4 Mar 2020
Government Business – Lawyers are assessing the possibility of delaying the local authority, mayoral and police and crime commissioner elections in May because of the coronavirus threat.
Read more4 Mar 2020
Local Government Chronicle – Contingency plans are being drawn up in the event that coronavirus continues to spread rapidly and local government elections have to be postponed
Read more3 Mar 2020
The Guardian – Government lawyers are assessing the possibility of delaying the local authority, mayoral and police and crime commissioner elections in May if the coronavirus outbreak continues to escalate, the Guardian can disclose.
Read more30 Jul 2019
Electoral Reform Society – Local democracy in England and Wales has long been under strain – with contests often seeing dismally low turnout, or indeed no contest taking place at all. But new research from the ERS adds fresh cause for concern.
Read more24 May 2019
They Work For You – To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate his Department has made of the (a) number of voters and (b) proportion of the electorate that were turned away in areas taking part in voter ID trials during the local elections.
Read more23 May 2019
They Work For You – What assessment she has made of the effect of the results of the recent local elections on the political situation in Northern Ireland.
Read more15 May 2019
Electoral Reform Society – On 2 May, thousands of people were elected to serve as councillors in local authorities across England. While a lot of attention has been given to the overall performances of political parties and independent candidates, little scrutiny has been given to some of the unfair and perverse results caused by the voting system […]
Read more18 Apr 2019
The Local Democracy Think Tank – LGiU’s Alice Buszard has been gathering information about all the local elections taking place in England this year – and as she recounts here, it is not a simple task.
Read more8 Apr 2019
Electoral Commission blog: Voters in Northern Ireland go the polls on 2 May for the local council elections. Everyone involved in elections wants to ensure that voters are able to have their say with confidence.
Read more18 Mar 2019
The Local Democracy Think Tank – Three quarters of English councils have elections in May – so what better time to give the tyres of our local democracy a kick? From the basics of publishing candidate names and polling station locations, to stamping out fake news in political discourse, we explore the ways councils can […]
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