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MPs and Peers recognise the benefits of STV when they are the voters
Electoral Reform in Westminster

Where is Single Transferable Vote used in the UK?

Whilst First Past the Post is used for Westminster elections in the UK, it’s not the only way we elect...

Biden won by 7000000 but Trump just needs to gain 44000 in the right places
Electoral Reform in Westminster

Changes to First Past the Post style Electoral College increase chances of Trump victory

Barring an act of God, 5 November 2024 will see a rematch of the 2020 US Presidential election between Joe...

Informed Electorate

Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee publish welcome electoral registration report

Last week, the Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee published a new report on Electoral Registration. Even though electoral registration...

The Single Transferable Vote is a tried and tested system
English Local Democracy

Victory as Ceredigion joins Powys and Gwynedd with STV consultation

There was fantastic news for voters coming out of Ceredigion last week, as their County Council voted YES to a...

Democracy Lounge

Democracy Lounge – Belfast Imagine Festival

At this year’s Imagine Festival in Belfast, we’re co-sponsoring the Democracy Lounge. There are lots of ways that democracy can...

European Congress of Local Governments
Electoral Reform in Westminster

European local government: New ideas of decentralisation in a changing world

I was delighted to be asked to moderate the main Plenary Session of the 9th Annual Congress on European Local...

In the whole history of our democracy, we haven’t elected enough women as MPs to even fill the House of Commons
Women in Politics

At 35% we still have a long way to go on women’s representation

It’s been over a hundred years since some women won the right to stand as MPs and vote in 1918....

Pursuing Parity
Women in Politics

Pursuing parity: New report examines gender quotas across different electoral systems

Throughout history, the political landscape of the United Kingdom has been predominantly shaped and governed by men. The struggle towards...

Only Chinas rubber stamping National Peoples Congress is larger than the Lords
House of Lords

Peter Mandelson should save his slimming tips for the House of Lords

Lord Peter Mandelson found himself in the headlines a couple of times this week. Firstly, when he criticised Labour’s plans...

We have long held up the Single Transferable Vote (STV) as the gold standard for proportional representation
Electoral Reform in Westminster

Who invented the Single Transferable Vote?

The Electoral Reform Society has long held up the Single Transferable Vote as the gold standard for proportional representation. It’s...

Independent Green Voice is far from what you might expect from the name
English Local Democracy

Vote splitting trick won’t work with Scotland’s Single Transferable Vote

On March 7th voters in Hillhead in Glasgow will be heading to the polls for a council by-election. Among those...

Scottish Labour conference 2024
Electoral Reform in Westminster

ERS Scotland make the case for democratic reform at Scottish Labour conference

Along with Labour For a New Democracy, we were at last weekend’s Scottish Labour conference to talk to attendees, as...