Diversity deserts: 7.5m people can’t vote for a woman this electionThere’s good news and bad news when it comes to women’s representation this election. The good news is this: analysis by the Press Association suggests a record number of women could be elected on June 8th, meaning...Posted 26 May 2017
The Conservatives just pledged to take our democracy back decadesYesterday Theresa May launched the Conservatives’ manifesto. There was a lot of talk about ‘moving forwards’. But one pledge stuck out as doing the exact opposite. Theresa May has pledged to impose (or in the manifesto’s...Posted 19 May 2017
‘Progressive alliances’ shouldn’t be necessary: they’re product of a broken voting systemThere’s a lot of talk about June 8th being the ‘tactical voting’ election. This past couple of weeks we’ve seen the latest symptom: parties doing the tactical voting on behalf of the electorate – weeks before...Posted 08 May 2017
The next government must extend votes at 16 beyond ScotlandYou might not have realised, but on Thursday, thousands of 16 and 17 year olds trekked to polling stations across the country to exercise their democratic right to vote. They went with the full support...Posted 05 May 2017
Where are the women in May’s local election?Since the Prime Minister’s unexpected announcement of a General Election last week there’s been little time to talk of anything else. Our 24 hour news cycle is now dominated by images of May, Corbyn et...Posted 27 Apr 2017
We did it: petition for PR hits 100,000 signaturesWe did it. The petition to introduce real Proportional Representation for Westminster has hit its target of 100,000 – with over two weeks to go. Thousands of you shared our blogs, tweets, emails and posts...Posted 21 Mar 2017
100,000 names for PR: let’s get fair votes on Parliament’s agendaFour months ago, an electoral reform supporter started a petition on the government’s e-petition site to introduce a proportional voting system for Westminster elections. Today, it has over 60,000 signatures – and is growing by the day....Posted 07 Feb 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 Lottery Election639 Votes Are All That Would Be Needed to Change the Result of the 2015 election The 2015 election was won by only six seats. If six constituencies had voted differently then Britain would have...Posted 20 May 2015
Does First Past the Post actually mean voters can ‘Kick the bastards out’?We hear time and again of the way First Past the Post lets voters ‘kick the bastards out’ – a colourful reference to the perceived ease with which voters can turf out one government and neatly replace it...Posted 31 Aug 2010