Davey and Moran on electoral reform: Lib Dem leadership contest
Both Ed Davey and Layla Moran have written for the Electoral Reform Society on the importance of electoral reform. … Read the full post »
Electoral Reform Society
Read my posts featuring the Electoral Reform Society, who call for the single transferable vote (STV) to be used in public elections.
Welsh councils look set to get the power to choose to switch to STV
The way councillors are elected could depend on the local authority they are in, if proposed changes by the Welsh Government were given the go-ahead. … Read the full post »
Ban on political TV adverts survives in knife edge 9-8 court vote
The Electoral Reform Society has welcomed news that the ban on paid political broadcast advertising is to remain in place following a knife edge 9-8 vote at the European Court of Human Rights. … Read the full post »
What to make of the new Electoral Reform Society rules?
Members of the Electoral Reform Society have been getting a weighty mailing through the post, ahead of a special meeting on 14 July. … Read the full post »
Five questions to ask before voting in the Electoral Reform Society elections
You may well not come up with the same answers as me, but I hope you find the five questions I asked myself useful whilst deciding how to order the candidates for the Electoral Reform Society’s council. … Read the full post »
10 questions for the Liberal Democrat conference
It’s a fair bet that much of the media coverage of Liberal Democrat conference will be of the form ‘THEY’RE DOOMED!’. … Read the full post »
Katie Ghose appointed new Chief Executive of the Electoral Reform Society
Katie Ghose has served for 5 years as Director of the British Institute of Human Rights, a national charity with a mission to bring rights to life for everyone in the UK. … Read the full post »
“The Liberal Democrats aren’t a sort of glorified form of the Electoral Reform Society”
So says Nick Clegg in an interview for Radio 4′s Westminster Hour, repeatedly in different ways – so much so that it begins to raise questions. … Read the full post »
29% of seats have not changed hands since 1945
A major part of the point of a democratic electoral system is that those elected to public office can be held to account by the public for their actions. … Read the full post »