Northern Ireland’s local elections show the benefit of the Single Transferable Vote On the 18th of May, Northern Ireland’s local elections showcased the continued successful use of the Single Transferable Vote (STV). This inclusive and proportional method stands in stark contrast to the disproportionate results witnessed in... Posted 26 May 2023
Why does the Northern Ireland Assembly keep collapsing? In 1998, the Good Friday Agreement, also known as the Belfast Agreement, was reached by multi-party consensus to bring an end to the violence in Northern Ireland and establish the current political system. Unlike the... Posted 04 Nov 2022
2022 Conference and AGM This year we were delighted to be joined by leading academic Professor Ailsa Henderson from the University of Edinburgh and Mick Antoniw MS, Counsel General and Minister for the Constitution in Wales. The day started with... Posted 12 Jul 2022
Voters in Northern Ireland demand more transparency in politics New research by the Electoral Commission has shown the public in Northern Ireland wants to see more transparency in politics. The research, conducted by Ipsos Mori through a series of online focus groups, asked people... Posted 05 Mar 2021