Statement for immediate release from the Electoral Reform Society – Friday 31 January. Contact Jon Narcross, mediaoffice@electoral-reform.org.uk / 07794728820 for interviews or more information. The Electoral Reform Society has welcomed an announcement today from Sir Keir Starmer...
Posted 31 Jan 2020
Statement for immediate release from the Electoral Reform Society. Spokespeople are available on request. Contact Jon Narcross, Communications Officer mediaoffice@electoral-reform.org.uk / 07794728820 Following a new report showing voter dissatisfaction at an all-time high, the Electoral Reform Society...
Posted 29 Jan 2020
Labour deputy leadership candidates have backed the ERS' call for a change to how Labour's national bodies are elected - moving from the current 'block voting' winner-takes-all system, to a preferential voting system 'where every...
Posted 26 Jan 2020
Image credit: LabourList. Open Labour and the UK's leading democracy organisation have joined forces to call on Labour leadership candidates to back an overhaul of Westminster’s ‘bankrupt’ political system.
Posted 25 Jan 2020
Open Labour and the Electoral Reform Society will host Labour leadership and deputy leadership hustings in Nottingham this Sunday (26th January). Image credit: LabourList
Posted 20 Jan 2020
Experts including MPs, regulators, the Electoral Reform Society and FairVote show how to tackle potential ‘deluge of dirty money and dodgy data misuse’.
Posted 20 Jan 2020
Campaigners have warned the unelected House of Lords needs more than simply ‘reshuffling to York or Birmingham’, amid reports that the government are considering options for Lords reform.
Posted 20 Jan 2020
Experts including MPs, regulators, the Electoral Reform Society and FairVote show how to tackle potential ‘deluge of dirty money and dodgy data misuse’ ERS spokespeople are available for interview. Report now LIVE here A cross-party group...
Posted 20 Jan 2020
16 and 17 year olds will officially be granted the right to vote for Welsh Assembly (Senedd) elections today, after the Senedd and Elections (Wales) Act receives Royal Assent.
Posted 15 Jan 2020
Campaigners have called for urgent reform to the House of Lords after new Conservative appointments leave the chamber 'bursting at the seams'.
Posted 14 Jan 2020