The coalition’s programme of constitutional reform includes a commitment to review, and equalise the size of parliamentary constituencies by population. On the surface, the case for this reform makes good sense, but as Stuart Wilks-Heeg explains, these reforms will not address some deeper inequalities in our electoral system
In a series of publications, Dorling has argued that there is a strong correlation between levels of...
visional recommendations for new parliamentary constituencies. These were pro-duced according to new...
The previous Coalition government attempted to redraw the boundaries of the UK’s Parliamentary const...
Whether or not we end up voting under a different electoral system at the 2015 General Election, it ...
The Conservative-Liberal Democrat government’s Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill w...
The 2010 election was fraught with accusations of electoral biases that rewarded parties unevenly. T...
The UK government announced on July 16 that it had decided to end the transition period to Individua...
One reason why the government wants to equalise electoral constituency sizes is to correct for a per...
It is frequently canvassed by some politicians and political commentators that the current British e...
The government’s contentious legislation to reduce the number of MPs and introduce a new system for ...
With the the 2015 election upon us, there is much talk of safe and marginal seats, and the main part...
One feature of the result of the 2015 British general election was the reduction, to a level lower t...
Most arguments about electoral reform are thinly veiled cloaks for partisan self-interest. By contra...
UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown would surely love his political legacy to include a significant contr...
Many democracies use geographic constituencies to elect some or all of their legislators. Furthermor...
In a series of publications, Dorling has argued that there is a strong correlation between levels of...
visional recommendations for new parliamentary constituencies. These were pro-duced according to new...
The previous Coalition government attempted to redraw the boundaries of the UK’s Parliamentary const...
Whether or not we end up voting under a different electoral system at the 2015 General Election, it ...
The Conservative-Liberal Democrat government’s Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill w...
The 2010 election was fraught with accusations of electoral biases that rewarded parties unevenly. T...
The UK government announced on July 16 that it had decided to end the transition period to Individua...
One reason why the government wants to equalise electoral constituency sizes is to correct for a per...
It is frequently canvassed by some politicians and political commentators that the current British e...
The government’s contentious legislation to reduce the number of MPs and introduce a new system for ...
With the the 2015 election upon us, there is much talk of safe and marginal seats, and the main part...
One feature of the result of the 2015 British general election was the reduction, to a level lower t...
Most arguments about electoral reform are thinly veiled cloaks for partisan self-interest. By contra...
UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown would surely love his political legacy to include a significant contr...
Many democracies use geographic constituencies to elect some or all of their legislators. Furthermor...
In a series of publications, Dorling has argued that there is a strong correlation between levels of...
visional recommendations for new parliamentary constituencies. These were pro-duced according to new...
The previous Coalition government attempted to redraw the boundaries of the UK’s Parliamentary const...