A System Out of Step: The 2024 General ElectionThe General Election in 2024 was not only the most disproportional election in British electoral history, but one of the most disproportional seen anywhere in the world.Posted 10 Dec 2024
Lessons not Learnt: The 2015, 2017 & 2019 General ElectionsThe last nine years have witnessed three general elections and no less than five prime ministers.Posted 23 Jan 2024
Voters Left Voiceless: The 2019 General ElectionThe 2019 general election was pitched as a ‘People versus Parliament’ vote. But the so-called deadlock was a crisis of Westminster’s own making.Posted 02 Mar 2020
The 2017 General Election: Volatile Voting, Random ResultsThe way we elect our House of Commons isn’t doing the one thing it was claimed to be good for – delivering decisive results.Posted 21 Aug 2017
The 2016 Irish General ElectionHow Ireland has local representatives and a proportional parliamentPosted 26 Mar 2016
The 2015 General Election: A Voting System in CrisisThe one thing we knew well before polling day was that it would be an incredibly unrepresentative result.Posted 26 Jul 2015
The Lottery ElectionProfessor John Curtice demonstrates how relatively small shifts in support among the parties can have dramatic effects on the shape of the 2015 Parliament, and therefore the government.Posted 01 Dec 2014
From Councillors to MPsLooking beyond the 2013 Local Elections. Report by Chris Terry.Posted 02 May 2013