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Electoral Commission: Elections Bill would ‘allow ministers to shape how electoral law is applied to them’

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The Electoral Commission’s letter on the 2022 Elections Bill is unprecedented

The Electoral Commission has written an unprecedented letter to the government, calling for them to reconsider provisions in the Elections...

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ERS in the Press: January 2022

Scandal and crisis at the heart of government have dominated the news as we begin 2022. Yet in a packed...

Join the Elections Bill Rally in Parliament Square

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The government aren’t listening – make your voices heard on 5th February

Join the Elections Bill Rally in Parliament Square. The passing of the government’s Election Bill through the House of Commons...

This bill will put too much power in the hands of the government

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Now it’s over to the Lords to prevent the government’s assault on democracy

Yesterday was a dark day for democracy. Despite widespread opposition from campaigners, election experts, academics and civil society the government’s...

MPs propose proportional representation amendments to the Elections Bill

Electoral Reform in Westminster

On Monday MPs have a chance to pass an election bill that actually works

Opposition MPs have tabled amendments on reforming our voting system that would improve our elections for voters across the country....

The Elections Bill will hand huge powers to the government over our elections

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The government should stop and re-think the 2022 Elections Bill as it returns to the Commons

The government’s Elections Bill returns to the House of Commons on Monday 17th January despite the opposition against their plans...

Senior MPs tell government evidence has simply not been good enough

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Even senior MPs agree the government needs to pause and rethink the 2022 Elections Bill

Earlier this week, the House of Commons Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs (PACAC) select committee published the final report of...

Opposition held safe seats can be easily ignored

Electoral Reform in Westminster

Levelling Down: First Past the Post’s impact on regional inequality

Looking at just national disproportionality hides far more damning realities of how First Past the Post (FPTP) distorts the votes...

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...