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Restoring the fairer system will strengthen our democracy
Electoral Reform in Westminster

Government decision to restore Supplementary Vote system elections is a big win for voters

Today we can celebrate a big win in the fight for a fairer democracy. The government has announced in its...

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Electoral Reform in Westminster

Fairer results and real representation: 25 years of PR on the London Assembly

Today marks 25 years since the London Assembly was formally launched. This means, a quarter of a century ago, the...

Electoral Reform in Westminster

The government are introducing a new bill to reform elections – here’s what we want to see

One year on from the General Election and we are eagerly awaiting the government’s Elections Bill, expected to be tabled...

Electoral Reform in Westminster

One year on from the General Election, the case for fair votes is stronger than ever

The fourth of July marks one year since the General Election of 2024. That election saw the most disproportional outcome...

A quarter of a million voice. One clear message. It's time to finish the job on Lords reform.
House of Lords

A quarter of a million voices are calling for House of Lords reform

We have hit a significant milestone in our campaign to reform the House of Lords: over a quarter of a...

“60% of the British public support proportional representation”
Electoral Reform in Westminster

Support for proportional representation hits record high according to new research

The National Centre for Social Research (NatCen) has, this week, published the latest findings from their British Social Attitudes (BSA)...

research shows that the Voter ID requirement deterred and effectively disenfranchised an estimated 10,571 potential voters
Voter ID

New research on the chilling effect of voter ID published

New research published last month by Dr Tom Barton at Kings College London shows the potential detrimental effect of new...

With growing support for more parties, voters are demanding more choice
Electoral Reform in Westminster

Why are our mayors winning on less than 30% of the vote?

This past week’s mayoral elections marked a worrying milestone for democracy in England. For the first time ever, two combined...

The two party system is coming under pressure in a way not seen for a generation
Electoral Reform in Westminster

The end of the two-party system? What the experts are saying about the 2025 local elections

Since the votes cast in the local elections were counted on Friday there has been extensive debate among experts and...

Mayors could be elected with the backing of fewer than 30 percent of voters
Local democracy

Are we going to see Mayors elected with even lower levels of public support in 2025?

Four Combined Authority mayors will be elected on 1 May 2025, but changes to the rules could see mayors taking...

There is a business-as-usual ‘jobs for mates’ approach at Westminster
House of Lords

Rishi Sunak’s resignation peerages will do nothing to help collapsing trust in politics

Ten months after the last government ended, it is still able to stuff yet more peers into the grossly oversized...

Automatic voter registration could have a huge impact on the number of people who vote
Voter Registration

Friday 11th April should be the last time electors had to actively register to vote

The deadline to register to vote in the local elections on 1 May was 11 April. Last February we estimated...