Key workers urged to stand as local councillors
27 Aug 2020
LocalGov: Labour has urged key workers to stand as councillors in next year’s local elections.
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Local Elections
29 Apr 2020
They Work For You – What discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the effect of the delay to local elections in Buckinghamshire on regional democratic representation.
Read moreLocal elections could be delayed by coronavirus outbreak
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 moreOfficials begin discussions on coronavirus local elections delay
4 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 moreLocal elections could be delayed by coronavirus outbreak
3 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 moreLocal elections: How voters in England were cheated by a broken voting system
30 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 moreLocal Government: Elections
24 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 moreLocal Elections
23 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 moreEngland’s 2019 local elections – The places where around half of voters go unrepresented
15 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 moreThrough the local elections maze
18 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.
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