The Reformer

All Around the World Case Study Current Affairs Commentary Developments at the ERS ERS Cymru ERS Northern Ireland ERS Report Launch ERS Scotland Your Questions Answered
Voters shouldn’t have to change their behaviour to work around first past the post’s failings

What is tactical voting and why is it...

In a Westminster election, tactical voting takes place when a...

Current Affairs Commentary
Hung parliaments aren't the problem Westminsters broken system is

What is a hung parliament?

Across the country, a total of 650 Members of Parliament...

Current Affairs Commentary
Most voters end up being represented by an MP they didn’t vote for

Three issues that need tackling this General Election

Let’s use this election as a chance to re-build democracy...

Current Affairs Commentary
We need emergency legislation to close the electoral loopholes

Could social media warp the next General Election?

Facebook recently triggered a major public debate by changing its...

Current Affairs Commentary

Scotland’s Citizens’ Assembly: What can it do to...

This piece is a guest post from Conor Black. Conor...

Current Affairs Commentary
It’s time to move to a voting system fit for the 21st century

Why our next General Election will be an...

Over the past century, our society and democracy have been...

Current Affairs Commentary

Dark ads and dodgy donors: How the Queen’s...

There was a conspicuous silence in the Queen’s Speech on...

Current Affairs Commentary

In Wales, votes at 16 is one step...

As the Welsh Assembly takes a historic step towards extending...

Current Affairs Commentary

Voter ID checks threaten to suppress voter rights...

The Windrush scandal showed what can happen when millions of...

Current Affairs Commentary
Tiny shifts in votes can upset an avalanche of seats, with no relation between the national vote and number of seats won

The movement for an overhaul of Britain’s broken...

On Sunday, former Brexit Secretary David Davis wrote an important...

Current Affairs Commentary
The gentlemen’s agreements that have propped up how Parliament works have totally broken down

Campaigners are stepping up calls for a ‘Constitutional...

Whichever side of the Brexit debate people are on, one...

Current Affairs Commentary

There’s a glaring threat facing the next General...

You don’t have to opt in to your right to...

Current Affairs Commentary