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Dr Stuart Wilks-Heeg

Dr Stuart Wilks-Heeg is a recognised specialist in local government and democracy in the UK. The Executive Director of Democratic Audit, he has been commissioned to research electoral fraud, the state of the electoral registers and the pressures on the system of electoral administration.

Another Lords defeat bodes ill for Clegg’s constitutional reform agenda

Dr Stuart Wilks-Heeg
12 May, 2011

Dr Stuart Wilks-Heeg analyses the failings, both historic and current, of the Fixed Term Parliaments bill and asks what this means for future reform.

Deadlock may be broken, but constitutional struggles still lie ahead

Dr Stuart Wilks-Heeg
1 February, 2011

After 15 days in committee, an end to the standoff in the House of Lords is finally in sight, writes Stuart Wilks-Heeg, Executive Director of Democratic Audit.

The problem with the constituency redrawing and AV Bill and how to solve it

Dr Stuart Wilks-Heeg
20 January, 2011

The government needs to act quickly over constituency redrawing and AV Bill if it is to avoid what Lord Harris has described as a ‘constitutional car crash’.

Party funding reform: Why the cap may not fit

Dr Stuart Wilks-Heeg
18 October, 2010

The Coalition’s programme to reform the funding of political parties highlights the complexity of the problem, writes Dr Stuart Wilks-Heeg.

Debunking the latest arguments in favour of first-past-the-post

Dr Stuart Wilks-Heeg
10 May, 2010

Conservative opponents of electoral reform have had to re-package their argument slightly.

Vote 2010: A tale of two electorates

Dr Stuart Wilks-Heeg
5 May, 2010

Electoral reform is not just about electoral fairness – there are wider political and social implications; income inequality is now at its greatest since 1945.

Hanging on in a Hung Parliament

Dr Stuart Wilks-Heeg
18 April, 2010

Even without the Lib Dems’ surge, hung parliaments are the shape of things to come. Dr Stuart Wilks-Heeg from the University of Liverpool explains why.

Vote on the options to clean up Parliament

Dr Stuart Wilks-Heeg
15 January, 2010

In the wake of the MPs’ expenses scandal, the public are being invited to vote on a range of options of how best to clean up Parliament.

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