Parties can back this simple change today to help bring in the ‘missing millions’ A cross-party group of peers are backing an amendment to improve the accuracy of the electoral register setting out new ways to include 16 and 17- year olds on the nationwide list – so they... Posted 08 Oct 2020
Are Guernsey about to hold the strangest election in the world? On 7 October, voters in Guernsey will head to the polls for what is likely to be the ‘strangest [election] in the world’. For the first time, the vote will be held across one island-wide constituency which will see... Posted 06 Oct 2020
Government must do more to ‘level up politics’ for women and minorities Despite some gains in the last general election, women and minority groups remain highly under-represented in politics, according to a new report ‘Data Drives Diversity’ published by the Centenary Action Group. Despite the 2019 parliament... Posted 05 Oct 2020
ERS in the Press – September 2020 As the government continues to implement new restrictions to fight the second wave of coronavirus, the cracks in Britain’s political system continue to grow behind the curtain. In September we released new research on party... Posted 02 Oct 2020
Ministers just vowed to plough ahead with a ‘dangerous’ change to elections The ERS and groups representing elderly voters and BME communities are warning that mandatory voter ID risks pulling up the drawbridge to thousands of voters, after the government confirmed plans to impose the ‘show your... Posted 02 Oct 2020
Cross-party figures unite to call for transparency in ‘Wild West’ online campaigning Political figures across the spectrum have backed our calls for reform of Britain’s ‘wild west’ election campaign rules following the launch of our latest report. Posted 25 Sep 2020
Paying the price of First Past the Post – Towns Fund millions spent on marginal seats There is no better way of finding out which voters matter under Westminster’s warped electoral system than looking at where your taxes are funnelled to. The government’s £3.9bn Towns Fund was heralded as the way... Posted 25 Sep 2020
ERS reveals the scale of secretive online campaigning during last year’s election Democracy in the Dark – our new report commissioned from two of the UK’s leading election finance academics reveals a major rise in online spending during the 2019 general election – with little transparency over... Posted 24 Sep 2020
The Citizen’s Assembly of Scotland can help shape our post-Covid future Scotland’s first Citizens’ Assembly met last week for the first time since March. Like many social events and workplaces, the deliberative body, made up of 100 citizens reflecting Scotland’s demographics, has moved online after being... Posted 23 Sep 2020
Campaigners unite to urge Labour party to back proportional representation A major new project has been launched to encourage the Labour party to back proportional representation. Posted 22 Sep 2020