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Parliament can make or remove any law with a simple majority vote

What does a super-majority mean and is it...

In the last week, the current defence secretary, Grant Shapps,...

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Keir Starmer

Labour manifesto: Encouraging first steps – but we...

This week we had startling and deeply concerning news about...

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Rishi Sunak

Conservative manifesto: Missing pledges to improve our democracy

The launch of the Conservative manifesto yesterday was conspicuously light...

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Were you alive the last time your seat changed hands

Over 100 seats haven’t changed hands for 100...

We often hear that politics is unpredictable, that anything can...

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16 and 17 year olds already have the vote in devolved elections in Scotland and Wales

Could this be the last general election that...

At the Electoral Reform Society, we have long been advocates...

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Did eight Conservative Police and Crime Commissioners win due to voting change

Imposing First Past the Post on these roles...

The recent mayoral and Police and Crime Commissioner elections took...

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74 councillors in Wales took their seats without a vote being cast

First Past the Post means 100,000 Welsh voters...

Local elections are an important part of democracy in Wales....

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Hi Tech robot working at a computer

Four steps to protect our elections from AI...

I recently co-signed a letter with a host of leading...

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This election lowered the bar for politicians and raised it for voters

Local elections: A third of the vote shouldn’t...

The local and mayoral elections saw the corrosive impact First...

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When the results don’t look anything like how we vote, how are we supposed to hold councils to account

England’s local elections show the warped world of...

Local people are best placed to decide the priorities of...

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These reports throw into sharp relief the daft and inexplicable inconsistencies that voter ID rules are riddled with

While Boris Johnson could come back with ID,...

News that former Prime Minister Boris Johnson was turned away...

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These changes Lower the bar for politicians and raising it for voters

Voters are being treated as guinea pigs in...

Today, the 2nd May, millions of voters will head to...

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