Over 40 leading charities and academics call on the government to urgently reconsider the decision to run pilot mandatory voter ID at the local elections in May.
Posted 06 Mar 2018
Campaigners warn of potential for ‘wrong winner’ election result under Westminster’s ‘broken voting system’. Statement from the Electoral Reform Society for immediate release. Chief Executive Darren Hughes is available for interview. For more information, contact [email protected]...
Posted 05 Mar 2018
Statement from the Electoral Reform Society for immediate release. Chief Executive Darren Hughes is available for interview. For more information, contact [email protected] or 07870212425. New figures [1] on electoral fraud show the tiny scale of the problem...
Posted 02 Mar 2018
Analysis: Electoral Reform Society research highlights danger of slashing number of backbenchers in 600-member Commons. For immediate release, Tuesday 27th February, 2018 Statement from the Electoral Reform Society. Chief Executive Darren Hughes is available for interview....
Posted 27 Feb 2018
Statement from Politics for the Many for immediate release, 26th February 2018. Trade unionists seeking ‘root and branch reform’ of British politics have joined forces in a bid to bring about democratic change. ‘Politics for the...
Posted 26 Feb 2018
Prime Minister “missing the point” on size of second chamber, say campaigners. Statement from the Electoral Reform Society for immediate release, 20th February 2018. Chief Executive Darren Hughes is available for interview. For more information,...
Posted 20 Feb 2018
ERS say scrutiny will suffer – with Parliament’s role increasing after Brexit yet a weaker voice for voters.
Posted 19 Feb 2018
Electoral Reform Society respond to reports PM has shelved planned peerages Statement from the Electoral Reform Society for immediate release, 15th February 2018 Chief Executive Darren Hughes is available for interview. For more information, contact [email protected]...
Posted 15 Feb 2018
Statement from Electoral Reform Society Cymru. Research finds over 80% of Welsh MPs first elected in 2010 or before and still holding their seats are male. 15% of Welsh Parliamentary seats had no women as candidates...
Posted 14 Feb 2018
Four in five Conservatives with a view say Lords is too large, while 59% oppose own leader’s plans for new peers. Labour supporters also overwhelmingly against Jeremy Corbyn’s extra appointments to ‘bloated’ House. Statement from...
Posted 14 Feb 2018