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Ceredigion: Have your say on fairer elections

Ceredigion County Council have just taken the next step of their journey towards fairer elections by launching a consultation on changing the voting system at local elections. The consultation comes following the passing of a...

Posted 17 Jul 2024

Ceredigion - Have your say on fairer elections

First Past the Post means 100,000 Welsh voters were denied a say in the last local elections

Local elections are an important part of democracy in Wales. But did you know that thousands of voters have a councillor that nobody voted for at all? Due to the Westminster-style First Past the Post...

Posted 15 May 2024

74 councillors in Wales took their seats without a vote being cast

Victory as Ceredigion joins Powys and Gwynedd with STV consultation

There was fantastic news for voters coming out of Ceredigion last week, as their County Council voted YES to a public consultation on scrapping First Past the Post for their elections and bringing in the...

Posted 25 Mar 2024

The Single Transferable Vote is a tried and tested system

Powys and Gwynedd lead the way for Welsh councils with consultation votes

There was fantastic news for voters coming out of Powys and Gwynedd today, as their County Councils have voted YES to public consultations on scrapping First Past the Post for their elections and bringing in...

Posted 07 Dec 2023

Powys and Gwynedd Councils have both voted YES to a public consultation on First Past the Post

One year to win local proportional representation in Wales

A year from today, November 15, 2024, is the last day before the next election where your councillors can decide to bring local democracy into the 21st century. I am talking about how councillors are...

Posted 15 Nov 2023

We want every council in Wales to scrap First Past the Post

Why independent candidates win with the Single Transferable Vote

Currently, there are 14 independent MPs in the House of Commons, which might seem to suggest Independent candidates can win under First-Past-The-Post (FPTP). But these MPs are only independent because they were suspended from their...

Posted 01 Nov 2023

When voters have an electoral system that works for them, Independent councillors get elected

Electoral Commission report calls for better political education in Wales

The Electoral Commission report on May 2022’s local elections in Wales, published yesterday, highlights that the extension of the franchise is only the first step in ensuring the participation of new groups of voters in...

Posted 22 Sep 2022

Only 22 percent of parents think that the information their children currently get is sufficient

Early indications suggest Welsh voting pilots went well

In May’s local elections, four areas in Wales trialled a different way of voting – allowing people to cast their vote before election day. As well as polling stations being open on the Thursday 5...

Posted 05 Aug 2022

We need to be looking at removing other barriers to voting in Wales

Elections Cancelled: Over 100,000 Welsh voters to be denied a vote

With elections coming up across the country, campaigners across Wales are gearing up the familiar routine of doorstep conversations, leaflets through letterboxes and trying to convince voters that their candidate deserves to be re-elected, or...

Posted 13 Apr 2022