Lords call for decisive action to slim down the ever-expanding second chamberBuried amidst last week’s fall-out from the Queen’s Speech and the elections was the fourth report of the Lord Speaker’s Committee on the Size of the House. The committee, established in 2016 by Lord Fowler,...Posted 21 May 2021
The government’s own research shows millions of people may lack appropriate voter IDThis week’s Queen’s Speech confirmed that the government would be pushing ahead with the Electoral Integrity Bill. As we’ve outlined before, the bill would require voters to present photo identification at the polling station in...Posted 14 May 2021
Voter ID: 18 leading civil society groups unite to call for dangerous plans to be droppedLeading UK civil society groups have united to challenge plans to block those without ID from voting, in a landmark joint statement co-ordinated by the ERS.Posted 14 May 2021
Queen’s Speech: Senior Conservative brands mandatory voter ID ‘illiberal solution for non-existent problem’The government is planning to introduce legislation that will make it harder for millions of ordinary people to vote.Posted 10 May 2021
First time votes for 16 and 17 year olds in Wales – what Westminster can learnThis week we saw history happen in Wales. After years of ERS Cyrmu campaigning for the rights of 16 and 17 year olds to vote in Wales, the first election with an expanded franchise took...Posted 07 May 2021
These government plans will hit 44m voters with less choice and a weaker voiceMillions of people went to the polls this Thursday in England and Wales to elect PCCs, plus Combined Authority mayors and the London mayor– using the Supplementary Vote system (SV). Posted 07 May 2021
2021 Elections: Millions of voters to get fair representation through PROver 12 million voters have a powerful voice today, with proportional representation used in Wales, Scotland and on the London Assembly. Posted 06 May 2021
How May’s elections for the Senedd Cymru will workOn May 6, more than 2 million voters will be called to elect their 60 representatives in the Senedd / Welsh Parliament. The Senedd was established in 1999, together with the Scottish Parliament, and holds...Posted 04 May 2021
Local one party states are a gift for cronies and lobbyistsEngland is likely to see swathes of ‘one-party councils’ picked next week, under England and Wales’ one-party takes all local electoral system. Spread out over a whole council area, one party can get near 100%...Posted 30 Apr 2021
What if? Post-war elections under the Single Transferable VoteThe Single Transferable Vote (STV) is one of the most popular voting systems among electoral reformers in the UK – favoured for its supposed ability to produce broadly proportional outcomes while retaining fairly localised constituencies.Posted 28 Apr 2021