With elections coming up across the country, campaigners across Wales are gearing up the familiar routine of doorstep conversations, leaflets through letterboxes and trying to convince voters that their candidate deserves to be re-elected, or...
Posted 13 Apr 2022
Last week a new poll for the Western Mail, carried out by Beaufort Research, found that support for more members of the Senedd is on the up. Almost half (48%) of those polled said they...
Posted 09 Mar 2022
Time to revitalise local democracy Could the elections in May be the last time our councillors are elected using first past the post? Join us in conversation on how Plaid can lead the way in...
Posted 04 Mar 2022
Where next for a Welsh democracy paving the way at a time when broader UK democracy is in crisis? A conversation with: Caroline Osborne, Political and Education Officer, Labour for a New Democracy Huw Irranca...
Posted 01 Mar 2022
This week saw a historic moment in Wales. Standing on the steps of the Senedd on Monday afternoon, Welsh First Minister Mark Drakeford and Plaid Cymru leader Adam Price announced The Co-operation Agreement, setting out...
Posted 23 Nov 2021
Mark Drakeford has thrown his support behind changes to how MPs are elected calling for ‘radical reform’ of Westminster’s electoral system. The First Minister of Wales made the remarks at the 2021 Aneurin Bevan Memorial...
Posted 28 Oct 2021
Previously the Election Engagement Working Group (EEWG)
Posted 13 Oct 2021
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
The 6 May 2021 was a milestone for the campaign for fairer votes in Britain. The date marked the sixth set of elections to take place for each of Great Britain’s devolved elected institutions –...
Posted 31 Jul 2021
This 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