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A small change has the potential to make a big difference to Australian elections

In 1918, a seemingly ordinary by-election in the Australian electoral division of Swan changed Australian federal politics forever. The conservatives...

Trump

How close was Trump to winning the election?

Just before the 2020 US Presidential election, we asked the question ‘could Trump win the Presidency and lose the popular...

The new Lords could end up costing taxpayers as much as £728,688 a year

Here’s how much the PM’s new unelected Lords could cost us

The House of Lords was already bursting at the seams, but the latest batch of appointments from the Prime Minister...

The government must be more transparent in what is meant by harmful content

Is the government’s Online Harms Bill fit for purpose?

By Akash Thiara, a Placement Student with the Electoral Reform Society from the University of Nottingham. After a long delay,...

Constitutional Convention

Scottish House of Citizens

The Citizens' Assembly of Scotland proposed an idea that could ensure all of Scotland is reflected in Holyrood - a...

House of Lords

Replace Lords with a senate of the regions to help ‘level up’

Overhauling Parliament’s London-dominated second chamber would help empower the UK’s nations and regions, writes a senior director at the Electoral...

Labour MPs call on party in Westminster to back electoral reform after Wales’ Senedd backs change

Labour MPs from across the party have called on the leadership to back reform to Westminster’s ‘broken voting system’ after...

What we’ve learnt about the government’s ‘Democracy Commission’

By Akash Thiara, a Placement Student with the Electoral Reform Society from the University of Nottingham. It has been a...

77.9% said that looking at the electoral system should be a priority

Shock Parliamentary survey results highlights calls for electoral reform

By Akash Thiara, a Placement Student with the Electoral Reform Society from the University of Nottingham. A survey conducted by...

It’s time to put deliberation at the heart of Scottish politics

Last Saturday the final session of the Citizen’s Assembly of Scotland concluded. The assembly, the largest deliberative event in Scotland’s...

YouGov study reveals the stark levels of discontent with Westminster

By Akash Thiara, a Placement Student with the Electoral Reform Society from the University of Nottingham. Last week, polling firm...

One year on from the General Election: What we’ve learnt about Westminster’s warped voting system

A year ago this Saturday, the polls opened on the first December election for over ninety years. At the time...