Only 1 in 10 think hereditary peers should continue in the House of Lords
New polling from YouGov shows strong public support for removing the remaining hereditary peers from the House of Lords. … Read the full post »
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New polling from YouGov shows strong public support for removing the remaining hereditary peers from the House of Lords. … Read the full post »
Great to see an All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on electoral reform up and running again. … Read the full post »
With the very welcome recent progress on electoral reform in Wales, I invited Jess Blair from the Electoral Reform Society Cymru to join me on Never Mind The Bar Charts. … Read the full post »
Data from YouGov’s political trackers shows there is currently greater support in the public for proportional representation (42%) than for the current electoral mechanism (33%). … Read the full post »
Does Germany do it better? That was the questioned asked on the Red Box podcast, looking in particular at how Germany has been handling coronavirus. … Read the full post »
The Local Government and Elections (Wales) Bill is a significant piece of legislation which aims to transform local democracy in Wales. … Read the full post »
Former Liberal Democrat MP Tom Brake has a new role, as Director of constitutional and political reform campaigners Unlock Democracy. … Read the full post »
Both Ed Davey and Layla Moran have written for the Electoral Reform Society on the importance of electoral reform. … Read the full post »
With the merits of the single transferable vote (STV) back in the news, now seems a good time to rerun this educational but fun video from CGP Grey explaining its virtues. … Read the full post »
A welcome adoption of the electoral system favourite with Liberal Democrats, the Single Transferable Vote (STV), by the Labour Party. … Read the full post »