Our top ten most read blogs of 20152015 was the busiest year ever for the Electoral Reform Society blog, with monthly readership over double the level we had in 2014. As we get stuck in to 2016, we thought we’d look back...Posted 04 Jan 2016
Jonathan Reynolds MP tried to introduce proportional representationThis blog is a guest post from Jonathan Reynolds MP. Jonathan delivered this speech in the House of Commons on Wednesday 16 December as a motion for leave to bring in the Representation of the...Posted 18 Dec 2015
It’s time 16 and 17 year olds got the voteLast month saw a big victory for campaigners for a fairer franchise: the House of Lords supported giving 16 and 17-year-olds a vote in the EU referendum. Votes at 16 is now in the Bill. But...Posted 04 Dec 2015
Putting PR in ParliamentUPDATE, December 3: The Bill has now been rescheduled and will be heard on Wednesday 16th December. —- It’s not an opportunity that comes up very often, so this is an important one: this Wednesday,...Posted 30 Nov 2015
Caroline Lucas MP: "We can’t let our constitution be rewritten behind closed doors"This is a guest post from Caroline Lucas, MP for Brighton Pavilion Devolution deals signed across the country with barely any public involvement, and a review of the House of Lords led by a Conservative...Posted 24 Nov 2015
Citizens want a say on devolutionLast weekend was the final of two ‘Citizens’ Assemblies’ across the UK as part of a ground-breaking project to engage the public in the devolution debate. And one thing that kept coming up was that...Posted 20 Nov 2015
Red cards and re-negotiationsToday, Prime Minister David Cameron has written to President of the European Council Donald Tusk setting out his demands for a renegotiation of Britain’s membership of the European Union. One of the four planks of the PM’s...Posted 10 Nov 2015
Politics Can Be Confusing; Explaining It Doesn’t Have To BeThis is a guest post from Joel Davidge. Joel is an actor, writer and lead contributor at Scenes of Reason; a new media outlet explaining the news for young adults. It’s time for a media...Posted 29 Oct 2015
Good news for Welsh electionsThe UK Government today released their draft Wales Bill, continuing the process of the Silk Commission through to the St David’s Day declaration. It is clear that these proposals – in particular how powers are...Posted 20 Oct 2015
Canada heads to the pollsOf all the former colonies to which Britain has left behind the Westminster model of democracy perhaps none so obviously resembles the UK in its politics as Canada. Canadians have a House of Commons with...Posted 19 Oct 2015