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 Westminster’s outdated, broken voting system and unelected House of Lords reinforce Westminster’s power-hoarding tendencies, leaving voters powerless and distant from where decisions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
10 years after the Westminster expenses scandal shook faith in British politics – and three years after the Brexit vote – ERS release exclusive polling, and proposals to ‘move from the Westminster model of government...
Posted 25 May 2019
As we get closer to the European elections, here’s a worrying fact: our elections are currently wide open to foreign interference and dodgy campaigning. Election rules in the UK haven’t been updated since the year...
Posted 15 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
Large parts of England are effectively ‘democracy deserts’, with hundreds of thousands of potential voters denied real choice in this May’s elections, according to unprecedented new analysis by the Electoral Reform Society.
Posted 18 Apr 2019
Young people are refusing to be ignored – the recent school climate strikes and campaigning on Brexit have shown that. But while they can protest outside Parliament all they want, there’s a brutal fact: they...
Posted 05 Apr 2019
Statement from the Electoral Reform Society for immediate release, 28th March 2019 Contact: Jon Narcross, Communication Officer, 07794728820 or jon.narcross@electoral-reform.org.uk Daniel Mosley, the 4th Baron Ravensdale, has won a vote on British laws for life...
Posted 27 Mar 2019
Another wild month in politics – from crucial Brexit votes to the apparent disintegration of Britain’s party structures. Throughout, we’ve been pointing at the elephant in the room: the crumbling state of Britain’s democracy and...
Posted 28 Feb 2019
"Ministers must take responsibility and act on the clear warnings. If they don’t, there is a real risk that future elections could be undermined by foreign interference and dodgy donations."
Posted 18 Feb 2019
15th anniversary of Facebook: Electoral Reform Society publish extensive analysis of UK’s ‘dangerously out-dated’ campaign rules, joining together the Electoral Commission, academics and MPs for the first time. For immediate release, Monday 4th February, 00:01...
Posted 04 Feb 2019