Making the case for electoral reform at Conservative Conference As a non-partisan organisation, we attend all the major party conferences to make the case for electoral reform. There is a long history of electoral reform supporters in the Conservative Party, with Conservative Action for... Posted 05 Oct 2023
With first past the post, country and city voters take turns being locked out of government Far too often, debates around electoral reform are characterised as the idea of making two pie charts match: one pie chart represents how the country voted, the other the make-up of parliament. The 2015 general... Posted 28 Feb 2019
The Tories should trust young people Cecilia George is a former Member of Youth Parliament for Wiltshire and wrote this piece for our pamphlet Civic Duty The Conservative Case for votes at 16 and 17. 16–year–olds are deemed mature enough to join the... Posted 25 Aug 2018
My dad would have been ready to vote at 16, and today’s young people are too Lisa Francis is the former Assembly Member for Mid and West Wales and wrote this piece for our pamphlet Civic Duty The Conservative Case for votes at 16 and 17. Last year, my dad died at the... Posted 24 Aug 2018
Scotland shows that votes at 16 works Miles Briggs MSP, Member of the Scottish Parliament for Lothian wrote this piece for our pamphlet Civic Duty The Conservative Case for votes at 16 and 17. Arguments for and against votes at 16 are often highly subjective.... Posted 23 Aug 2018
Britain’s democratic story is unfinished – let’s write the next chapter Sir Peter Bottomley MP, the Member of Parliament for Worthing West wrote this piece for our pamphlet Civic Duty The Conservative Case for votes at 16 and 17. “What it means to be a truly democratic... Posted 22 Aug 2018
Why Votes at 16 is the next suffrage bridge we must cross Nicky Morgan MP, Member of Parliament for Loughborough and former Education Secretary wrote this piece for our pamphlet Civic Duty The Conservative Case for votes at 16 and 17. On July 2nd, we marked the 90th anniversary... Posted 21 Aug 2018
An updated Conservative case for Votes at 16 Owen Meredith, Chairman of the Tory Reform Group wrote this piece for our pamphlet Civic Duty The Conservative Case for votes at 16 and 17. In 2015, the TRG put together the Conservative case for Votes... Posted 20 Aug 2018
Why pressure is growing from the PM’s own ranks to back votes at 16 The Electoral Reform Society has launched a new pamphlet titled ‘Civic Duty: The Conservative Case for Votes at 16 & 17.’ Below is its introduction written by ERS Chief Executive, Darren Hughes. British politics is... Posted 11 Jul 2018
George Osborne is far from the only Tory backing Votes at 16 Votes at 16 not a Tory policy? Think again. George Osborne has become the latest in a succession of Conservatives to throw his weight behind extending the franchise. He tweeted this week: More Tory MPs... Posted 16 Feb 2018