The Reformer

ERS online meeting

ERS General Meeting

The Society’s Council called a General Meeting of members on 30 July at 6pm, which took place online via Zoom....

A snapshot of the unfair outcomes under England’s zero-sum voting system

Elections 2021: Rotten boroughs are rife in England, as voters are hit by warped results

We’re already seeing a plethora of rotten results – with parties taking nearly all the seats on a fraction of...

ERS Members Workshop

Reporting back from our ERS members’ workshop

Following the 2019 election, we set about revising our campaigning plans for the new political situation in Westminster. As with...

ERS Annual report 2020

Building a better democracy – 2020 and the Electoral Reform Society

It’s hard to think of a more troubling year in living memory. But the public health crisis has, perhaps counter-intuitively,...

Britain’s voter registration system is leaving millions on the sidelines

They’ve been called the ‘missing millions’: over 9 million eligible people in Great Britain are currently not on the electoral roll.  

ERS online meeting

2020 Conference and AGM

The 2020 online conference featured a presentation and Q&A session on the Society’s work in 2020, followed by a keynote...

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ERS in the Press – July 2020

Another Lords scandal, fighting for fair votes, and a spotlight on foreign interference: highlights from the ERS' campaigning in July....

House of Lords

Nearly 200,000 sign petition calling for the unelected House of Lords to be overhauled

The Prime Minister is set to pack the House of Lords with yet more unelected peers. And discontent is growing. 

Why we’re calling for Labour to join others in backing proportional representation

"The need for a wholesale renewal of our democracy is now more urgent than ever."

Welsh civil society launches ‘democracy manifesto’ for 2021 Senedd elections

Civil society groups led by ERS Cymru have launched their ‘democracy asks’ for the 2021 Welsh Senedd elections, throwing down...

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ERS in the Press – May 2020

See what we've been up to this month.

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ERS in the Press – April 2020

Here's what we got up to last month.