This year’s General Election left millions of voices unheardWe have all heard the outcome of the 2024 general election, the surprises and the predictable outcomes, but digging under the surface there’s a surprising story to tell about the millions of voters who were...Posted 19 Dec 2024
The rise of multi-party voting at UK general electionsWith votes for parties, and independent candidates, other than Labour and the Conservatives reaching a historic high of 42.6%, the 2024 General Election saw a significant shift towards multi-party voting. The combined Labour and Conservative...Posted 19 Dec 2024
Why are voters switching parties more than ever?We recently published our in-depth report on the 2024 General Election, A System Out of Step. Our polling during the General Election not only revealed the extent of tactical voting under our electoral system, but also...Posted 19 Dec 2024
A System Out of Step – New report on the 2024 General ElectionToday we have published our in-depth report on the 2024 General Election, A System Out of Step. The General Election in 2024 was not only the most disproportional election in British electoral history, but one...Posted 10 Dec 2024
Lessons not Learnt: New report on 2015, 2017 and 2019 electionsThe last nine years have witnessed three general elections, a nationwide referendum and no less than five prime ministers. At times our politics has felt chaotic, and the output of the Westminster electoral system has...Posted 23 Jan 2024
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
Voters Left Voiceless – The 2019 General ElectionFor all the talk of December’s poll as a ‘People versus Parliament’ election, it looks like neither won. 22.6 million. That’s the number of votes that didn’t count towards the result in December’s General Election,...Posted 02 Mar 2020
June 2017’s election was the third strike for Westminster’s voting system. It’s outThe evidence is there for us all to see now: the 2017 General Election was the third strike for the First Past the Post voting system. From producing a Parliament where no party got more...Posted 21 Aug 2017
The 2015 general election – A system in crisisIt’s official: this election was the most disproportionate in UK history. We’ve just released our new report on the May 7th General Election, A Voting System in Crisis. And it makes for worrying reading for fans of...Posted 01 Jun 2015
The 2010 General Election – An Unusual ElectionThe 2010 election was an unusual election, to say the least. It saw a number of unique and interesting features of the campaign and the result: The 2010 campaign was the first to feature direct,...Posted 07 May 2010