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The proposals could disenfranchise voters on an industrial scale
Voter ID

Voter ID: Thousands tell the government: “Hands off our vote”

Over 50,000 people have now signed the Electoral Reform Society’s petition urging ministers to scrap plans to impose mandatory voter...

Polling Station
Electoral Reform in Westminster

Barriers to entry: How do electoral thresholds work?

A common feature of many Party List PR systems is an electoral threshold – a pre-set bar that parties have...

Constitutional Convention

A People Powered Response to the Climate Crisis (SNP Conference)

We are facing a climate crisis, to find solutions that work for people across Scotland we need to change the...

Labour for a New Democracy

Labour for a New Democracy – Where next for Labour and PR? (Labour Conference)

Join Labour for a New Democracy and Labour Campaign for Electoral Reform for Where next for Labour and PR? There’s...

Second Best – Does Labour need to work with other parties to win power? (Labour Conference)

August 31, 2021

Join the Electoral Reform Society and the Fabians to discuss if Labour needs to work with other parties to win...

Labour for a New Democracy

Labour 4 PR Rally (L4ND – Labour Conference)

Join Labour for a New Democracy for the big event of conference: The #Labour4PR Rally! They’ll be joined by an...

Politics for the Many

Has First Past the Post worked for workers? (TUC Congress)

Join Politics for the Many, the trade union campaign for political reform at TUC Congress. The powerful levers of the...

It is clearer than ever that First Past the Post for UK general elections is an outdated anomaly
Devolution

How do Westminster election results compare to those of devolved institutions?

This May, the sixth set of elections took place for each of the devolved institutions in the nations of Britain...

The Supplementary Vote means politicians need a wider base of support
Electoral Reform in Westminster

Analysis: Police and Crime Commissioners and the Supplementary Vote

The re-run of May’s Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) election in Wiltshire and Swindon takes place on the 19th August,...

William Murphy Irish STV ballots
Electoral Reform in Westminster

Which votes get transferred with the Single Transferable Vote?

The first meetings of the Electoral Reform Society, then known as the Proportional Representation Society, quickly settled on the Single...

Electoral Reform in Westminster

Baroness Randerson on working together, Westminster’s weakness, and ‘recasting’ democracy

August 12, 2021

Baroness Jenny Randerson speaks to Josiah Mortimer about reforming the Welsh and UK electoral systems and the future of devolution.

Welsh Voter ID
ERS Cymru

Welsh youth will be the collateral of Westminster’s voter ID laws

The Queen’s Speech on the 17th May outlined the UK Government’s plans to implement Voter ID in UK elections.