The Reformer

2022 at the ERS: Getting our issues in the Press

Each year we write an Annual Report which looks back at our achievements across the last 12 months, and explains...

2022 at the ERS: Our major milestones and achievements

Each year we write an Annual Report which looks back at our achievements across the last 12 months, and explains...

2022 at the ERS: Our year campaigning for change

Each year we write an Annual Report which looks back at our achievements across the last 12 months, and explains...

Driving Licence Voter ID

Voter ID that you can use in UK elections – and how to get it

All voters now need to bring a form of photographic identification to vote. The government has now confirmed in secondary...

Welsh Polling station

Re-invigorating Local Democracy in Wales

Make Welsh local politics work for people.

Time for Change The 2022 Welsh Local Elections and the Case for STV

The 2022 Welsh Local Elections and the case for STV

On May 5th 2022 voters went to the polls in Wales to elect councillors for all 22 local authorities. These...

Oyster cards

Voter ID list gives few options for younger voters

Long-awaited details of the government’s voter ID scheme have now finally been released including details of which IDs will be...

The State of Scottish Democracy Lecture

Don’t miss one of Scotland’s leading political experts in new annual lecture

ERS Scotland is hosting the inaugural State of Scottish Democracy lecture next week. The event takes place on Thursday 17th...

Major American cities adopt Proportional Representation

A wave of cities across the United States switch to fair voting systems

This week’s big electoral story is America’s midterm elections and the failure of the predicted ‘Red Wave’ to materialise. However,...

The Alternative Vote and the proportional Single Transferable Vote are used across Australia

How do elections work in the Australian states?

Six months after choosing a new federal parliament, voters in the key Australian state of Victoria will be returning to...

The DUP and Sinn Fein have to form a government together

Why does the Northern Ireland Assembly keep collapsing?

In 1998, the Good Friday Agreement, also known as the Belfast Agreement, was reached by multi-party consensus to bring an...

Infrastructure and Projects Authority Successful delivery of the project appears to be unachievable

We’re calling for an inquiry into failing voter ID implementation

Long before the Elections Act was passed last year, we warned about the issues that implementing photographic voter ID requirements...