During the first half of 2019, party affiliation among the British electorate became more fragmented and volatile than ever before....
Electoral Reform Society Chief Executive Darren Hughes spoke with Lib Dem leadership candidate Ed Davey Darren Hughes: Ed, thank you...
Our Chief Executive Darren Hughes interviewed Liberal Democrat Leadership hopeful Jo Swinson on her democratic priorities. Darren Hughes: Let’s kick...
Last week, the House of Commons Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) committee published its response to the government’s Online...
It’s clear that there is a growing appetite for a new kind of democracy, after hundreds gathered on Monday evening...
Next Monday, the firing gun will be started on the Scottish Government’s plans for a ‘Citizens’ Assembly of Scotland’. Hundreds...
Current electoral legislation is not fit for purpose. The core elements of our electoral law date back to Victorian times,...
In our fragile democracy, we need all the opportunities possible to hold public figures to account. So it’s all the...
This piece was originally published by The Times In the current Conservative Party leadership election MPs and party members will...
Last month saw a landmark in the push to overhaul Britain’s dangerously out-dated political campaigns laws. MPs from across the...
In a month that began and ended with elections for local councils and the European Parliament – both of which...
Voters want to shop around more than ever – but they will be calamitously constrained by Westminster’s electoral system, according...