 19 Jun 2024
What does a super-majority mean and is it something we should worry about? In the last week, the current defence secretary, Grant Shapps, has been appearing in the news to warn about the supposed dangers of a Labour ‘super-majority’. He told Times Radio “You don’t want to have... Posted 18 Jun 2024