The Reformer

Voter ID petition hand in

Nearly 119,000 signatures handed to No 10 calling for voter ID u-turn

Campaign groups handed in nearly 119,000 petition signatures to 10 Downing Street this week, calling for the government to think...

Historically Greek elections have been noted for their rather unusual system of bonus seats

Greece changes electoral law, then changes it back

Greece is holding their 2023 elections on 21 May, following protests and delays caused by the deadliest rail crash in...

Local Elections: Your Questions Answered

Local Elections: Frequently Asked Questions

In the run-up to the May local elections we often hear the same questions being asked by concerned voters. We...

Holland Netherlands

Why did the Netherlands adopt nationwide proportional representation?

The Dutch prioritised proportionality above all else when creating their system of proportional representation; choosing a single nationwide constituency and...

voter ID means that 2068745 UK citizens could be turned away from polling stations

With just weeks to go awareness of voter ID remains worryingly low

With less than six weeks to May’s local elections, the problems with the government’s rollout of their disastrous rollout of...

Just 7% support Boris Johnson’s resignation honours list

New polling shows 61% oppose Boris Johnson’s resignation peerages

Our new polling has found that just one in 14 people (7%) support Boris Johnson stuffing more peers into the...

What was AV+ the electoral system recommended by the Jenkins Report?

In their 1997 election manifesto, Labour set out a commitment to hold a referendum on the current First Past the...

Every major party uses something like the Alternative Vote to elect their leader

Why do so many parties use transferable voting for their leadership elections?

The 27th of March sees the announcement of the results of the SNP leadership election. As we wrote a few...

Central party leaders have little influence over who is elected

How do Finland’s elections work?

On Sunday 2nd April, voters in Finland will go to the polls to elect a new parliament. Finland’s parliament, known...

Proportional representation is the most popular form of democracy in the world today

How many countries around the world use proportional representation?

This article was updated in November 2025. Proportional representation is the most popular form of democracy for countries in the...

Men make up around 72 per cent of peers

How we could make the House of Lords gender equal overnight

It is a quiet scandal that 105 years after women first won the vote they are still grossly under-represented in...

The biggest reform would be changing the voting system at Westminster

What elections should the next government reform?

Last week we published a blog on UK electoral reforms since 1997 and highlighted that whilst at Westminster the fight...