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The new rotten boroughs?

How would you like to live in a one party...

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38,000 denied a vote

Tens of thousands of people across England are being denied...

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Just three out of 22 Cabinet ministers are...

What a dispiriting week for women. Following Maria Miller’s resignation,...

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Defending the postal vote

A BBC radio programme on postal vote fraud was aired last...

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North Korean elections: The veneer of democracy

This weekend the North Korean ‘election’ took place. Of course,...

Around the World

We need to talk about PMQs

Prime Minister’s Questions hit the headlines last week following a Hansard...

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Wales and the Lobbying Bill

The potential effects of the Lobbying Bill on democracy at...

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Wojtek Gurak

Size Matters when it comes to the National...

How many politicians does it take to scrutinise a government?...

ERS Cymru

Only one in five ministers are female

In 2009, David Cameron pledged that a third of his ministers would...

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Ballot Papers

Would you back ‘None of the Above’?

Following the county council elections we’ve been hearing a lot...

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Senedd Cymru Welsh Parliament

The ban on dual candidacy damages scrutiny in...

Some more good news from today’s Queen’s Speech. And this time...

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Why 32,000 people will be denied a vote...

On Thursday 6 May, 27 county councils and 8 unitary...

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