A common feature of many Party List PR systems is an electoral threshold – a pre-set bar that parties have...
The first meetings of the Electoral Reform Society, then known as the Proportional Representation Society, quickly settled on the Single...
The first meetings of the Proportional Representation Society quickly attracted many leading lights of the Victorian age – including Lewis...
Looking at just Party List systems in western Europe, there is a lot of variation.
By looking at the experiences of similar countries and the devolved governments, we can see which kinds of party system...
On May 6, more than 2 million voters will be called to elect their 60 representatives in the Senedd /...
This May, millions of Londoners will go to the polls to vote for the Mayor and the London Assembly. The...
On May 6, one year after elections were supposed to be held, more than six million Londoners will be called...
A little-known non-departmental public body, the House of Lords Appointments Commission (HOLAC), has recently been thrust into the spotlight, following...
Westminster's voting system hurts voters. Here's how.
The Electoral Commission is an independent body established in 2001. Its mandate is limited by what is set out in...
Lots of people think the way we vote in the UK isn’t fair. They want something called proportional representation. But...