MikeKMay 24, 2023
People were turned away from polling stations last week and they’ve told us why https://www.electoral-reform.org.uk/people-were-turned-away-from-polling-stations-last-week-and-theyve-told-us-why/ #2023EnglishLocalElections #VoterID
People were turned away from polling stations last week and they’ve told us why

One of the big stories of May’s English local elections is not the results of the vote, but about the process of voting itself. For the first time, voters in England who headed to

MikeKMay 24, 2023
How can one party win all the seats in a local council election without all the votes? https://www.electoral-reform.org.uk/how-can-one-party-win-all-the-seats-in-a-local-council-election-without-all-the-votes/ #2023EnglishLocalElections #TheCostofOnePartyCouncils #Localdemocracy #LocalDemocracy #OnePartyStates
How can one party win all the seats in a local council election without all the votes?

In May’s 2023 local elections in England, the Liberal Democrats won 72% of the seats on Bath & North East Somerset. In Broxbourne, the Conservatives won 90% of the seats that were

MikeKMay 24, 2023
90% of seats on less than half the vote? That’s England’s local democracy https://www.electoral-reform.org.uk/90-of-seats-on-less-than-half-the-vote-thats-englands-local-democracy/ #2023EnglishLocalElections #ElectoralReform #LocalGovernment #LocalDemocracy
90% of seats on less than half the vote? That’s England’s local democracy

With nearly all the 2023 local election results declared, the First Past the Post system used across England has once again failed to reflect the views of voters in who runs their local

MikeKMay 24, 2023
Elections Cancelled: 90,000 denied any say in local elections https://www.electoral-reform.org.uk/elections-cancelled-90000-denied-any-say-in-local-elections/ #2023EnglishLocalElections #UncontestedSeats #LocalGovernment #Localdemocracy #LocalDemocracy #SafeSeats
Elections Cancelled: 90,000 denied any say in local elections

Following the publication of candidate notices for the May 2023 English local elections, it is clear that the scourge of uncontested and guaranteed seats will once again limit the democr