The top 5 most-read ERS articles from 2024

As the year draws to an end, we’ve had a look through the stats to see which of our articles were the most popular with you, our supporters. So if you missed them the first time around, here are our top 5 most-read articles of 2024!

5. It should be a scandal that small changes in the vote result in outsize changes in Parliament

Just before the vote in July, both the Times and the Financial Times reported that in the upcoming election, small swings in the vote would likely have a very large impact on the results of the General Election.

In light of this, our Head of Digital, Doug Cowan, argued that the voters deserve a fair, predictable and proportional voting system to determine who gets elected.

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

Analysis by the Electoral Reform Society revealed that an estimated 8.2 million eligible voters are missing from the electoral register in England, Scotland and Wales. In this article, you can use our interactive map to see how many people are missing in your constituency.

3. What does a super-majority mean and is it something we should worry about?

In response to comments made by Grant Shapps in the lead up to the election on the supposed dangers of a Labour ‘super-majority’, we wrote about the important fact missed in this discussion – that you don’t need a big majority of support in the public to win a big majority of MPs. It’s one of the problems with the way we elect MPs to Westminster.

2. Four striking general election outcomes showing the chaos of First Past the Post

The 2024 General Election was the most disproportional election in British History, and once again failed to reflect the view of the voters.

Our Research Officer, Ian,  highlighted four notable things from our analysis of the general election results that you might have missed.

1. How the 2024 election could have looked with proportional representation

Under proportional voting systems, seats would more closely match the votes we cast, and could end the scourge of millions feeling unrepresented and ignored.

Our team crunched the numbers and calculated how this election’s results might have looked if the UK voted under a different, fairer system. One that better aligns with the actual votes cast by the public.

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