The Reformer

Britain is changing, so should our electoral system

So, the Conservatives and DUP have agreed a deal. Despite the two previous elections failing to secure a ‘strong and...

The Senedd

Making the Senedd Work for Voters

The Senedd must review the new voting system

Democracy Max: A Vision for a Good Scottish Democracy

Democracy Max sought to create a non-partisan space where those with different views could debate and discuss ideas about our...

‘Strong and stable’? Westminster’s voting system is anything but

Voters won’t be bossed about – perhaps that’s the first lesson we should take from the election. From voting for...

3rd Strike FPTP's out

First Past the Post’s Third Strike

We’ve heard it time and time again in different forms: First Past the Post is ‘strong and stable’. It seems...

Multi-party system

Scotland’s multi-party system can never be represented by First Past the Post

At the close of the polls on Thursday, people in Scotland will have faced 10 opportunities to vote in the...

minority Governments

The scourge of tactical voting

A fifth of voters feel unable to back the party they most support this election, according to polling for the...

Motor Voters

Closing the registration generation gap

Young voters are in the spotlight this election. Significant gaps in current polling have been explained by differences in how...

Online campaigning is a wild west – it’s time we knew what parties were up to

If 2015 was the digital election, this one is more specifically the Facebook election. With the big money rolling into the social...

Graphic of women

Diversity deserts: 7.5m people can’t vote for a woman this election

There’s good news and bad news when it comes to women’s representation this election. The good news is this: analysis...

Imposing first past the post

The Conservatives just pledged to take our democracy back decades

Yesterday Theresa May launched the Conservatives’ manifesto. There was a lot of talk about ‘moving forwards’. But one pledge stuck...

Canadian Election

Electoral reform returns to the agenda in British Columbia

British Columbia, Canada’s most Western province, has often been the site of electoral reform intrigue. In the run-up to the...