The Reformer

STV’s Second Outing

In 2007 Scotland began using the Single Transferable Vote (STV)...

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Where are the women in local government?

At first glance, UK local government statistics aren’t exactly the...

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Time to Discuss Local Democracy in Wales

A few weeks ago, Electoral Reform Society Wales gave evidence...

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Police lights

16 days and counting to an election no...

Another day, another disaster. We now hear that £350,000 worth of...

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Politics is too important to be left to...

As the first stage in a yearlong process to imagine...

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Cameron’s broken promise on Women’s representation

Women’s representation in government has always appeared to matter to...

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House of Lords

Lords Reform: A failure for Britain’s political class

And so it’s come to pass. After all the gossip...

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A fair cop for women? Female Police and...

Yesterday, the Labour Party became the first party to finalise its candidates...

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England let down by elections as Scotland leads...

Since Thursday’s local elections we’ve been crunching the numbers. Did...

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Examining the case for directly elected mayors

Does Bristol, Birmingham or Bradford want a Boris? We find...

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140,000 reasons for reform:

Next week voters across 21 of Wales’ 22 unitary authorities...

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Bargaining on equality: a challenge to the trade...

“If we want to see women in positions of power...

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