The conventions and rituals that define the way we do politics rapidly eroded this year – setting the UK on a course into the unknown, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

Two thirds of Labour members would back change to UK voting system towards Proportional Representation, exclusive LabourList polling reveals.

Letters: Backing proportional representation would be in Labour’s interests, writes John Culley, while Austen Lynch says the greater risk is continuing with the current system

First Past The Post undermines our politics. It leaves most of us with MPs we didn't vote for, and keeps delivering results that don't represent public opinion. The upcoming Elections Bill is a chan...

First Past The Post undermines our politics. It leaves most of us with MPs we didn't vote for, and keeps delivering results that don't represent public opinion. The upcoming Elections Bill is a chan...

On Saturday, October 25, Anna Dixon MP (Shipley, Labour) visited a street stall held in Saltaire – the Victorian model village and UNESCO World Heritage Site located in the Shipley council ward and pa...

Reform could come close to winning a majority on as little as 27% of the national vote share

"Whichever way you cut it, it is impossible to see how there is a causal link between fairer election results and higher levels of political instability.” Make Votes Matter’s report, a comprehensive a...

The APPG for Fair Elections first called on the government to establish a ‘National Commission on Electoral Reform’ last November, in the wake of t...

APPG for Fair Elections

From imposter syndrome and proportional representation, to fixing the fundamentals and the 'incestuous' Westminster media-political class – Labour’s Greater Manchester Mayor believes the right can be ...

Government is planning electoral reform: proportional elections for mayors, lowering the voting age to 16, what next?

The legislation includes measures to boost the power of mayors and deliver a ‘radical reset of local government’.