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ERS Quiz UKIP’s Leadership Candidates on Democratic Reform

UKIP’s leadership election is in full swing, with the results...

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Referendums are in vogue – so let’s get...

Referendums are becoming increasingly popular, internationally and domestically. Since the...

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‘The Alternative’: Creative thinking for reformers

It’s only by working together that we can achieve the...

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Electoral Reform in Parliament again

Two of our issues are back in the House of...

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House of Lords

The House of Lords needs more than tinkering

Lords reform is back on the agenda. And given the...

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Driving Licence Voter ID

Voter fraud: the nut and the sledgehammer

Last week, the Former Secretary of State for Communities and...

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House of Lords

David Cameron’s Farewell Gift

Now that David Cameron has moved out of Number 10,...

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Why electoral reform is a trade union issue

This is an article from Rory Scothorne and Josiah Mortimer ahead of the Unite union’s...

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5 things this EU vote has taught us...

Whichever way you feel about the result, most people are...

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Tories don’t use First Past the Post to elect their leader. It’s one rule for us and one for them

How do Conservative Party leadership elections work?

(Updated for October 2024) Historically there weren’t elections for the...

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Australian House of Representatives

In Australia, as in the UK, the voting...

In 2010 Australia delivered its first hung parliament since 1940. A seemingly...

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Brexit and our broken electoral system

This is a guest blog, originally published by Noel Longhurst. The...

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