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Analysis: Police and Crime Commissioners and the Supplementary Vote

The re-run of May’s Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) election in Wiltshire and Swindon takes place on the 19th August, after the winning candidate was disbarred due to a historical driving conviction. The original election...

Posted 19 Aug 2021

The Supplementary Vote means politicians need a wider base of support

Which votes get transferred with the Single Transferable Vote?

The first meetings of the Electoral Reform Society, then known as the Proportional Representation Society, quickly settled on the Single Transferable Vote (STV) as the best option for electoral reform.

Posted 17 Aug 2021

Baroness Randerson on working together, Westminster’s weakness, and ‘recasting’ democracy

Baroness Jenny Randerson speaks to Josiah Mortimer about reforming the Welsh and UK electoral systems and the future of devolution.

Posted 12 Aug 2021

Welsh youth will be the collateral of Westminster’s voter ID laws

The Queen’s Speech on the 17th May outlined the UK Government’s plans to implement Voter ID in UK elections.

Posted 10 Aug 2021

Finding the Finish Line: How to Set the Quota under STV

The first meetings of the Proportional Representation Society quickly attracted many leading lights of the Victorian age – including Lewis Carroll, CP Scott (editor of what is now The Guardian) and Thomas Hare (the inventor...

Posted 10 Aug 2021

Conservative councillor: How the Single Transferable Vote broke open Scotland’s one-party fiefdoms

"With STV, we are trying to steal a march on other parties, while at the same time cooperating for the public good."

Posted 05 Aug 2021

Joint letter: 650 voters in London, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland call for PR at Westminster

A new report from the ERS celebrates two-decades of proportional representation in Britain, including the Senedd, Scottish Parliament, and London Assembly.

Posted 02 Aug 2021