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electoral reform

October 22, 2019

Almost a quarter of voters plan to vote tactically in general election, poll finds

The UK remains the only country in Europe to use First Past the Post for its main elections: a system in which only one candidate wins in each area, and all other votes go to waste.
May 9, 2018

Planned changes to electoral system 'risk further weakening democracy'

Using the shifting population of registered voters to define constituency boundaries excludes millions who are eligible to vote but have not yet registered.
April 17, 2018

Trade unionists demand reform of ‘rigged’ Westminster voting system

Trade unionists say proportional representation is linked to greater economic equality and better social outcomes.
January 29, 2018

UK government must follow Wales and Scotland in backing ‘fairer franchise’, say campaigners

The Electoral Reform Society have called on Westminster to back a ‘fair franchise’ and give 16 and 17 year olds the vote for all elections in the UK ahead of Welsh Government plans to back votes at 16.
August 21, 2017

Electoral Reform Society publish definitive report on June general election

The instability of Westminster's supposedly 'strong and stable' voting system has been laid bare, according to extensive new research by the Electoral Reform Society.
April 18, 2017

Report shows new Combined Authorities risk being ‘preserve of men’

English devolution risks becoming a "plaything of the old boys' club", according to a new report from the Electoral Reform Society.
March 30, 2012

Muslims and Christians in Cameroon support electoral reform

A group of Muslim and Christian leaders have been to see the president of the elections governing body, calling for an end to manipulative practices.
June 30, 2011

Malaysian pro-reform activists detained

Malaysian authorities are arbitrarily arresting and detaining scores of peaceful electoral reform protesters, say Amnesty International.
May 9, 2011

Time for a bolder vision of our democratic future

There can be no one who voted or campaigned for the Alternative Vote who believed it to be anything other than a first step towards full reform of the electoral system. Initially, Nick Clegg's petulant description of it as a “miserable little compromise” seemed an example of the perfect being permitted to become the enemy of the possible. However, it now seems that the pursuit of incremental change may have turned out to be a mistake.
May 5, 2011

Taking the No campaign to its logical conclusion

The main arguments used by the 'No to AV' campaign are, if taken to their logical conclusion, arguments against democracy. Every one of their leading arguments could be used an argument against holding elections at all.