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Scottish Government has “stronger mandate” to decide referendum question

As controversy mounts over Westminster’s plans to set the terms of the mooted Scottish independence referendum the Electoral Reform Society Scotland has called on the government to accept that Holyrood has the “stronger mandate” to decide on the referendum question.

Electoral Reform Society: 6 million missing voters “just the tip of the iceberg"

The Electoral Reform Society has welcomed the publication of the Electoral Commission’s latest report into voter registration (Britain’s Electoral Registers 2011)

Electoral Reform Society: Vote change will ‘damage democracy and devolution’

New figures released by the Electoral Reform Society Wales (ERS) show the extent to which Welsh Labour would disproportionately benefit if First Past The Post was exclusively adopted for future Assembly elections.

Electoral Reform Society: Greater Manchester for Greater Democracy

Join us for an evening of discussion about campaigning for a democracy that works for everyone.

ERS: Scottish Democracy failing to realise dream of devolution

With Scottish politics now dominated by two big parties, small parties under pressure and women’s representation on the wane, the Electoral Reform Society say action is now needed to ensure that Scotland’s political system can continue to meet the original aspirations and expectations of the advocates of devolution.

Electoral Reform Society: ERIS Annual Democracy Lecture

The second ERIS Annual Democracy Lecture features Nigerian democracy activist Dr Jibrin Ibrahim.

Electoral Reform Society: Westminster wakes up to the Missing Millions: Voter Registration

The Electoral Reform Society has welcomed publication of the Political and Constitutional Reform Committee’s report into Individual Electoral Registration (IER).

ERS:Scotland’s New Political Map – ‘One Size Doesn’t Fit All'

The Electoral Reform Society Scotland has commented on the publication of new Scottish parliamentary boundaries.

Electoral Reform Society: The Missing Millions – government needs to think again on voter registration

The Electoral Reform Society has urged the government to think again on potentially 'catastrophic' proposals on electoral registration.

Electoral Reform Society: Reduce and Equalise, the battle starts here

Yesterday at midnight the Boundary Commission published the initial proposals for the boundary review in England, providing us with the first glimpse of Britain’s political map in 2015.

ERS: Report from 'Counting Women In' campaign on gender equality in politics

A new report from the Counting Women In campaign has found that representation of women in local government remains stagnant after May elections, that at the current rate of change we face another 150 years before women have an equal say, and that political parties are key to getting more women into town halls.