Former Conservative Mayor Andy Street urges party to embrace electoral reformAndy 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 BritainFollowing 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
The Scottish Government’s reforms offers a promising path to stronger local democracyIn 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
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
Looking back on the last 20 months of UK political pollsThis 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
Prime Minister announces manifesto pledge and historic National Commission at Labour ConferenceToday, 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
In Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, First Past the Post would have turned a slight lead into a huge majority for the AFDGermany 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
First Past the Post would have given the AfD nearly every seat in Saxony-AnhaltThere has been much coverage in recent days of the outcome of the state election in Saxony-Anhalt, which lies in eastern Germany. It is unusual for regional elections in other countries to generate such debate...Posted 10 Sep 2026
August 2026 in the polls: The latest UK monthly political polling averagesAugust is a month of long summer holidays for both schoolchildren and parliamentarians. However, it did not feel like politics took much of a break, with the new Prime Minister, Andy Burnham, keeping up a...Posted 10 Sep 2026
Questioning New Zealand’s proportional system led to questions about the prime minister’s positionNew Zealand heads to the polls on November 7 and as a country with similar political traditions to the UK, it is always worth looking at what is happening. The parties that loosely make up the two...Posted 12 Aug 2026