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How did the political parties do in October’s polls?

Andy Burnham’s Labour government ticked off another set-piece event during October, the Budget delivered by the new Chancellor, John Healey. Only three of the polls comprising this month’s polling averages were conducted after the Budget,...

Posted 09 Nov 2026

Both Labour and Conservative vote shares are below what they achieved in 2024

The youngest peer has pushed for the public to have say on whether chamber should stay unelected

The debate on how to reform the House of Lords has gone on for many generations. It began before this, but the 1911 Preamble to the Parliament Act commits to replacing the Lords with a...

Posted 29 Oct 2026

Everyone is in favour of it on paper, yet somehow it never becomes a proposal.

The Israeli electoral system is not representative of proportional pepresentation

On 27 October 2026, Israelis will go to the polls to elect the 120 members of their parliament, the Knesset. Like the majority of countries, Israel uses a system of proportional representation to elect their...

Posted 22 Oct 2026

The Israeli system is very rare among the proportional systems used around the world

Former Conservative Mayor Andy Street urges party to embrace electoral reform

Andy Street, the Conservative former mayor of the West Midlands, urged his party to embrace electoral reform to help it broaden its appeal to voters. Speaking at a packed-out Conservative Action for Electoral Reform (CAER)...

Posted 15 Oct 2026

Quarter of a century of fair elections with proportional representation in Britain

Following Andy Burnham’s historic pledge that Labour will have a manifesto commitment to change the First Past The Post (FPTP) electoral system used for UK general elections, it is worth remembering that proportional electoral systems...

Posted 12 Oct 2026

25 years of proportional representation elections in Britain

The Scottish Government’s reforms offers a promising path to stronger local democracy

In recent weeks, The Scottish Government has opened a major debate about the future structure of local government. As part of its recent publication on the issue, the government argues that some councils are “too...

Posted 08 Oct 2026

Scotland’s local democracy needs power and resources

What is a National Commission on Electoral Reform?

The Prime Minister made history last week announcing that he intends to fight the next election with a manifesto commitment on electoral reform and that he will set up a national commission on electoral reform...

Posted 07 Oct 2026

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Looking back on the last 20 months of UK political polls

This month’s polling breakdown is being written shortly after Andy Burnham’s big speech to Labour’s annual conference. One of the cornerstones of which was his announcement of a National Commission on Electoral Reform and the...

Posted 30 Sep 2026

The polling picture looks very different compared with the beginning of 2026

Prime Minister announces manifesto pledge and historic National Commission at Labour Conference

Today, in his first conference speech as Prime Minister, I saw Andy Burnham commit his party to changing the way we elect MPs. It is hard to overstate how significant that is. Speaking in Liverpool,...

Posted 29 Sep 2026

We will contest the next election with a manifesto commitment to change the electoral system

In Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, First Past the Post would have turned a slight lead into a huge majority for the AFD

Germany is made up of 16 federal states, each with a slightly different version of proportional representation – making it a reliable source of news for us if nothing else! As per the national parliament,...

Posted 28 Sep 2026