The Reformer

Imposing first past the post

The Conservatives just pledged to take our democracy back decades

Yesterday Theresa May launched the Conservatives’ manifesto. There was a lot of talk about ‘moving forwards’. But one pledge stuck...

attainers

The drop in attainers on the electoral roll should worry us all

With a week to go before the cut off for registering to vote for the general election on June 8th,...

‘Progressive alliances’ shouldn’t be necessary: they’re product of a broken voting system

There’s a lot of talk about June 8th being the ‘tactical voting’ election. This past couple of weeks we’ve seen the...

The next government must extend votes at 16 beyond Scotland

You might not have realised, but on Thursday, thousands of 16 and 17 year olds trekked to polling stations across...

Graphic of women

Where are the women in May’s local election?

Since the Prime Minister’s unexpected announcement of a General Election last week there’s been little time to talk of anything...

Motor Voters

Deadline Day: Our Voter Registration System Needs An Overhaul

On the evening of the 7th June last year – just a couple of weeks before the EU referendum – the...

Polling Station Sign on the floor

A month before polling day, nearly 100 candidates in Wales have already won

Voting is an essential part of democratic life – from Mayoral contests to Westminster elections. Yet in an alarming number...

House of Lords

Enough is enough – it’s time for a full review of Lords’ expenses

It seems that each new batch of expenses from the House of Lords is yet another scandal. This weekend we...

We’ll need more AMs to deal with Brexit

If there was a ‘word cloud’ of popular news topics over the last twelve months then ‘Brexit’ would be front,...

Senedd Cymru Welsh Parliament

The Brexit deficit

If there was a ‘word cloud’ of popular news topics over the last twelve months then ‘Brexit’ would be front,...

You Did It! Parliament to Debate Fair Votes

We did it: petition for PR hits 100,000 signatures

We did it. The petition to introduce real Proportional Representation for Westminster has hit its target of 100,000 – with...

Cyfnod Newydd i ERS Cymru

Wrth iddi ymuno â ERS Cymru, mae Jess Blair yn nodi’r heriau a’r cyfleoedd i ddyfnhau democratiaeth Cymru Yn ystod...