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Did a tactical voting blunder hit the Conservative leadership contest?

Surprising Conservative leadership vote shows that voting systems...

James Cleverly must have thought he was in with a...

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Party donors aren’t necessarily giving these gifts out of the goodness of their hearts

Freebies are just the tip of the Iceberg...

The recent cacophony surrounding ‘freebies’ given by Labour party donors...

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72 percent were in favour of electing their councillors using the Single Transferable Vote

Gwynedd consultation backs STV with nearly three quarters...

There was some fantastic news out of Gwynedd last week,...

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A Citizens Assembly is a group of people put together like a jury to think about an important issue

What are the benefits of Citizens’ Assemblies, and...

At the ERS, we’ve long campaigned for more involvement of...

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Where next for Welsh Democracy?

Where next for Welsh Democracy?

The next Senedd elections in 2026 will look very different;...

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CAER fringe 2024

General Election result prompts renewed electoral reform debate...

The Conservative conference this year was dominated by the leadership...

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“it’s pleasing to see that the Lib Dems are committed as ever to bringing in a proportional system”

Jubilation and strong support for electoral reform at...

There was a jubilant atmosphere at the Liberal Democrat conference...

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while some parties are champions of electoral reform, others prefer the stagnant status quo

Which UK political parties support proportional representation?

The results of the 2024 election are just the latest...

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The Welsh Parliament is taking bold steps to strengthen is democratic foundations, but there is room to go further

What to expect from the upcoming Senedd Reforms

The Welsh Parliament is going through a raft of changes...

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16,000 people were blocked from voting in the...

The scale of the impact that voter ID had on...

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Campaigners are rejoicing that this blight on our democracy will finally be cleaned up

The plans to remove all the hereditary peers...

Today’s the day we’ve been waiting for, plans have been...

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“If we want fairer elections where votes truly matter, we need proportional representation”

How does proportional representation work?

Proportional representation (PR) is not a voting system in itself....

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