Download as PDF (174.5KB pdf) The Electoral Reform Society is the UK’s leading voice for democratic reform. We work with everyone – from political parties, civil society groups and academics to our own members and...
Posted 27 Apr 2021
Download as PDF (138.3KB pdf) The Our Democracy campaign arises from the simple idea that human beings flourish when they have control over their own lives. We think that the vast majority of Scots realise...
Posted 27 Apr 2021
Download as PDF (217.9KB pdf) The House of Lords Act 1999 led to the removal of all but 90 hereditary peers, plus the holders of the offices of Earl Marshall and Lord Great Chamberlain –...
Posted 29 Mar 2021
Download as PDF (114.1KB pdf) The Electoral Reform Society (ERS) welcomes the opportunity to respond to this call for evidence on the government’s proposed Constitution, Democracy and Rights Commission. We welcome the government’s commitment to...
Posted 14 Dec 2020
Download as PDF (214.3KB pdf) The Electoral Reform Society welcomes the opportunity to contribute to this timely inquiry. Devolution within England has invariably been described as ‘unfinished business’ and the ‘gaping hole in the devolution...
Posted 02 Dec 2020
Download as PDF (213.6KB pdf) The Electoral Reform Society welcomes the opportunity to respond to this inquiry into the work of the Electoral Commission. It is almost exactly 20 years since the Political Parties, Elections...
Posted 30 Nov 2020
Download as a pdf (141.0KB pdf) Parliamentary Constituencies Bill (consideration of amendments) –Tuesday 10th November. What is the problem? The Parliamentary Constituencies Bill 2019-21 proposes using the electoral registers as the data source to draw...
Posted 10 Nov 2020
Download as a PDF (107.3KB pdf) Proposal 1: Extension of regime Questions 1 and 2: Do you agree or disagree with this proposal for the extension of the imprints regime to digital election material? Please...
Posted 04 Nov 2020
Download as PDF (124.7KB pdf) ERS Cymru welcomes the move to permissive proportional representation (PR) for local government elections as set out in the Local Government and Elections (Wales) Bill as a step forward in...
Posted 27 Oct 2020
Download as a pdf (141.8KB pdf) Parliamentary Constituencies Bill (Report Stage) – AMENDMENT 16 (see appendix for full amendment and cross-party signatories). What is the problem? The Parliamentary Constituencies Bill 2019-21 proposes using the electoral...
Posted 06 Oct 2020