Download as a pdf (124.1KB pdf) Citizens’ assemblies are a form of deliberative democracy: processes through which citizens can engage in open, respectful and informed discussion and debate with their peers on a given issue....
Posted 12 Mar 2019
Download a pdf of the briefing (180.1KB pdf) The result of the most recent hereditary peer by-election will be announced on Wednesday 23 January. This by-election was called following the death of Lord Skelmersdale on...
Posted 22 Jan 2019
Download briefing as a pdf (785.7KB pdf) Introduction The Electoral Reform Society is a membership organisation governed by a council elected from that membership. While not formally a community organisation, much of our work on...
Posted 03 Dec 2018
Download Briefing (112.0KB pdf) We welcome this consultation and the Government’s proposals to protect democratic debate and participation. Ensuring that those who campaign and stand for election are protected is an essential part of creating...
Posted 18 Oct 2018
Download briefing as a pdf (214.3KB pdf) Two hereditary peerage by-elections are currently underway in the House of Lords. These follow the retirement of the 4th Earl Baldwin of Bewdley (9 May), grandson of Stanley...
Posted 04 Jul 2018
The Electoral Reform Society sent this briefing to MPs taking part in the Westminster Hall debate on abolition of the House of Lords at 4:30pm on Monday 18th June 2018. More on this issue Our...
Posted 18 Jun 2018
Download Briefing (210.1KB pdf) The government piloted mandatory ID at the 2018 English local elections. In Gosport, Swindon, Woking, Watford and Bromley, voters were required for the first time to bring a form of identification....
Posted 06 Jun 2018
A hereditary peer 'by-election' has been called following the retirement of the 4th Earl Baldwin of Bewdley, grandson of Stanley Baldwin. We've analysed these sham elections - with the findings showing they make a mockery...
Posted 04 Jun 2018
Download Briefing (182.7KB pdf) Introduction In August 2016, Sir Eric Pickles’s report, ‘Securing the ballot: review into electoral fraud’, was released. It was commissioned after an election court judgement in 2015 which barred the Mayor...
Posted 28 Apr 2018
Download briefing (124.9KB pdf) How many Assembly members does the assembly need? Q1. The Expert Panel has concluded that the Assembly needs to have between 80 and 90 Members to carry out its role effectively....
Posted 25 Apr 2018