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Unite Policy Conference voted to support Proportional Representation in Westminster
Electoral Reform in Westminster

Unite’s vote to oppose First Past the Post is an important shift in campaign for fair votes

Unite members have voted to oppose Westminster’s First Past the Post electoral system, pledging support for moves towards a new...

The government should pause and think again about this legislation
Voter ID

Expensive Voter ID scheme is neither necessary nor proportionate

The UK government’s Election Bill containing controversial Voter ID provisions is progressing with haste through parliament this month, despite significant...

Englishness

Englishness: The Political Force Transforming Britain

Tuesday 9th November 6-7pm, Zoom #ERSMembersTalks We’re delighted to be joined by Ailsa Henderson and Richard Wyn Jones to discuss...

Welsh Polling station

Democracy Group Cymru

Previously the Election Engagement Working Group (EEWG)

Labour Conference Fringe
Electoral Reform in Westminster

“The future is going to be negotiated, not dictated”: Labour figures speak out for PR

Across the country – and increasingly within the Labour party – people are realising that Westminster's rotten system skews not...

The Holyrood Government is right to oppose it and should hold firm
Voter ID

Scottish Government refuses to recommend consent for 2022 Elections Bill

The Scottish government is standing up to Westminster on legislation that would see voter ID imposed on UK elections held...

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...

ERS online meeting

2021 Conference and AGM

The conference featured a presentation and Q&A session on the Society’s work in 2021, followed by keynote speeches from Dr...

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...