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Since 2007, Scotland has used the Single Transferable Vote to elect local councillors. Research suggests that voters have adapted to STV easily, understand the system, and make use of the increased choice it delivers. But how do councillors who stand for election and serve under STV feel about the system? Film-maker and longstanding LCER member…

Our Youth Officer, Reed James, has set up a working group to define our Youth Strategy.  Here’s the newly unveiled strategy for 2022-2023. LCER Youth – Strategy Document 2022-2023:    Labour Campaign for Electoral Reform’s (LCER) Youth Group was started on  15/08/2022 and has two key purposes.  To amplify the voices of Young People in…

A new report from Labour for a New Democracy sets out why Proportional Representation for the House of Commons is essential in order to deliver the objectives of Labour’s Constitutional Commission – a more democratic, equal and united UK. With sections on devolution, the economy, Lords reform and more, the report is essential reading for…

28 April 2022 saw the Royal Assent given to the Elections Act. The debate, the protests, the submissions pointing out the defects and dangers in the bill – they’re all over, and the bill has become law. Here are some of the things the Act will do for (or rather, against) British democracy. 1. Mayoral…