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Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee publish welcome electoral registration report

Last week, the Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee published a new report on Electoral Registration. Even though electoral registration is mandatory, millions of people are missing from the electoral register, and the ERS has...

Posted 26 Mar 2024

ERS reveals constituencies with the most potential missing voters – is yours on the list?

New analysis by the Electoral Reform Society has revealed that an estimated 7.6 million eligible voters are missing from the electoral register in England and Wales. If moved onto the register this huge figure has...

Posted 07 Feb 2024

Estimated 7 point 6 million eligible voters are missing from the electoral register in England and Wales

Welcome new bill will make it easier to vote in Wales

When it comes to democracy and elections in Wales, Bills are coming like buses! Just two weeks after the introduction of the Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill the Welsh Government laid it’s Elections and...

Posted 05 Oct 2023

These new proposals will remove barriers that many people face

Electoral Commission estimate 8 million missing from electoral roll

This week, the Electoral Commission published a report highlighting how millions of people are missing from Britain’s electoral registers. The report details how up to 8 million people are not correctly registered and are at...

Posted 21 Sep 2023

We need UK-wide automatic voter registration

We told the Welsh Government our suggestions for how to remove barriers to voting

Since elections were devolved to Wales in the Wales Act 2017 there have been a lot of changes for Welsh democracy. We’ve seen the extension of the franchise to 16 and 17 year olds and...

Posted 31 Jan 2023

ERS Cymru has long called for automatic voter registration

First time votes for 16 and 17 year olds in Wales – what Westminster can learn

This week we saw history happen in Wales. After years of ERS Cyrmu campaigning for the rights of 16 and 17 year olds to vote in Wales, the first election with an expanded franchise took...

Posted 07 May 2021

For the first time 16 and 17 year olds were able to vote for the Senedd

Who can I vote for? How do I vote? What everyone needs to know for the May elections

May sees elections for around 5,000 seats in England, votes for the Mayor of London and London Assembly, the Senedd (Welsh Parliament), the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood), and Police and Crime Commissioner elections. Holyrood and the...

Posted 23 Apr 2021

If you want to vote by proxy, your application must arrive by 5pm on 27 April

Right to scrap First Past the Post won for Welsh councils

UPDATE: On Wednesday 21st January, the Local Government and Elections (Wales) Bill became law after receiving Royal Assent. Now the campaign begins to ensure councils in Wales sign up to a fairer voting system, and...

Posted 18 Nov 2020

Welsh Parliament to vote on letting councils scrap first past the post

Local government is one of our most important layers of representation, delivering everyday frontline services such as social care and waste collection. Yet, for many people local government doesn’t feel that representative and that’s because...

Posted 17 Nov 2020

This legislation could revolutionise how local democracy works in Wales

Bill introduced to ensure the ‘missing millions’ are signed up to vote

An MP has introduced a bill to close the gaping voter registration gap in the UK.

Posted 18 Jun 2020