News and Comment – Page 4 – Electoral Reform Society

It’s time for the Labour Party to get behind real democracy at Westminster

The rules that govern our politics have a lot to answer for when it comes to political in-fighting and polarisation.

Posted 07 Jul 2020

Welsh civil society launches ‘democracy manifesto’ for 2021 Senedd elections

Civil society groups led by ERS Cymru have launched their ‘democracy asks’ for the 2021 Welsh Senedd elections, throwing down the gauntlet for Welsh parties to back real democracy for voters.

Posted 06 Jul 2020

ERS in the Press – June 2020

It's been a month of wins, as campaigning secured a u-turn on the shut down of virtual proceedings in Parliament, while Labour introduced proportional representation for internal elections AND votes at 16/17 was formally introduced...

Posted 02 Jul 2020

Labour now backs proportional representation for executive elections. Next stop: PR for Westminster

The Labour Party has scrapped First Past the Post voting for its National Executive Committee elections, meaning constituency representatives will now be elected using the gold standard of PR: the Single Transferable Vote.

Posted 02 Jul 2020

Why ministers’ plans for redrawing the constituency map matter

The Parliamentary Constituencies Bill 2019-21 is currently making its way through Parliament, and it deserves some proper attention.

Posted 30 Jun 2020

Parliamentary committee slams ministers’ inaction on UK’s analogue-age electoral law

The government needs to move swiftly on modernising Britain’s ‘dangerously outdated’ electoral rules.

Posted 30 Jun 2020

Labour are looking for policies to fix Britain’s broken democracy. Here’s 5 ideas

The Labour party is currently consulting on its policies for political reform and the reforming Britain's broken constitution.

Posted 25 Jun 2020

More evidence that under Westminster’s warped voting system, swathes of Britain can be written off

New research has highlighted once again just how damaging Westminster's warped voting system is to our society.

Posted 23 Jun 2020

Equality groups sound the alarm on ‘US-style voter suppression’ potentially coming to the UK

Equality organisations are warning that government plans to force all voters to show ID at the ballot box risk locking black and ethnic minority people out of democracy.

Posted 23 Jun 2020

The government is set to appoint dozens of new Lords-for-life

The government is planning to appoint up to 30 new unelected Lords this year - including Conservative donors and party figures, according to The Times.

Posted 22 Jun 2020