Scottish Government refuses to recommend consent for Elections Bill The Scottish government is standing up to Westminster on legislation that would see voter ID imposed on UK elections held in Scotland. Deputy First Minister John Swinney lodged a ‘legislation consent memorandum’ in the Scottish... Posted 01 Oct 2021
80% of CLP back PR but motion falls at Labour Party Conference On Monday Labour conference debated and voted on a motion to back PR, adding a pledge to their next manifesto. Despite the overwhelming support of local party delegates, 80% of whom supported the campaign for... Posted 30 Sep 2021
Labour conference: Party set to vote on supporting vital shift to proportional representation Labour conference delegates will vote today on whether to back proportional representation, and ditch Westminster’s broken voting system. Attendees will debate the policy shift at the conference in Brighton, which would push the party to... Posted 27 Sep 2021
Germany’s 2021 election: How Germans vote This Sunday (26th March), Germany goes to the polls to elect its national parliament – the Bundestag. With Angela Merkel stepping down as Chancellor after 16 years, this election will cause only the fifth change... Posted 23 Sep 2021
First Past the Post has failed to give the most popular Canadian party the most seats Minority government on 32% of the vote is one thing, but it is another when it isn’t even the most popular minority that gets to be in charge. Posted 22 Sep 2021
Ministers just sneaked out a serious, undemocratic change to our voting system in England and Wales The government is trying to sneakily force through plans to impose First Past the Post for Mayoral and Police and Crime Commissioner elections – a move which would cast the views of voters on the... Posted 16 Sep 2021
22 Welsh organisations warn voter ID plans could leave vulnerable voters locked out At a time when we should be thinking about how to remove the barriers to our democracy, the UK Government is instead introducing a policy that could leave millions shut out. Provisions in the Elections... Posted 14 Sep 2021
Calls for Labour to back reform grow as members back PR in record numbers With Labour’s conference set to begin next week the debate on electoral reform looks set to be one of the big issues on conference floor this year. At least 144 constituency parties have called on... Posted 14 Sep 2021
Nearly 300,000 signatures handed to No 10 over undemocratic voter ID plans Campaign groups handed in nearly 300,000 petition signatures to 10 Downing Street on Tuesday, calling for the government to scrap plans to ban those without ID from voting. Posted 09 Sep 2021
How do elections work in Norway? Like most European countries, Norway first adopted proportional representation in the early 20th century, with this October representing 100 years since Norwegians elected their first proportional parliament. Posted 09 Sep 2021