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New Senedd Bill is an investment in Welsh...

Yesterday in the Senedd, the First Minister, Mark Drakeford, said...

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We should be building barriers to suspicious money, not the ballot box

Electoral Commission chair calls out government on voter...

In a recent, wide-ranging, interview with the Financial Times, John...

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A strong call to better engage with the people of Wales

Constitutional Commission on the Future of Wales’s report...

Last Friday, after two years of work, the Independent Commission...

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Across the UK opinion is evenly divided on the issue of right of appeal

First past the post distorts public opinion on...

Last week’s YouGov MRP poll showing Labour on course for...

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Shouldn’t MPs win or lose their seats based on voters changing their minds

Changing boundaries shouldn’t change election results

For the past 30 years, political scientists Colin Rallings and...

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Liz Truss appointed one peer for every 1.5 days she served as Prime Minister

The UK’s shortest serving PM hands out peerages...

In the days between Christmas and New Year, the government...

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Around 400 seats will see very little, if any, local campaigning from either of the two major UK parties

The Non-Battleground Election: Millions of voters are ignored

Last week, the Labour Party started the process of selecting...

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The top 5 most-read ERS articles from 2023

Every year we have a look through the stats to...

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Only one-in-four think it is OK to hand out peerages in order to parachute people into cabinet

Fewer than one-in-four support prime ministers handing out...

Our recent polling, covered by the Daily Mirror, has found...

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14,000 voters were turned away - was voter ID worth it?

Government report can’t say if voter ID made...

The government has published its evaluation of the Elections Act...

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Powys and Gwynedd Councils have both voted YES to a public consultation on First Past the Post

Powys and Gwynedd lead the way for Welsh...

There was fantastic news for voters coming out of Powys...

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Governments often seem wholly incapable of delivering on their objectives

Strong government vs good government? First Past the...

Government failures are always in the news, but we rarely...

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