Continuing the discussion from Tory voters - have you gone off them?:
The Electoral Reform Society team
How many countries around the world use proportional representation?
Proportional representation is the most popular form of democracy for countries in the world today.
How do Finland’s elections work?
On Sunday 2nd April, voters in Finland will go to the polls to elect a new parliament.
Why do so many parties use transferable voting for their leadership elections?
As we wrote a few weeks ago, the SNP uses the Alternative Vote to elect their leader – and they’re not alone.
Coverage we’ve won
We were outside parliament with a big map this week talking to MPs, peers and journalists about the impact of voter ID. The stunt was widely covered in local press including the Sidmouth Herald, Express and Star, Shropshire Star, Inverness Courier, News and Star, Suffolk News, Guernsey Press and Northern Echo.
Our research was quoted heavily in the recent New Statesman podcast on voter ID.
Our issues in the news
- Byline Times - Starmer Under Pressure to Commit to PR Voting System and Breaking Up Media Giants from Labour Grassroots
- The Conversation - Jeremy Hunt’s budget is more about short-term politics than the economy
- Newcastle Chronicle - Bouncers could be sent to Newcastle polling stations amid worries over voter ID law arguments
- Express - Thousands in UK face voting ban over ID
Safe Seat of the Week
Prime Minister, and richest MP, Rishi Sunak released his tax returns this week in the middle of Boris Johnson’s evidence to the privileges committee. Here is how his seat of Richmond (Yorkshire) voted in 2019.
Richmond (Yorkshire)
27,210 Majority
613th Smallest Margin of Victory
557th Smallest Share of the Vote Needed to Win