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Keir Starmer needs to live up to what he said in his leadership campaign

Electoral Reform in Westminster

80% of CLP back PR but motion falls at Labour Party Conference

On Monday Labour conference debated and voted on a motion to back PR, adding a pledge to their next manifesto....

Electoral Reform in Westminster

Labour conference: Party set to vote on supporting vital shift to proportional representation

Labour conference delegates will vote today on whether to back proportional representation, and ditch Westminster’s broken voting system. Attendees will...

This election marks the fifth change in Germany’s head of government in the last 50 years

Electoral Reform in Westminster

Germany’s 2021 election: How Germans vote

This Sunday (26th March), Germany goes to the polls to elect its national parliament – the Bundestag. With Angela Merkel...

This is the fourth post-war Canadian election and second in a row with a wrong winner

Electoral Reform in Westminster

First Past the Post has failed to give the most popular Canadian party the most seats

Minority government on 32% of the vote is one thing, but it is another when it isn’t even the most...

First Past the Post will make it easier for unpopular or extreme candidates to slip into town halls

Electoral Reform in Westminster

Ministers just sneaked out a serious, undemocratic change to our voting system in England and Wales

The government is trying to sneakily force through plans to impose First Past the Post for Mayoral and Police and...

Voter ID

22 Welsh organisations warn voter ID plans could leave vulnerable voters locked out

At a time when we should be thinking about how to remove the barriers to our democracy, the UK Government...

Nearly half of all constituency Labour Parties have backed motions in support of the change

Electoral Reform in Westminster

Calls for Labour to back reform grow as members back PR in record numbers

With Labour’s conference set to begin next week the debate on electoral reform looks set to be one of the...

Voter ID

Nearly 300,000 signatures handed to No 10 over undemocratic voter ID plans

Campaign groups handed in nearly 300,000 petition signatures to 10 Downing Street on Tuesday, calling for the government to scrap...

100 years since Norwegians elected their first proportional parliament

Electoral Reform in Westminster

How do elections work in Norway?

Like most European countries, Norway first adopted proportional representation in the early 20th century, with this October representing 100 years...

Conference organisers are being flooded with motions to reject first past the post

Electoral Reform in Westminster

5 events not to miss at Labour conference

Support is growing across the Labour movement for reform of Westminster’s creaking electoral system. 83% of Labour members support PR...

Voter ID

Voter ID could breach fundamental rights, MPs warn

The ERS gave evidence to the committee’s enquiry with Dr Jess Garland telling MPs and Peers that it was “implausible”...

The proposals could disenfranchise voters on an industrial scale

Voter ID

Voter ID: Thousands tell the government: “Hands off our vote”

Over 50,000 people have now signed the Electoral Reform Society’s petition urging ministers to scrap plans to impose mandatory voter...