News and Opinion
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Views on the Bill
The English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill of 2025 has drawn a range of reactions from electoral reformers. Here you can read a recent article…
The Starmer Symptom – Free extract
Below you can download an extract from Jess Garland’s chapter in The Starmer Symptom edited by Mark Perryman. Other contributors include Clive Lewis, Danny Dorling,…
Next LCER Members’ Meeting – 16th September, 7pm (Zoom)
Join us as we discuss the forthcoming Elections Bill — and why it’s only truly transformative if it addresses the root problem: our broken voting…
LCER All Members’ Meeting – Wednesday 4th June
We’re excited to invite all members to the next Labour Campaign for Electoral Reform All Members’ Meeting, taking place online via Zoom on Wednesday 4th…
Fair Elections in Focus: Parliament Holds Landmark Debate on Proportional Representation
On Thursday 30th January Parliament held a crucial debate on Proportional Representation – the first stand-alone debate on PR in the Chamber of the Commons…
Voting Reform: Labour’s Unfinished Business
Antony Taylor, Emeritus Professor of Modern British History, traces the history of support for electoral and constitutional reform within the Labour Party, and argues that…
MPs with under a third of the vote: Lessons from Papua New Guinea
Democracy campaigners often point to the experiences of countries across the world which have switched from First Past the Post to a more proportional voting…
A little light reading
Since the general election on 4 July, media channels have been buzzing with calls for PR. In case you missed them, here are a few…
Labour admits first past the post is flawed, and GE24 proves it. We need PR
Labour has gone directly from opposition to governing with a strong majority for only the second time in our party’s history. It’s an outstanding achievement…
Public support for PR is at an all-time high
A new report from the National Centre for Social Research (NatCen) shows that public support for PR among adults in the UK is at an…
The Trade Union Campaign for PR
In this Compass podcast, Lynne Henderson (Chair of the Electoral Reform Society and Chair of Politics for the Many) and Nancy Platts (Campaign Collective and…
Labour, the Unions and Proportional Representation
A new article in the Political Quarterly discusses the role of Labour and the Trade Unions in reforming our political system. The article, by Cameron…