LSE professors were instrumental in electoral design and reform in the UK at the city, town, borough and national levels. A voting system was needed to elect the newly created post of the Mayor of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Voters across the UK will cast their ballots on July 4 to decide who will form the next government. Under the UK's voting system, ...

Voters turned away from a deeply unpopular party but the true story of this election is more complex The story of the 2024 general election is of voters turning away from a deeply unpopular governing ...

The opinions in Politics.co.uk's Comment section are those of the author. A major cross-party group of MPs has warned that the electoral system is “unrepresentative” and potentially “dangerous”, ...

A GROUP of political activists are challenging the Government to change the way MPs are elected. The ‘Yes to fairer votes’ group met at One Bell Corner, Dartford, to hand out leaflets about their ...

Sir Ed Davey has urged incoming prime minister Andy Burnham to introduce proportional representation (PR) before the next general election, without holding a referendum on the issue first. The Lib Dem ...

Andy Burnham will be ordered by Labour MPs to change Britain's voting system via the back door as Parliament returns next week.

Is the free world suffering a crisis of confidence? Uprisings in Libya and the Middle East put democratic leaders on the back foot. Is ignorance of abroad killing effective diplomacy? Does the Foreign ...