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Voter ID will be the nail in the coffin for democracy and MP’s integrity

Electoral Reform in Westminster

Dominic Grieve is just the latest conservative to call for a halt to the 2022 Elections Bill

While the Elections Bill is not expected to return to parliament until the new year, opposition is still growing against...

The government remains opposed to these common sense proposals

House of Lords

A Labour Peer is trying to abolish hereditary peers (again)

There is overwhelming support for reform but Friday once again showed there is little chance of it succeeding. On Friday...

Almost all MPs with a majority of their income from 2nd jobs have majorities bigger than 17,000

Electoral Reform in Westminster

We must end the link between safe seats and second jobs

The most revealing type of political scandal is not the one where rules have been broken, but the ones where...

Citizens' Assemblies

COP26 shows we need to democratise to decarbonise

In the run up to the COP26 climate change conference, a coalition of leading democracy organisations joined together on a...

As long as we have First Past the Post there is little voters can do about it

Electoral Reform in Westminster

Hefty majorities become hefty bank balances with MPs’ outside jobs

As the second jobs scandal engulfs Westminster, the same line keeps being rolled out by government figures: If voters didn’t...

The next phase of Lords reform is now long overdue

House of Lords

The aristocratic by-elections continue to make a mockery out of our democracy

On the 9th and 10th November, the House of Lords will be hosting their fifth hereditary peer by-election this year....

How anyone clings to the notion... [First Past the Post], is best for working people simply baffles me

Electoral Reform in Westminster

Labour’s Mark Drakeford calls for “radical reform” of the electoral system

Mark Drakeford has thrown his support behind changes to how MPs are elected calling for ‘radical reform’ of Westminster’s electoral...

Unite Policy Conference voted to support Proportional Representation in Westminster

Electoral Reform in Westminster

Unite’s vote to oppose First Past the Post is an important shift in campaign for fair votes

Unite members have voted to oppose Westminster’s First Past the Post electoral system, pledging support for moves towards a new...

The government should pause and think again about this legislation

Voter ID

Expensive Voter ID scheme is neither necessary nor proportionate

The UK government’s Election Bill containing controversial Voter ID provisions is progressing with haste through parliament this month, despite significant...

Englishness: The Political Force Transforming Britain

Tuesday 9th November 6-7pm, Zoom #ERSMembersTalks We’re delighted to be joined by Ailsa Henderson and Richard Wyn Jones to discuss...

Electoral Reform in Westminster

“The future is going to be negotiated, not dictated”: Labour figures speak out for PR

Across the country – and increasingly within the Labour party – people are realising that Westminster's rotten system skews not...

The Holyrood Government is right to oppose it and should hold firm

Voter ID

Scottish Government refuses to recommend consent for 2022 Elections Bill

The Scottish government is standing up to Westminster on legislation that would see voter ID imposed on UK elections held...