Download as PDF (214.3KB pdf) The Electoral Reform Society welcomes the opportunity to contribute to this timely inquiry. Devolution within England has invariably been described as ‘unfinished business’ and the ‘gaping hole in the devolution...
Posted 02 Dec 2020
Download as PDF (213.6KB pdf) The Electoral Reform Society welcomes the opportunity to respond to this inquiry into the work of the Electoral Commission. It is almost exactly 20 years since the Political Parties, Elections...
Posted 30 Nov 2020
Download as a pdf (141.0KB pdf) Parliamentary Constituencies Bill (consideration of amendments) –Tuesday 10th November. What is the problem? The Parliamentary Constituencies Bill 2019-21 proposes using the electoral registers as the data source to draw...
Posted 10 Nov 2020
Download as a PDF (107.3KB pdf) Proposal 1: Extension of regime Questions 1 and 2: Do you agree or disagree with this proposal for the extension of the imprints regime to digital election material? Please...
Posted 04 Nov 2020
Download as PDF (124.7KB pdf) ERS Cymru welcomes the move to permissive proportional representation (PR) for local government elections as set out in the Local Government and Elections (Wales) Bill as a step forward in...
Posted 27 Oct 2020
Download as a pdf (141.8KB pdf) Parliamentary Constituencies Bill (Report Stage) – AMENDMENT 16 (see appendix for full amendment and cross-party signatories). What is the problem? The Parliamentary Constituencies Bill 2019-21 proposes using the electoral...
Posted 06 Oct 2020
Download as PDF (209.5KB pdf) Elections in the UK have extremely low levels of proven electoral fraud. Data provided by the Electoral Commission each year consistently show that there is no large-scale evidence of electoral...
Posted 01 Oct 2020
Download as PDF (163.2KB pdf) The Electoral Reform Society is the UK’s leading voice for democratic reform. We work with everyone – from political parties, civil society groups and academics to our own members and...
Posted 30 Sep 2020
Download as PDF (130.5KB pdf) Democracy is about empowering citizens so they can actively take part in our political processes and make an informed decision at the ballot box. Transparency, fairness and accountability in political...
Posted 24 Sep 2020
Dear party leaders, We write to you following the publication of the Committee on Senedd Reform’s report, which makes a series of recommendations on how to strengthen Welsh democracy. These are important and long overdue...
Posted 10 Sep 2020