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This was an election that delivered seismic change

How Wales voted in the 2026 Senedd election

On Thursday 7th May, Wales headed to the polls for the Senedd election. This was an election that delivered seismic...

Voters in English local elections deserve better than First Past the Post

The votes from last week’s local council elections across England have now been counted, and one thing is clear: First...

First Past the Post is at crisis point

CWU votes to support PR: four of ‘big five’ Labour-affiliated unions now back electoral reform

Amid all the political drama over the weekend, with the fallout from the elections and then calls on the Prime...

14 percentage point difference

What did the UK polls say in April 2026?

While polling can give us an idea of what the public thinks, there is nothing like real votes to test...

There are an entirely new set of electoral arrangements in place

How will the 2026 Senedd election change Welsh politics?

On 7th May 2026, voters across Wales will elect not just a new Senedd, but a fundamentally different one. This...

Voters rights restored! Back up choices for mayors to return

New law restores fairer voting system for mayoral elections

On 29 April 2026, the English Devolution & Community Empowerment Bill received Royal Assent. This means that it has passed...

Now let us build a House of Lords worthy of a modern democracy

Hereditary peers have left the Lords for the last time

Sometimes change arrives with fanfare. Sometimes it arrives quietly, after years of argument, delay and unfinished business. This week, the...

Better local services need better local elections

Why we need to change the way we elect our councillors in England and Wales

Discussions around changing the voting system often refer to Westminster, yet the same problems that stifle the government of the...

England’s previous local elections show what’s wrong with our voting system

Time and time again, England’s local elections repeatedly produce results that simply don’t reflect how people vote. If you live...

Holyrood’s voting system wants you to be represented in Parliament

How Scotland’s Holyrood elections work will work this May

The 2024 General Election in Scotland was a one-sided affair. Scottish Labour won 35.3% of the vote in Scotland and...

Compulsory voting would treat the symptoms not the cause

We should fix our voting system, not force people to use it

This week, the Telegraph has published an article debating the merits of compulsory voting. Partly inspired by the approaching first...

There is only a 15-point gap between the 1st and 5th placed parties

Polling breakdown from March 2026: Latest polls see continued fragmentation

Since February 2025, we at the Electoral Reform Society have been collecting data on UK general election voting intention polls...