This May will be a boost for female representation – but there’s a catch
The current electoral system is a huge barrier to seat access for female MPs
Electoral Reform
Comment: Let’s make this the last ever ‘lottery election’
May 2015 could be the ‘lottery election’ – where your vote is worth about as much as a lottery ticket
Wales handed the power to decide on 16-year-old voters
Following Scotland’s example, the Welsh Assembly hopes the move will lead to an increase in democratic engagement.
Six months until the election: we look at the polls
How accurate have voting intention polls been in past elections?
Boris fever highlights the undemocratic nature of ‘safe seats’
As the case of Boris Johnson demonstrates, safe seats are treated like aristocratic estates.
The Maria Miller affair shows we need the right to recall MPs
Politics is not a one every five years business. Democracy shouldn’t be either.
4 ideas to make our political system more democratic
The Telegraph reported yesterday that a House of Commons committee has called for the abolition of the monarchy’s role in signing off new laws. The Political and Constitutional Reform committee said that the role of the monarchy in giving approvaltest
Where next on boundaries?
Following last night’s defeat of the government’s plans to cut the number of MPs from 650 to 600, Katie Ghose looks at what’s next in the debate on boundaries.
Labour must get back to its principles on Lords reform
There is a real danger political infighting around Lords reform may derail the process entirely, writes Katie Ghose, chief exec of the Electoral Reform Society.
Tories threaten to ignore their mandate on Lords reform
In threatening to rebel over Lords reform, Tory backbenchers are forcing the government to renege on both manifesto promises and the coalition agreement.