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A More Local, Local Democracy in Scotland

Local democracy in Scotland is too distant from the towns...

ERS Scotland
Hereditary by-election

The results come in for the UK’s most...

Baron Vaux of Harrowden (or Richard Hubert Gordon Gilbey) has...

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young voters

Citizenship education paves the way for votes at...

With Wales looking to equalise their voting age with Scotland...

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Citizens Assembly on Brexit blog

It’s time to get the public involved in...

The way people talk about ‘Leavers’ and ‘Remainers’ is enough...

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Unelected House Lords

The House of Lords is in the midst...

By Darren Hughes In case you’re not aware of this...

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Katie Ghose

As I move on from the ERS, I...

By Katie Ghose, Chief Executive of the Electoral Reform Society...

Developments at the ERS

2017 was the first online media election. Let’s...

According to recent research from the Reuters Institute for the...

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Katie Ghose

Britain is changing, so should our electoral system

So, the Conservatives and DUP have agreed a deal. Despite...

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The Senedd

Welsh Parliament

Increasing the capacity of the Senedd was a major success

ERS Cymru

Democracy Max: A Vision for a Good Scottish...

Democracy Max sought to create a non-partisan space where those...

ERS Scotland

‘Strong and stable’? Westminster’s voting system is anything...

Voters won’t be bossed about – perhaps that’s the first...

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3rd Strike FPTP's out

First Past the Post’s Third Strike

We’ve heard it time and time again in different forms:...

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