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ERS in the Press – January 2020

Following December’s General Election we have continued to make the...

Current Affairs Commentary
In a competitive election, candidates need to up their game

Ireland’s TV debates show the difference the electoral...

On Tuesday the 4th February, ITV’s political editor Robert Peston...

Case Study
Keir Starmer Portrait

Keir Starmer: “We’ve got to address the fact...

Keir Starmer’s backing of electoral reform puts democracy at the...

Current Affairs Commentary
The broken Westminster system is at the root of this dissatisfaction

People are rightly losing faith in politics, it’s...

A new report by the recently established Centre for the...

Current Affairs Commentary
Parties and third-party campaigners spent around £5.9 million on Facebook

Britain’s campaign laws leave our elections open to...

December’s election was the third Westminster election in four years....

Current Affairs Commentary
A generation in England and Northern Ireland are being left behind

England, give young people the vote like your...

If you were a 16 or 17-year-old is Scotland, you...

Current Affairs Commentary
Labour Hustings

What we learnt from the ERS / Open...

Labour’s leadership candidates backed a range of constitutional reforms at...

Current Affairs Commentary

Italian far-right fail to bring in First Past...

On Thursday last week, Italy’s Constitutional Court rejected a request...

Around the World
Welsh Polling station

The campaign for a fairer franchise just secured...

16 and 17 year olds in Wales have officially secured...

ERS Cymru
Because of the AV system voters won’t need to vote tactically

How do Labour Party leadership elections work?

The Labour Party leadership election formally kicked off this week...

Current Affairs Commentary
A 1% increase in the Conservatives’ vote share led to a landslide

9 things you need to know about the...

You probably heard a lot about the number of seats...

Current Affairs Commentary
Most read blogs of 2019

ERS in the Press: 2019’s electoral reform news...

As the year draws to a close, here’s a snapshot...

Developments at the ERS