Closing the Democratic Deficit Scotland has used the Single Transferable Vote form of proportional representation (PR) for local council elections...
At ERS Scotland we are constantly monitoring the political seas and updating our course to make sure we have the proper heading. Following this year’s local elections, the elections to the Scottish Parliament in 2021,...
Posted 24 May 2022
Download as PDF (105.9KB pdf) In May 2022, local elections will take place throughout Scotland and Wales, as well as in many parts of England, including the election of all local councillors in Greater London....
Posted 28 Apr 2022
It is now 15 years since Scotland abandoned First Past the Post for local government elections and adopted the Single Transferable Vote form of proportional representation. What many will have seen as a small shift in process...
Posted 01 Apr 2022
The Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, UK
Join the ERS’ Jonothan Shafi chairing an event in the Lomond room at Scottish Labour’s Spring conference hosted by Politics...
"With STV, we are trying to steal a march on other parties, while at the same time cooperating for the public good."
Posted 05 Aug 2021
A new report from the ERS celebrates two-decades of proportional representation in Britain, including the Senedd, Scottish Parliament, and London Assembly.
Posted 02 Aug 2021
Download as PDF (196.7KB pdf) A lasting legacy for the Citizens’ Assembly of Scotland Contact: willstringer@sortitionfoundation.org Background In 2019, over 100 people from across Scotland were brought together to create a vision for Scotland’s future...
Posted 29 Jun 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
The pandemic has given us a fresh insight into what we already knew about Scotland’s communities; people will sacrifice their time and resources to aid their neighbours. But that sense of community cannot be taken...
Posted 26 Mar 2021