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Does the House of Lords have any power?

This July, the King’s Speech outlined the government’s intention to remove hereditary seats from the House of Lords. This is...

The real winner from votes at 16 is democracy

With our Labour government’s commitment to extending the franchise to 16- and 17-year-olds in their manifesto, many an argument has...

Changing Politics: Election reform opportunities on both sides of the Atlantic

Changing Politics: Election reform opportunities on both sides of the Atlantic (FairVote and Electoral Reform Society)

2024 has been a big election year in both the United States and the United Kingdom, and both countries are...

Over the years the landscape of UK part financing has been shifting.

How big donors fund our political parties

In July 2024, at a time when candidates were still fighting for their seats, we reported on donations made to...

Powys- Have your say on fairer elections

Powys: Have your say on fairer elections

Powys County Council have just taken the next step of their journey towards fairer elections by launching a consultation on...

STV is used within the House of Commons, so why can’t we use it for Westminster?

On the 4th July an estimated 29 million people voted in the General Election, for the vast majority of us that...

King’s Speech signals first moves on Lords and electoral reform

The first King’s Speech of any new government is a significant political moment. Amid the ostentation and pomp of the...

Four striking general election outcomes showing the chaos of First Past the Post

The dust is settling on the results of the 2024 UK general election. We have a Labour government for the...

Ceredigion - Have your say on fairer elections

Ceredigion: Have your say on fairer elections

Ceredigion County Council have just taken the next step of their journey towards fairer elections by launching a consultation on...

ERS in the Press: General Election edition

Change. That was the driving message of Labour’s successful general election campaign, and change was very much on the agenda...

There have only ever been 693 women MPs - enough to fill the House of Commons once

Slow progress as women finally make up 40% of Parliament

The 2024 General Election saw in a Labour Government and a brand-new cohort of MPs (335 new MPs) elected; but...

Darren on BBC breakfast

The only bias in the electoral system should be towards the voters

In the days since the election, I have been touring TV and radio studios making the case for proportional representation...