16,000 people were blocked from voting in the general election, it’s time to scrap voter ID The scale of the impact that voter ID had on the recent general election has been laid bare today by a report from the Electoral Commission, which makes for concerning reading for those who care... Posted 10 Sep 2024
How does proportional representation work? Proportional representation (PR) is not a voting system in itself. Instead, it’s the idea that seats in parliament should reflect the proportion of votes cast; something which can be achieved through a variety of electoral... Posted 05 Sep 2024
What Kamala Harris’ nomination means for the American party system Rob Richie is the co-founder and senior advisor to FairVote, a sister organisation to the Electoral Reform Society. FairVote is a nonpartisan organisation in America, campaigning for better elections for all, working to make ‘Ranked... Posted 22 Aug 2024
How big donors fund our political parties Nearly a month back, at a time when candidates were still fighting for their seats, we reported on donations made to political parties during the first 3 weeks of campaigning for the 2024 general election.... Posted 13 Aug 2024
STV is used within the House of Commons, so why can’t we use it for Westminster? On the 4th July an estimated 29 million people voted in the General Election, for the vast majority of us that was the end of our voting in 2024. However, for our newly elected representatives they... Posted 25 Jul 2024
Four striking general election outcomes showing the chaos of First Past the Post The dust is settling on the results of the 2024 UK general election. We have a Labour government for the first time since 2010, with a majority of seats almost as big as Tony Blair’s... Posted 18 Jul 2024
Gwynedd: Have your say on fairer elections Gwynedd County Council have taken the next step of their journey towards fairer elections by launching a consultation on changing the voting system at local elections. The consultation comes following the passing of a law... Posted 15 Jul 2024
ERS in the Press: General Election edition Change. That was the driving message of Labour’s successful general election campaign, and change was very much on the agenda for the ERS Comms team (as far as the electoral system goes) as we’ve been... Posted 11 Jul 2024
The only bias in the electoral system should be towards the voters In the days since the election, I have been touring TV and radio studios making the case for proportional representation and talking about how First Past the Post is failing millions of voters. The fact... Posted 08 Jul 2024
How the 2024 election could have looked with proportional representation And the results are out. This election has the biggest difference ever between how we voted and the MPs that now represent us. This was the first election ever where four parties got over 10%... Posted 05 Jul 2024