16 and 17 year olds officially secure the right to vote in Wales’ on Monday 1st June, for Senedd elections. 

Josiah Mortimer reports on fresh voter suppression claims facing the Government – including the impact on young people – ahead of a rushed roll-out of mandatory voter ID for next May's local elections

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Writing in the Observer, mayor of Manchester says Tory byelection defeats should open the way for consensus and radical reform

Fresh reports suggest Zac Goldsmith will be rewarded despite losing his seat along with a string of other allies - including Nicky Morgan. So is this allowed and how does it work? Here's what you...

A pensioner has lost his epic battle against the Tories' plans to force all voters to show ID at polling stations - which campaigners say are a sledgehammer to crack a nut

Left-wingers make electoral reform a priority to take on ‘rigged system’

After Boris Johnson’s scandal-prompting honours list, Liz Truss has published her own resignation list of supporters and friends, despite serving just 49 days in office. No prime minister should be...

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Tories would have won only 288 seats – the largest party in a hung parliament

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And the results are out. This election has the biggest difference ever between how we voted and the MPs that now represent us.This was the first election ever where four parties got ove

"The need for a wholesale renewal of our democracy is now more urgent than ever."

Despite the best efforts of a cross-party coalition of MPs to stop the ‘shutdown’, Wednesday marked the end of the successful Virtual Parliament proceedings in the Commons.

VOTERS are expected to have to show ID to vote by 2023 under a crackdown on voter fraud. Anyone without a form of photo ID such as a passport or driving license will have to contact their council b…

Government’s legislative agenda is unlikely to include long-awaited reforms to adult social care

"The need for a wholesale renewal of our democracy is now more urgent than ever."

We told the government that voter ID was a costly distraction.First, it was £55m for new A4 polling cards and envelopes. Then cash-strapped councils were forced to spend £1.3m on thou

The Labour Party has scrapped First Past the Post voting for its National Executive Committee elections, meaning constituency representatives will now be elected using the gold standard of PR: the Sin

The difference between May's vote haul and Johnson's is not nearly as large as the 2019 result makes out.

The Electoral Reform Society offers a space to party leadership candidates to put forward their visions for democracy during internal elections. This is a piece from Layla Moran MP, who is running to

A new report from the UK’s leading pro-democracy group lays bare the ‘crisis of legitimacy’ faced by parliament, following an election that saw voters marginalised on an extraordinary scale.

"The need for a wholesale renewal of our democracy is now more urgent than ever."

The Prime Minister is stuffing the House of Lords with his cronies because he has no concept of fairness or decency, says Kevin Maguire

Government plans to introduce mandatory voter ID in the Queen’s Speech have been described as ‘dangerous, misguided and undemocratic’ by the UK's leading democracy group.

Voters across the country were shortchanged last week, due to the 'warped' nature of our electoral system according to a new briefing by the Electoral Reform Society on the 2019 General Election.

The House of Lords support plans to widen the documents people could use to get a ballot paper.

Exclusive: council leaders accuse Rishi Sunak of offering ‘pre-election bribes’ as many deprived areas miss out

Critics accuse home secretary of ‘disdain for devolution’

Writing in the Observer, mayor of Manchester says Tory byelection defeats should open the way for consensus and radical reform

Millions of voters unrepresented. An unjust majority on a minority of the vote. And nearly one in three forced to vote ‘tactically’.Westminster’s voting system is not just bust.

Register to vote to take part in elections in the UK. Includes how to get on the electoral register and how to update your address on the register.

People without a driving licence, passport or voting ID card won't be able to cast their vote

A split-vote Conservative victory is seen as ‘a serious threat’ as Labour and Lib Dems battle for Nadine Dorries’s former seat

No more unelected peers: Scrap and replace the House of Lords now!

Lord Sumption says electoral reform and role of monarch should form part of any constitutional review

The Commons Leader also revealed a new voting system of swipe cards is currently being tested

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Letter to PM from Hertfordshire county council leader says move would cut opposition in former Labour strongholds

Information from UK Parliament on written questions & answers, written statements and daily reports.

Former PM makes surprise comeback as part of reshuffle in which Suella Braverman replaced by James Cleverly as home secretary

Representative democracies rely on people being able to participate in free and fair elections.That is why each time an election comes around the Electoral Reform Society and likeminde

The Tory MP was booted out of his Richmond Park seat but could retain his minister position is he is made an unelected Lord.