Download as pdf (165.8KB pdf) Executive Summary Simplifying, updating and consolidating electoral law is long overdue and will assist with improving voters’ experience. It is essential that we have robust, clear and coherent electoral laws...
Posted 10 Jun 2019
The health of our democracy is failing. Westminster’s outdated, broken voting system and unelected House of Lords reinforce Westminster’s power-hoarding tendencies, leaving voters powerless and distant from where decisions are made, with no real say...
Posted 25 May 2019
Download Letter (148.2KB pdf) John Griffiths AM Chair, Equality, Local Government and Communities Committee Tŷ Hywel Cardiff Bay CF99 1NA 2nd May 2019 Cc: Clerks and Members of the Equality, Local Government and Communities Committee...
Posted 02 May 2019
Download as a PDF (387.6KB pdf) The government is once again piloting mandatory voter ID at the local elections on 2 May, despite overwhelming opposition to putting up barriers to participation through the introduction of...
Posted 01 May 2019
Download Briefing (229.3KB pdf) We welcome Tuesday’s debate on Proportional Representation (PR). The polarising Westminster voting system is fundamentally out of sync with how voters want to be represented today. Study after study shows voters...
Posted 23 Apr 2019
Download as a pdf (124.1KB pdf) Citizens’ assemblies are a form of deliberative democracy: processes through which citizens can engage in open, respectful and informed discussion and debate with their peers on a given issue....
Posted 12 Mar 2019
Download a pdf of the briefing (180.1KB pdf) The result of the most recent hereditary peer by-election will be announced on Wednesday 23 January. This by-election was called following the death of Lord Skelmersdale on...
Posted 22 Jan 2019
Download briefing as a pdf (785.7KB pdf) Introduction The Electoral Reform Society is a membership organisation governed by a council elected from that membership. While not formally a community organisation, much of our work on...
Posted 03 Dec 2018
Download Briefing (112.0KB pdf) We welcome this consultation and the Government’s proposals to protect democratic debate and participation. Ensuring that those who campaign and stand for election are protected is an essential part of creating...
Posted 18 Oct 2018
Download briefing as a pdf (214.3KB pdf) Two hereditary peerage by-elections are currently underway in the House of Lords. These follow the retirement of the 4th Earl Baldwin of Bewdley (9 May), grandson of Stanley...
Posted 04 Jul 2018