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Next steps on electoral reform ‘presumed lost’
Published: Thursday, July 3rd 2008
Reformers have reacted with consternation to today’s publication of the Governance of Britain: One Year On document. The document, which outlines next steps on all areas of the Governance of Britain programme, has pointedly avoided indicating any “next steps” on electoral reform, whereas trivial matters such as weekend voting and the status of protests outside parliament have all been presented in mind-numbing detail. More...
WOMEN’S BREAKTHROUGH AT NEXT ELECTION ‘IMPOSSIBLE’
Published: Wednesday, July 2nd 2008
As the country marks eighty years since universal suffrage, analysis of parliamentary candidates has revealed that the parties have not done enough to ensure that an increase in women MPs is even a possibility. More...
Electoral Reform Society Response to Scottish Parliament Committee Elections Report
Published: Tuesday, June 10th 2008
The Electoral Reform Society has welcomed the Local Government and Communities Scottish Parliamentary committee’s report on last year’s elections as having a number of sensible recommendations. The Society has not, however, endorsed every conclusion reached by the Local Government and Communities Committee which has published its report on the problems that arose in the 2007 elections. More...