Policy and Reporting
AEA Issues Papers
AEA Reports
Consultations and responses
- 16th February 2012: AEA response to Electoral Commission consultation on the neighbourhood planning referendum question
- 9th February 2012: AEA statement on the Government's response to Individual Electoral Registration pre-legislative scrutiny
- February 2012: AEA response to the Electoral Commission's Issues Paper on the timing of election counts
- November 2011: AEA response to the Political and Constitutional Reform Committee's Tenth Report on Individual Electoral Registration and Electoral Administration
- October 2011: AEA's formal response to the UK Government’s White Paper: Individual Electoral Registration
- October 2011: AEA's formal response to the consultation by the Electoral Commission on draft performance standards for Returning Officers in Great Britain
- October 2011: AEA Scotland & Northern Ireland Branch response to consultation on Crofting Elections Draft Regulations
- October 2011: AEA Scotland & Northern Ireland Branch response to consultation on Crofting Elections Draft Regulations - Respondent Information
- September 2011: AEA's formal response to the Political and Constitutional Reform Committee's invitation for views on the proposals published in the UK Government's White Paper on Individual Electoral Registration
- March 2011: AEA response to the Cabinet Office request for views on specific provisions of UK electoral legislation requiring amendment
- December 2010: AEA's formal response to the Local Government Boundary Commission for England consultation paper on policy and procedures for principal area boundary reviews
- December 2010: AEA's formal response to the Local Government Boundary Commission for England consultation paper on policy and procedures for electoral reviews
- November 2010: AEA's formal response to the invitation by the Chief Counting Officer to interested stakeholders to submit views on the timing of the count for the proposed referendum on the voting system for UK Parliamentary elections
- October 2010: Joint response from the The Interim Electoral Management Board for Scotland to the Scottish Government's consultation on the administration of future elections in Scotland, endorsed by SOLACE (Scotland), SOLAR, AEA (Scotland & Northern Ireland Branch) and the Scottish Assessors Association
- September 2010: AEA's formal response to the Scottish Affairs Committee's invitation for views on the proposal to hold the referendum on whether to move to the alternative vote system for UK Parliamentary elections (as published in the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill) on the same date as the scheduled elections to the Scottish Parliament - the response contains the separate response of the Scotland & Northern Branch as an Appendix
- September 2010: AEA's formal response to the Electoral Commission consultation on the Draft Single Equality Scheme 2010-2013
- September 2010: Department of Communities and Local Government - Code of Recommended Practice on Local Authority Publicity
- September 2010 - AEA's formal response to the Welsh Affairs Committee's invitation for views on the proposals for constitutional reform published in the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill and the Fixed-term Parliaments Bill
- September 2010 - AEA's formal response to the Home Office consultation "Policing in the 21st century: reconnecting police and the people"
- September 2010 - AEA's formal response to the consultation by the Department for Communities and Local Government on the proposal to allow local referendums to veto excessive council tax increases
- September 2010 - AEA comments on the proposals published in the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill and the Fixed-term Parliaments Bill
- September 2010 - AEA's formal response to the Political and Constitutional Reform Committee's invitation for views on the proposals published in the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill and the Fixed-term Parliaments Bill
- August 2010 - AEA formal response to the Electoral Commission consultation on the intelligibility of the referendum question
- August 2010 - AEA Issues Paper 1: Possible postponement of the polls at the parish/town council elections scheduled for 5 May 2011
- July 2010 - Call for Evidence on the data protection legislative framework (MoJ)
- July 2010 - Communities and Local Government consultation - Local referendums to veto excessive council tax increases
- July 2010 - Home Office consultation - Policing in the 21st century: reconnecting police and the people
- June 2010 - Response to the Electoral Commission consultation on draft standards for Counting Officers
- May 2010 - Joint response by the Association of Electoral Administrators and the Scottish Assessors Association to the Scottish Government Consultation on the Draft Referendum (Scotland) Bill
- February 2010 - Formal response to the consultation paper on the proposed changes to the edited register
- September 2009 - Response to the MoJ consultation on the voting rights of convicted prisoners detained within the UK
- September 2009 - MoJ consultation on the voting rights of convicted prisoners detained within the UK
- March 2009 - Response to the DCLG consultation on directly elected mayors
- January 2009 - Response to the MoJ consultation on publication of candidates' addresses at UK Parliamentary elections
- January 2009 - Response to the Youth Citizenship Commission's consultation on lowering the voting age
- December 2008 - Response to the Electoral Commission consultation paper on Performance Standards for Returning Officers in Great Britain
- September 2008 - Response to consultation on weekend voting
- September 2008 - Joint Response to request for views on the Health Boards (Membership and Elections)(Scotland) Bill
- September 2008 - Joint Response to consultation on storage and inspection of election records and documents for Scottish and UK Parliaments
- September 2008 - Response of the Scotland & Northern Ireland Branch to consultation on Scottish devolution
- August 2008 - Response to DCLG consultation on moving the date of English local government elections to the 4th June 2009
- June 2008 - Response to Electoral Commission consultation on performance standards for EROs in Great Britain
- June 2008 - Response to Electoral Commission consultation on registration of political party descriptions
- May 2008 - Response to Electoral Commission issues paper Examination of the structure of electoral administration in the United Kingdom
- March 2008 - Response to Scottish Office consultation Sorting the Ballot
- February 2008 - AEA response to consultation on the use and sharing of personal information in the public and private sectors
- February 2008 - AEA response to consultation on CORE/Data standards
- December 2007 - Joint response of AEA (Scotland & Northern Ireland Branch), SOLACE and SOLAR to the Gould Report - endorsed by the AEA nationally
- December 2007 - AEA response to consultation on developing performance indicators for elections and referendums
- October 2007 - AEA response to consultation on fees for marked registers
- September 2007 - AEA response to consultation on implementation of proposals for Unitary Local Government
- June 2007 - AEA response to consultation on proposals for future unitary structures
- April 2007 - AEA response to the Committee on Standards in Public Life Review of the Electoral Commission
- January 2007 - AEA response to the DCA consultation on voting rights of convicted prisoners
- January 2007 - AEA response to the Electoral Commission's consultation on development of performance indicators
- October 2006 - AEA response to the Electoral Commission's Consultation Paper "Electoral observation at United Kingdom Elections"
- October 2006 - Paper on Postal Voting Personal Identifiers submitted to the Minister
- August 2006- DCA report on its consultation paper 'Electoral Registers: Proposed changes to Representation of the People Regulations'
- August 2006 - Scotland Branch response to Ballot Paper Design Consultation
- June 2006 - Scotland Office Consultation Paper on Ballot Paper Design
- May 2006 - AEA response to the review of the electoral Commission by the Commitee on Standards in Public Life
- February 2006 - AEA response to the consultation on CORE
- November 2005 - AEA response to the consultation on PERs
- October 2005- AEA response to the below Electoral Commission consultation
- August 2005 - Electoral Commission Consultation Paper - Review of recounts at elections to Scottish Parliamentary regions
- June 2005 - AEA response to DCA Consultation Paper on Electoral Administration
- April 2005 - AEA (Scottish Branch) and Scottish Assessors’ Association Joint Response to Inquiry into Boundaries, Voting and Representation in Scotland
- January 2005- AEA Response to the Electoral Commission Issues Paper on the new foundation model for voting
- August 2004 - AEA Response to ODPM consultation on new BVPI
- August 2004 - AEA Response to CORE consultation
- February 2004 - AEA response to consultation on combining regional and local referendums
- January 2004 - AEA response to EC Consultation on Cycle of Elections
- January 2004 - AEA Scottish Branch evidence re: Local Governance (Scotland) Bill
- December 2003 - AEA response to consultation on combined elections
- November 2003 - AEA response to EC consultation on location of electoral pilots
- November 2003 - AEA response to consultation on pilots at combined Euro and local elections
- October 2003 - AEA response to consultation on minimum age of voting and candidacy
- September 2003 - AEA comments on Draft Conduct of Referendums Order
- August 2003 - AEA comments on the EC Report "Voting for Change"
Other reports
- British Academy Policy Centre - Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill 2010: 'Drawing a New Constituency Map for the UK'
- Electoral Commission: Annual Report 2009-2010
- Electoral Commission: Parliamentary General Election 2010 - Full results
- Electoral Commission: Parliamentary General Election 2010 - Votes cast
- Electoral Commission: Parliamentary General Election 2010 - Turnout data
- LGC Elections Centre: The 2010 General Election: aspects of participation and administration
- UK Government: Response to Reports on the Administration of the 2010 UK Parliamentary General Election