50 years since fair votes’ defence in Ireland
15 Oct 2018
Electoral Reform Society: This week marks the 50th anniversary of a major event in the Society’s history and the history of the campaign for fair votes.
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DUP deals and the warped world of First Past the Post coalitions
12 Oct 2018
Electoral Reform Society: With news that the Democratic Unionist Party’s 10 MPs are considering voting down the budget over Brexit divisions, the usual arguments are being rolled out about the ‘tail wagging the dog’ during coalitions.
Read moreLabour voters know to get an economy for the many, we’ll need a democratic overhaul
27 Sep 2018
Electoral Reform Society: Since Labour’s Democracy Review was launched last year, the party’s internal structures have been exhaustively debated, picked over, and now amended.
Read moreTUC: A fair society needs equality in Westminster, not just the workplace
21 Sep 2018
Electoral Reform Society: The 150th Anniversary Congress of the TUC was both a celebration of the past – and a chance to look to the future of trade unions in Britain.
Read moreThree things we learnt at Lib Dem Conference
21 Sep 2018
Electoral Reform Society: After spending a long weekend at Liberal Democrat conference, I can confirm that EU berets are firmly in fashion, you should never mention the M (moderate) word in their company and there is nothing they like better than a sing along. Here are the three other things we’ve learned at Liberal Democrat Conference.
Read moreHow can a party lose support but gain seats? The upside-down world of Westminster’s voting system
17 Sep 2018
Electoral Reform Society: What would you expect to happen if a party gained support in a fresh election? Most people would expect them to gain MPs. It seems obvious that a change in popular support should lead to a change in the number of MPs a party gets. Most people assume it happens now…
Read moreInternational Day of Democracy 2018: The changes desperately needed to give a voice to all
17 Sep 2018
Electoral Reform Society: Millions across the globe are celebrating International Day of Democracy, established in the hope of inspiring people to find ways to “invigorate democracy.”
Read moreIt’s not just the boundaries that need reviewing – it’s First Past the Post
12 Sep 2018
Electoral Reform Society: The four national Boundary Commissions have now announced their results. If parliament accepts them, these will be the constituencies that the next general election in 2022 will be fought on.
Read moreBritain’s democratic story is unfinished – let’s write the next chapter
23 Aug 2018
Electoral Reform Society: “What it means to be a truly democratic society remains an ongoing, unfinished, story.” These words conclude the history of voting rights on the website of the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. In the UK, the story could be said to begin in 1832 with the Great Reform Acts, following the rejection of […]
Read moreGovernment figures have revealed the potential cost of voter ID – and it is enormous
17 Aug 2018
Electoral Reform Society: From the get go, the government’s plans to force voters to show ID when voting was a solution looking for a problem, and risked shutting out tens of thousands of voters.
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