The Reformer

Jessica Blair and Mark Drakeford

Listen to our conversation with Mark Drakeford MS on Welsh democracy

Back at Welsh Labour party conference in November, ERS Cymru hosted an ‘in conversation’ with Mark Drakeford MS where he...

Under PR you could expect to see parliaments which more accurately reflect votes cast in a general election

How would proportional representation work in the UK?

Proportional Representation (PR) is the idea that seats in parliament should closely match votes cast in an election.  A system...

in a modern democracy we should be removing barriers and expanding access to voting

The Government is finally reviewing the unnecessary and unfair Voter ID rules

Voter ID has risen back up the political agenda after the Deputy Prime Minister, Angela Rayner, last week confirmed the...

This year’s General Election left millions of voices unheard

We have all heard the outcome of the 2024 general election, the surprises and the predictable outcomes, but digging under...

The rise of multi-party voting at UK general elections

With votes for parties, and independent candidates, other than Labour and the Conservatives reaching a historic high of 42.6%, the...

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...

Plaid Cymru Conference ERS panel discussion

Where next for Welsh democracy as Plaid Cymru top Senedd voting intention poll?

The latest Barn Cymru poll released earlier in December by YouGov for ITV Wales and Cardiff University’s Wales Governance Centre...

The top 5 most-read ERS articles from 2024

As the year draws to an end, we’ve had a look through the stats to see which of our articles...

Fewer than a quarter of people have backed retaining First Past the Post

New polling finds proportional representation still much more popular than First Past the Post

Every six months or so, since November 2019, the pollster YouGov have been asking the British public the following question...

Sarah Olney PR bill

MPs vote for proportional representation in victory for public

Last week, Liberal Democrat MP Sarah Olney managed to find time in the parliamentary schedule to make the case for...

2024 General Election Report

A System Out of Step – New report on the 2024 General Election

Today we have published our in-depth report on the 2024 General Election, A System Out of Step. The General Election...

Annual report: How we've hit the headlines in 2024

2024 at the ERS: Getting our issues in the Press

Each year we write an Annual Report which looks back at our achievements across the last 12 months, and explains...