The top 5 most-read ERS articles from 2023 Every year we have a look through the stats to see which of our articles were the most popular with readers in the year coming to a close. So if you missed them the first... Posted 14 Dec 2023
Fewer than one-in-four support prime ministers handing out peerages to parachute people into cabinet Our recent polling, covered by the Daily Mirror, has found that fewer than one-in-four individuals think it is acceptable for prime ministers to appoint peers to the House of Lords so they can parachute them... Posted 12 Dec 2023
Unfinished Business: New report shows routes to an elected Second Chamber Reform of the House of Lords is both hugely popular with the public and very long overdue. Yet in any serious discussion of how to achieve reform, the same questions come up: What about Commons... Posted 11 Dec 2023
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
Government report can’t say if voter ID made any difference to problem it was supposed to solve The government has published its evaluation of the Elections Act changes, including the voter ID requirement, used for the first time in the English local elections in May. Back in September, three separate independent reports... Posted 08 Dec 2023
Powys and Gwynedd lead the way for Welsh councils with consultation votes There was fantastic news for voters coming out of Powys and Gwynedd today, as their County Councils have voted YES to public consultations on scrapping First Past the Post for their elections and bringing in... Posted 07 Dec 2023
Strong government vs good government? First Past the Post means our governments will always fail to deliver Government failures are always in the news, but we rarely question why it is that our governments often seem so wholly incapable of delivering on their objectives. It’s easy to point at individual ministers and... Posted 30 Nov 2023
2023 at the ERS: Party conference season report Each year we write an Annual Report 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 30 Nov 2023
2023 at the ERS: How we’ve worked with other organisations Each year we write an Annual Report 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 29 Nov 2023
2023 at the ERS: Our work behind the scenes Each year we write an Annual Report 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 28 Nov 2023