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Tag Archives: Electoral Reform
Nov 15 2012
Despite the problems that have beset the elections for Police and Crime Commissioners we must still take them seriously
Leave a commentTweet The criticism of the Police and Crime Commissioner reforms has been lengthy and varied. This week’s elections finally end the tripartite governance structure and replace it with an untested and far from popular new system focused on a single … Continue reading
Posted by: November 15, 2012
Tagged with: criminal justice, Electoral Reform, PCC Elections, Police and Crime Commissioner, policing, voting
Sep 20 2012
UK electoral law is fragmented, convoluted and causing errors in the running of elections. It needs to be consolidated
4 CommentsTweet Toby James discusses the convoluted nature of electoral law in the UK. He argues that a reduction in the complexity will lead to a significant improvement in the conduct of elections in the UK. A quick quiz question: how many pieces of electoral law do you … Continue reading
Posted by: September 20, 2012
Tagged with: Electoral Commission, Electoral Reform
May 6 2012
Book Review: Don’t Take No for an Answer: The 2011 Referendum and the Future of Electoral Reform
Leave a commentTweet As political scientists and commentators watch and wait for local election results to come in, what many will find most shocking, although not surprising, are the low voter turn out rates. It seems that the British public remain largely disinterested … Continue reading
Posted by: May 6, 2012
Tagged with: AV referendum, Electoral Reform, Electoral Reform Society, media, No to AV, public opinion, Voter turnout, yes to av
Feb 22 2012
There will be no general election in 2014. Cameron can’t risk giving Miliband the gravitas boost of being Prime Minister and throwing his own party into turmoil
3 CommentsTweet Responding to Patrick’s Dunleavy’s contention earlier this week that a break-up of the coalition and a general election can be expected as soon as 2014, Mark Pack argues that David Cameron would actually be too worried about giving Ed … Continue reading
Posted by: February 22, 2012
Tagged with: David Cameron, early election, Ed Miliband, elections, electoral math, Electoral Reform, general election 2014, John Major, Liberal Democats, parliament, politics, polling, Polls, uk politics
Jan 2 2012
Even if the Liberal Democrats vote to oust the Conservatives before 2015 a new general election is still unlikely
6 CommentsTweet Up until this parliament, the date of parliamentary elections could be set by the Prime Minister of the day; now as part of the coalition agreement, election dates are set for every 5 years. In spite of this new … Continue reading
Posted by: January 2, 2012
Tagged with: elections, electoral math, Electoral Reform, Gordon Brown, Liberal Democats, Minor Parties, parliament, politics, polling, Polls, uk politics
Dec 11 2011
UK electoral registration levels are already low by international standards, but new plans to change registration may make things even worse.
2 CommentsTweet Alongside a suite of other constitutional reforms, the coalition government also plans to change electoral registration from household to individual registration. Toby S. James argues that this change will be expensive to implement and will actually lead to a … Continue reading
Posted by: December 11, 2011
Tagged with: coalition, elections, Electoral Reform, electoral registration, voting
Dec 7 2011
The re-vamped public inquiries currently changing Westminster constituency boundaries in record time (across the whole of the UK) keep power firmly in the hands of the biggest political parties, and not the general public.
2 CommentsTweet Many commentators initially welcomed the changes in public consultation introduced to speed up the redrawing of boundaries for the new parliamentary constituencies. Yet it has become starkly clear that the revised system continues to favour the desires of established … Continue reading
Posted by: December 7, 2011
Tagged with: Boundary Commission, boundary reform, boundary review, coalition, constituency boundaries, consultation, democracy, Electoral Reform, party politics, public inquiries
