The top 5 most-read ERS articles from 2021 Every year we have a look through the stats to see which of our articles were the most popular with readers in the year coming to a close. So if you missed them the first... Posted 13 Dec 2021
What is the Elections Bill? And why is it an issue? Earlier this month, the government published its long-awaited Elections Bill which makes changes to the administration and conduct of elections with the stated aim of ensuring that ‘UK elections remain secure, fair, modern, inclusive and... Posted 23 Jul 2021
How can we better regulate our elections? Earlier this month, buried amidst the many reactions to the government’s Elections Bill, the Committee on Standards in Public Life (CSPL) published its report on regulating election finance, following a year-long inquiry to which we... Posted 20 Jul 2021
Stephen Kinnock MP: Democracy is in retreat – and the government’s Elections Bill fails to face up to the challenge The Elections Bill – introduced to the Commons on Monday - does not reflect the seriousness of the challenges our democracy faces from dark and dirty money, which has the potential to fundamentally corrupt our... Posted 13 Jul 2021
Elections Bill: Has the government jumped the gun? Proposals to reform our election laws are like buses. You wait around ages for one and then two turn up at once. Earlier this week the government published its long-awaited Elections Bill – legislation they... Posted 09 Jul 2021
PM and ministers challenged over plans to disenfranchise voters on an ‘industrial scale’ The Elections Bill ‘is a solution in desperate search of a problem that simply does not exist’, one MP told the Prime Minister. Posted 09 Jul 2021
Government confirms plans for ‘Elections Bill’ – including making it harder to vote Among an eclectic mix of changes, the bill will contain provisions to impose mandatory voter ID for Westminster elections and all elections in England. Posted 18 Jun 2021
These government plans represent a takeover of our independent election watchdog Ministers have announced plans that gut the UK’s independent Electoral Commission, representing a power grab over election scrutiny. Posted 18 Jun 2021
ERS in the Press: March 2021 The warping effects of First Past the Post were in the news again this month, with the Times’ Patrick Maguire penning a piece on the ‘one-party fiefdoms’ that plague our politics. Darren Hughes, responded with... Posted 15 Apr 2021
It’s time for candidates to ‘play fair’ and back overhaul of UK’s outdated election rules The Fair Play Pledge, a major initiative involving several democratic organisations, was formally launched this Wednesday to highlight the need for open and transparent campaigning for the May election period. Next month thousands of candidates... Posted 09 Apr 2021