New Electoral Reform Society analysis has revealed the 'absurdity' of Westminster's voting system, with parties needing wildly different levels of support to secure each MP.
Posted 13 Dec 2019
Voters in swing seats report receiving far more leaflets than those in Britain’s hundreds of safe seats, according to new research for the Electoral Reform Society.
Posted 12 Dec 2019
The Electoral Reform Society have predicted the election result in half of Britain’s constituencies - before a single vote has been cast.
Posted 11 Dec 2019
The Electoral Reform Society have called on all party leaders to commit to backing reform of Westminster’s ‘discredited’ voting system – with smaller parties urged to make proportional representation a ‘red line’ issue.
Posted 10 Dec 2019
Not for publication, 6th December 2019. ERS spokespeople available for interview: contact [email protected] The Electoral Reform Society has launched a new General Election Results Hub, and will have spokespeople available for interview throughout the next week....
Posted 06 Dec 2019
Joint call comes as poll shows only 2% of public feel they have a significant influence over decision making – even in the heat of a General Election campaign.
Posted 05 Dec 2019
Just 16 percent of the public believe politics is working well in the UK – and only 2 percent feel they have a significant influence over decision-making, according to ‘damning’ new BMG polling.
Posted 05 Dec 2019
A coalition of democracy campaigners are challenging the ‘radio silence’ by parties when it comes to the need to reform Westminster.
Posted 04 Dec 2019
Campaigners call for December election to be last conducted under 'woefully undemocratic' one-party-takes-all system.
Posted 03 Dec 2019
Major new ERS analysis shows 14 million voters in ‘one party fiefdoms’, while one in ten seats haven’t swapped party since 1918.
Posted 02 Dec 2019