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Gwynedd- Have your say on fairer elections

Gwynedd: Have your say on fairer elections

Gwynedd County Council have taken the next step of their journey towards fairer elections by launching a consultation on changing...

ERS in the Press: General Election edition

Change. That was the driving message of Labour’s successful general election campaign, and change was very much on the agenda...

There have only ever been 693 women MPs - enough to fill the House of Commons once

Slow progress as women finally make up 40% of Parliament

The 2024 General Election saw in a Labour Government and a brand-new cohort of MPs (335 new MPs) elected; but...

Darren on BBC breakfast

The only bias in the electoral system should be towards the voters

In the days since the election, I have been touring TV and radio studios making the case for proportional representation...

AMS 2024 Election Result

How the 2024 election could have looked with proportional representation

And the results are out. This election has the biggest difference ever between how we voted and the MPs that...

A vast amount of money has been donated during this general election campaign

First three weeks of donation data show that money is attracted to power

From the dissolution of Parliament through to polling day, political parties are legally required to report any large sums of...

In 2017 533 extra votes in nine constituencies would have changed the result

It should be a scandal that small changes in the vote result in outsize changes in Parliament

Two, rather similar, articles came out today on the likely impact of small swings in the vote on the results...

Using a passport to vote in the UK

Voters will be turned away at the general election for lacking the right ID

Thursday 4th July 2024 will be a historic General Election for all the wrong reasons. For the first time, voters...

ERS in the Press – Coverage we’ve secured in the GE campaign

You might have noticed that there’s a general election approaching. Whilst the date of the election may have taken us...

Candidate selections reflect the barriers for women in politics

Last week, all UK political parties confirmed which candidates they were standing in each constituency for the 2024 general election....

Only 4 percent of respondents said politics currently needed no improvement

New polling finds three quarters of public say politics needs to improve significantly

Last week we had extremely concerning news about the state of our democracy. A significant study by the National Centre...

Manifestos outside the big two parties: Putting democracy on the agenda

Last week we looked at the sections of the Labour and Conservative manifestos that touched on democracy-related issues. This week,...