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The Commission must be accountable to Parliament as a whole - not the government of _the day

Why Electoral Commission independence matters

This week, a new report from Spotlight on Corruption highlighted the...

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Labour won a commanding majority, even though two-thirds did not vote for the party

How many votes did Labour get in 2024?

On election night in 2024, the headlines celebrated a Labour...

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Councillors keep winning with less than a third...

Each week, usually on a Thursday, a number of local...

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National Commission on Electoral Reform terms of reference

MPs suggest National Commission on Electoral Reform

In our increasingly fragmented and volatile political environment, the case...

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Proportional Representation means voters get what they ask for

Norway’s election shows how multi-party politics doesn’t have...

Norway went to the polls on 8 September for their...

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This bill has the opportunity to not just repair the damage, but improve on what we had

MPs vote to cut short First Past the...

On 2 September 2025, the House of Commons held the...

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Does the setting shape the spirit of our democratic conversations?

What Denmark’s Folkemødet can teach us about rebuilding...

This summer, I visited Folkemødet, Denmark’s annual democracy festival held...

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Merely trimming off a few members here and there would be like giving a haircut to a patient that needs major surgery

Sticking-plaster reforms won’t fix the absurd and undemocratic...

The absurdity of how the House of Lords currently operates...

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Ministerial visit to Dunfermline

Government minister visits Dunfermline to find out about...

Last week, Dunfermline took another confident stride toward becoming a...

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Robust democracy depends on early informed participation

Electoral Commission Chair calls for deeper citizenship education

At the Electoral Reform Society we have long called for...

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In saturdays election Tasmanian voters will have the beenfit of using the single transgerable vote

Every vote counts in the Tasmanian election

This article is a guest post by Ralph Hall, previously...

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we are going to see some hugely positive steps towards improving our democracy

We called, they listened: Government confirms historic democratic...

In a statement to parliament today, the democracy minister set...

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