The Reformer

House of Lords

Britain’s democratic farce: This is how the upcoming ‘hereditary by-election’ will work

Last week, there was a rather hushed announcement in parliament: a resignation among the Lords. A peer has decided to retire. No...

Polling Station Sign on the floor

When getting the most votes isn’t enough – England’s 2018 local elections

Last week’s local elections were a textbook lesson in why we need to change the way we elect our local...

Bromley voter ID project

If you didn’t already think the voter ID trial was a mess, you will after reading this

The government’s rationale for its ill-considered Voter ID pilots was to tackle “electoral fraud” – a criminal offence of which...

A new report shows we need urgent action to revive our democracy

For the past fifteen years, the Hansard Society – a thinktank which promotes parliamentary democracy – has published its Audit...

No ID No Entry

Revealed: How mandatory voter ID risks locking out legitimate voters

Representative democracies rely on people being able to participate in free and fair elections. That is why each time an...

What can be drawn from the House of Lords ‘abolition’ petition and other options for reform

The House of Lords is a centuries-old institution of British politics which has outlived many others and which, to this...

Local Elections 2018: Six things your local council decides on

How much do you know about your local council – what it does, how it’s spending the council tax you pay each month, and how you can affect the...

Trade unionists say it’s time to fix Westminster – and build a ‘politics for the many’

Politics for the Many is an alliance of trade unionists who champion political reform – and last week they set...

Why we need real leadership on democratic reform from the next Welsh Labour leader

What was always set to be an interesting Welsh Labour conference this weekend quickly became one for the history books...

Local Elections: Diverse voices are being drowned out by the undemocratic voting system in England and Wales

We are now but two weeks from the 2018 local elections. If you live in London you will have the...

May 3rd 2018

Seven things you need to know about the local elections

Blink and you’ll miss the coverage, but local elections are happening on Thursday 3 May in England.  A lot has changed...

Hungarian Parliament

The birth of Hungary’s Franken-voting system

The three-time two-thirds majority winning political party Fidesz has been able to reshape Hungary’s political institutions because of the 2010...