Campaigners have pointed to ‘real democratic shortcomings’ in the 2019 election, after a new Electoral Commission report [1] highlighted major pressures on Britain's electoral process.
Posted 21 Apr 2020
In an election campaign characterised by uncertainty and volatility, it came as a surprise to many that the result would deliver such a decisive majority for one party. The Conservative Party made a net gain...
Posted 19 Mar 2020
Fresh analysis of December’s general election reveals the ‘jaw-dropping’ scale of ignored votes by nation and English region.
Posted 03 Mar 2020
Something is deeply wrong when over 70% of votes count for nothing. That’s what Westminster’s voting system did in December’s election, according to a damning new analysis from the ERS. Of 32 million votes cast,...
Posted 02 Mar 2020
New research into December’s UK election shows the vast majority of Scottish voters are effectively ‘ignored’ by Westminster’s one-party-takes-all voting system.
Posted 02 Mar 2020
New research into December’s UK election shows that over half of Northern Ireland voters are effectively ‘unrepresented’ in Parliament, under Westminster’s one-party-takes-all voting system.
Posted 02 Mar 2020
For all the talk of December’s poll as a ‘People versus Parliament’ election, it looks like neither won. 22.6 million. That’s the number of votes that didn’t count towards the result in December’s General Election,...
Posted 02 Mar 2020
A new report from the UK’s leading pro-democracy group lays bare the ‘crisis of legitimacy’ faced by parliament, following an election that saw voters marginalised on an extraordinary scale.
Posted 02 Mar 2020
December’s election was the third Westminster election in four years. Each one of those has highlighted a growing crisis facing the UK’s electoral politics. In an article published by The Guardian, Cambridge Analytica whistle-blower Brittany...
Posted 29 Jan 2020
You probably heard a lot about the number of seats parties won (and lost) in December’s General Election. What was less prominent was just how poorly the results reflected how people actually voted. The ERS...
Posted 24 Dec 2019