Liberal Democrats sense growing opportunities on proportional representation as they assemble for 2025 Spring Conference The Liberal Democrats assembled in the picturesque Yorkshire town of Harrogate this weekend for their spring conference, where they discussed how to build on their success in the general election and maximise the impact of... Posted 24 Mar 2025
Jubilation and strong support for electoral reform at the Liberal Democrat’s 2024 conference There was a jubilant atmosphere at the Liberal Democrat conference this week. The number 72 – the number of MPs the party now has – was everywhere. It appeared in every speech, to raucous applause,... Posted 18 Sep 2024
Support for electoral reform is strong at the Liberal Democrat’s 2023 conference Heading to the Liberal Democrats’ 2023 conference in Bournemouth to promote electoral reform is not the hardest task I’ve been handed in my working life! Saying that, our task was more to find out if they... Posted 28 Sep 2023
Ed Davey MP: Westminster needs comprehensive reform – including proportional representation for voters The Electoral Reform Society offers a space to party leadership candidates to put forward their visions for democracy during internal elections. This is a piece from Ed Davey MP, who is running to be leader... Posted 04 Aug 2020
Layla Moran MP: It’s time to build a cross-party consensus for electoral reform The Electoral Reform Society offers a space to party leadership candidates to put forward their visions for democracy during internal elections. This is a piece from Layla Moran MP, who is running to be leader... Posted 04 Aug 2020
At our Lib Dem fringe, panelists looked at future proofing our campaigning laws With proportional representation a long-term policy of the Liberal Democrats, we took the opportunity to discuss the wider crisis in our democracy at the Liberal Democrat Autumn Conference in Bournemouth this year. As the possibility... Posted 03 Oct 2019
Brexit pacts: The latest desperate attempt to game a broken first-past-the-post system The decision by both Plaid Cymru and the Greens to stand down at last week’s Brecon and Radnorshire by-election has sparked a lot of talk in Westminster about political pacts. Plaid Cymru leader Adam Price... Posted 09 Aug 2019
Ed Davey – Liberal Democrat Leadership Interview Electoral Reform Society Chief Executive Darren Hughes spoke with Lib Dem leadership candidate Ed Davey Darren Hughes: Ed, thank you very much for joining us as part of your campaign I know that you’ve always... Posted 12 Jul 2019
Jo Swinson – Liberal Democrat Leadership Interview Our Chief Executive Darren Hughes interviewed Liberal Democrat Leadership hopeful Jo Swinson on her democratic priorities. Darren Hughes: Let’s kick off with what we’re about at the ERS! Do you think recent events and politics... Posted 12 Jul 2019
Three things we learnt at Lib Dem Conference After spending a long weekend at Liberal Democrat conference, I can confirm that EU berets are firmly in fashion, you should never mention the M (moderate) word in their company and there is nothing they... Posted 20 Sep 2018