The Reformer

Outside of Westminster, most ways of electing parliaments and assemblies don’t involve wasting so many votes.

Where is proportional representation used in the UK?

Westminster’s voting system is well and truly broken. The system with which we elect our MPs is struggling to produce...

Constitutional Convention

Aberdeen: What is Scotland’s Citizens’ Assembly?

On the 26th and 27th October 100 of Scotland’s citizens met to begin the six-month process of deliberating on the...

Could social media warp the next General Election?

Facebook recently triggered a major public debate by changing its rules on posts by political campaigners. Previously these had been...

Canadian Election

Canada’s election: Last call for First Past the Post?

It looks like Justin Trudeau has narrowly secured his second term as Canada’s Prime Minister. But his party lost out...

Hands up voting

Meet the new ERS Council

After a well-contested election, the Electoral Reform Society have a new Council to govern the Society for the next two...

Scotland’s Citizens’ Assembly: What can it do to be a success?

This piece is a guest post from Conor Black. Conor is a former student of the University of Glasgow who...

It’s time to move to a voting system fit for the 21st century

Why our next General Election will be an unfair lottery

Over the past century, our society and democracy have been transformed almost beyond recognition. As voting habits have changed, one...

Dark ads and dodgy donors: How the Queen’s Speech missed a chance to protect our democracy

There was a conspicuous silence in the Queen’s Speech on Monday. Despite announcing a bill to protect ‘electoral integrity’ (by...

In Wales, votes at 16 is one step closer to reality

As the Welsh Assembly takes a historic step towards extending voting to 16 and 17-year-olds in Wales, Daniel Priestley – Law...

Voter ID checks threaten to suppress voter rights ‘on industrial scale’

The Windrush scandal showed what can happen when millions of people who lack ID are shut out by Government. But the...

The movement for an overhaul of Britain’s broken constitution is growing

On Sunday, former Brexit Secretary David Davis wrote an important piece in the Times arguing that ‘Brexit is the writing...

Campaigners are stepping up calls for a ‘Constitutional Convention’ on Britain’s democracy

Whichever side of the Brexit debate people are on, one feeling is clear: voters feel disenfranchised and frustrated at Westminster’s...