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The Electoral Reform Society (ERS) is an independent advocacy organisation in the United Kingdom which promotes electoral reform.[1]

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  1. 76 relations: Advocacy group, Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen, Building society, C. P. Scott, Cardiff, Chartism, Civica, Conservative Party (UK), Dan Snow, Darren Hughes, David Cameron, Democracy, Democratic legitimacy of the European Union, Edinburgh, Election, Electoral reform, Electoral Reform Society, Enid Lakeman, European Union, February 1974 United Kingdom general election, Fianna Fáil, First-past-the-post voting, Government of the United Kingdom, I (newspaper), Innovation, Ireland, John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury, Katie Ghose, Keir Starmer, Labour Campaign for Electoral Reform, LabourList, Lewis Carroll, Liberal Party (UK), List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885, Lobbying, London, Make Votes Matter, Mark Drakeford, Member of parliament, Musicians' Union (United Kingdom), New Statesman, Non-governmental organization, Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland Assembly (1973), Ofcom, Plurality block voting, Police and crime commissioner, Political party, Proportional representation, Proportional Representation Society of Ireland, ... Expand index (26 more) »

  2. 1884 establishments in the United Kingdom
  3. Electoral reform groups
  4. Electoral reform in the United Kingdom

Advocacy group

Advocacy groups, also known as lobby groups, interest groups, special interest groups, pressure groups, or public associations, use various forms of advocacy or lobbying to influence public opinion and ultimate public policy.

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Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen

The Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen (ASLEF) is a British trade union representing drivers of trains including services such as the London Underground (Tube).

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Building society

A building society is a financial institution owned by its members as a mutual organization, which offers banking and related financial services, especially savings and mortgage lending.

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C. P. Scott

Charles Prestwich Scott (26 October 1846 – 1 January 1932), usually cited as C. P. Scott, was a British journalist, publisher and politician.

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Cardiff

Cardiff (Caerdydd) is the capital and largest city of Wales.

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Chartism

Chartism was a working-class movement for political reform in the United Kingdom that erupted from 1838 to 1857 and was strongest in 1839, 1842 and 1848.

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Civica

Civica Group Limited is an international software business group.

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Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative and Unionist Party, commonly the Conservative Party and colloquially known as the Tories, is one of the two main political parties in the United Kingdom, along with the Labour Party.

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Dan Snow

Daniel Robert Snow (born 3 December 1978) is a British popular historian and television presenter.

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Darren Hughes

Darren Colyn Hughes (born 3 April 1978) is a New Zealand former Member of Parliament between 2002 and 2011, first elected at the age of 24.

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David Cameron

David William Donald Cameron, Baron Cameron of Chipping Norton, (born 9 October 1966) is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2010 to 2016, and as UK Foreign Secretary under Prime Minister Rishi Sunak from November 2023 to July 2024.

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Democracy

Democracy (from dēmokratía, dēmos 'people' and kratos 'rule') is a system of government in which state power is vested in the people or the general population of a state.

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Democratic legitimacy of the European Union

The question of whether the governance of the European Union (EU) lacks democratic legitimacy has been debated since the time of the European Economic Community in the late 1970s.

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Edinburgh

Edinburgh (Dùn Èideann) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas.

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Election

An election is a formal group decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual or multiple individuals to hold public office.

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Electoral reform

Electoral reform is a change in electoral systems which alters how public desires are expressed in election results.

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Electoral Reform Society

The Electoral Reform Society (ERS) is an independent advocacy organisation in the United Kingdom which promotes electoral reform. Electoral Reform Society and electoral Reform Society are 1884 establishments in the United Kingdom, electoral reform groups, electoral reform in the United Kingdom, organizations established in 1884, political advocacy groups in the United Kingdom and political and economic think tanks based in the United Kingdom.

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Enid Lakeman

Enid Lakeman, OBE (28 November 1903 – 7 January 1995) was a British political reformer, writer and politician, noted for her long-standing championship of the single transferable vote system of elections.

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European Union

The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe.

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February 1974 United Kingdom general election

The February 1974 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday 28 February 1974.

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Fianna Fáil

Fianna Fáil (meaning "Soldiers of Destiny" or "Warriors of Fál"), officially Fianna Fáil – The Republican Party (Fianna Fáil – An Páirtí Poblachtánach), is a political party in Ireland.

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First-past-the-post voting

First-preference plurality (FPP)—often shortened simply to plurality—is a single-winner system of positional voting where voters mark one candidate as their favorite, and the candidate with the largest number of points (a '''''plurality''''' of points) is elected.

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Government of the United Kingdom

The Government of the United Kingdom (formally His Majesty's Government, abbreviated to HM Government) is the central executive authority of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

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I (newspaper)

The i is a British national newspaper published in London by Daily Mail and General Trust and distributed across the United Kingdom.

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Innovation

Innovation is the practical implementation of ideas that result in the introduction of new goods or services or improvement in offering goods or services.

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Ireland

Ireland (Éire; Ulster-Scots: Airlann) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in north-western Europe.

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John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury

John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury, 4th Baronet, (30 April 183428 May 1913), known as Sir John Lubbock, 4th Baronet, from 1865 until 1900, was an English banker, Liberal politician, philanthropist, scientist and polymath.

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Katie Ghose

Katie Sushila Ratna Ghose (born July 1970) is a British charity chief executive and campaigner. Electoral Reform Society and Katie Ghose are electoral reform in the United Kingdom.

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Keir Starmer

Sir Keir Rodney Starmer (born 2 September 1962) is a British politician and barrister who has served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom since 5 July 2024 and as Leader of the Labour Party since 2020.

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Labour Campaign for Electoral Reform

The Labour Campaign for Electoral Reform (LCER) is an organisation formed of members and supporters of the British Labour Party, who are interested in issues of democratic renewal and electoral reform. Electoral Reform Society and Labour Campaign for Electoral Reform are electoral reform in the United Kingdom and political advocacy groups in the United Kingdom.

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LabourList

LabourList is a British news website supportive of, but independent of, the Labour Party, launched in 2009.

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Lewis Carroll

Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (27 January 1832 – 14 January 1898), better known by his pen name Lewis Carroll, was an English author, poet, mathematician, photographer and Anglican priest.

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Liberal Party (UK)

The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties in the United Kingdom, along with the Conservative Party, in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

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List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885

This is a complete list of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for the year 1885.

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Lobbying

Lobbying is a form of advocacy, which lawfully attempts to directly influence legislators or government officials, such as regulatory agencies or judiciary.

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London

London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in.

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Make Votes Matter

Make Votes Matter is a political pressure group based in the United Kingdom which campaigns for replacing the first-past-the-post voting system with one of proportional representation for elections to the British House of Commons. Electoral Reform Society and Make Votes Matter are electoral reform in the United Kingdom.

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Mark Drakeford

Mark Drakeford (born 19 September 1954) is a Welsh politician who served as First Minister of Wales and Leader of Welsh Labour from 2018 to 2024.

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Member of parliament

A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district.

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Musicians' Union (United Kingdom)

The Musicians' Union (MU) is an organisation which represents over 30,000 musicians working in all sectors of the British music business.

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New Statesman

The New Statesman (known from 1931 to 1964 as the New Statesman and Nation) is a British political and cultural news magazine published in London.

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Non-governmental organization

A non-governmental organization (NGO) (see spelling differences) is an organization that generally is formed independent from government.

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Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland (Tuaisceart Éireann; Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom in the north-east of the island of Ireland that is variously described as a country, province or region.

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Northern Ireland Assembly (1973)

The Northern Ireland Assembly was a legislative assembly set up by the Government of the United Kingdom on 3 May 1973 to restore devolved government to Northern Ireland with the power-sharing Northern Ireland Executive made up of unionists and nationalists.

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Ofcom

The Office of Communications, commonly known as Ofcom, is the government-approved regulatory and competition authority for the broadcasting, telecommunications and postal industries of the United Kingdom.

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Plurality block voting

Block plurality voting is a winner-take-all method for multi-winner elections.

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Police and crime commissioner

A police and crime commissioner (PCC; comisiynydd yr heddlu a throseddu) is an elected official in England and Wales responsible for generally overseeing police services.

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Political party

A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections.

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Proportional representation

Proportional representation (PR) refers to any type of electoral system under which subgroups of an electorate are reflected proportionately in the elected body.

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Proportional Representation Society of Ireland

The Proportional Representation Society of Ireland was the principal electoral reform organisation in Ireland until the establishment of the Irish Free State in 1922. Electoral Reform Society and Proportional Representation Society of Ireland are electoral reform groups.

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Redistribution of Seats Act 1885

The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 (48 & 49 Vict. c. 23) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (sometimes called the "Reform Act of 1885").

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Reform of the House of Lords

The reform of the House of Lords, the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, has been a topic of discussion in UK politics for more than a century.

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Representation of the People Act 1884

In the United Kingdom under the premiership of William Gladstone, the Representation of the People Act 1884 (48 & 49 Vict. c. 3), also known informally as the Third Reform Act, and the Redistribution Act of the following year were laws which further extended the suffrage in the UK after the Derby government's Reform Act 1867.

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Research

Research is "creative and systematic work undertaken to increase the stock of knowledge".

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Scotland

Scotland (Scots: Scotland; Scottish Gaelic: Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Single transferable vote

The single transferable vote (STV), sometimes mistakenly conflated with proportional ranked choice voting (P-RCV), is a multi-winner electoral system in which each voter casts a single vote in the form of a ranked-choice ballot.

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Suffragette

A suffragette was a member of an activist women's organisation in the early 20th century who, under the banner "Votes for Women", fought for the right to vote in public elections in the United Kingdom.

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Take Back Parliament

Take Back Parliament (TBP) was an organisation campaigning for democratic reform in the United Kingdom. Electoral Reform Society and Take Back Parliament are electoral reform in the United Kingdom.

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The Guardian

The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.

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The Independent

The Independent is a British online newspaper.

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Thomas Hare (political reformer)

Thomas Hare (28 March 1806 in England – 6 May 1891) was a British lawyer and supporter of electoral reform.

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Trade union

A trade union (British English) or labor union (American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers whose purpose is to maintain or improve the conditions of their employment, such as attaining better wages and benefits, improving working conditions, improving safety standards, establishing complaint procedures, developing rules governing status of employees (rules governing promotions, just-cause conditions for termination) and protecting and increasing the bargaining power of workers.

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Transport Salaried Staffs' Association

The Transport Salaried Staffs' Association (TSSA) is a trade union for workers in the transport and travel industries in the United Kingdom and Ireland.

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Unison

In music, unison is two or more musical parts that sound either the same pitch or pitches separated by intervals of one or more octaves, usually at the same time.

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Unite the Union

Unite the Union, commonly known as Unite, is a British and Irish trade union which was formed on 1 May 2007 by the merger of Amicus and the Transport and General Workers' Union (TGWU).

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland.

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United Kingdom parliamentary expenses scandal

The United Kingdom parliamentary expenses scandal was a major political scandal that emerged in 2009, concerning expense claims made by members of the British Parliament in both the House of Commons and the House of Lords over the previous years.

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United Nations Economic and Social Council

The United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations, responsible for coordinating the economic and social fields of the organization, specifically in regards to the fifteen specialized agencies, the eight functional commissions, and the five regional commissions under its jurisdiction.

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Votes at 16

Votes at 16 is a campaign in the United Kingdom which argues in favour of the reduction of the voting age to 16 for all public elections. Electoral Reform Society and Votes at 16 are electoral reform in the United Kingdom.

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Welsh Labour

Welsh Labour (Llafur Cymru), formerly known as the Labour Party in Wales (Y Blaid Lafur yng Nghymru), is an autonomous section of the United Kingdom Labour Party in Wales and the largest party in modern Welsh politics.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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YES! To Fairer Votes

YES! To Fairer Votes was a political campaign in the United Kingdom whose purpose was to persuade the public to vote in favour of the Alternative Vote (AV) in the referendum on Thursday, 5 May 2011. Electoral Reform Society and YES! To Fairer Votes are electoral reform groups and electoral reform in the United Kingdom.

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Yvette Cooper

Yvette Cooper (born 20 March 1969) is a British politician who has served as Home Secretary since July 2024.

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2011 United Kingdom Alternative Vote referendum

The United Kingdom Alternative Vote referendum, also known as the UK-wide referendum on the Parliamentary voting system was held on Thursday 5 May 2011 in the United Kingdom to choose the method of electing MPs at subsequent general elections. Electoral Reform Society and 2011 United Kingdom Alternative Vote referendum are electoral reform in the United Kingdom.

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2012 England and Wales police and crime commissioner elections

The 2012 police and crime commissioner elections were polls held in most police areas in England and Wales on Thursday 15 November.

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2014 Scottish independence referendum

A referendum on Scottish independence from the United Kingdom was held in Scotland on 18 September 2014.

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See also

1884 establishments in the United Kingdom

Electoral reform groups

Electoral reform in the United Kingdom

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electoral_Reform_Society

Also known as Electoral Reform Service, Electoral Reform Services, Electoral Reform Services Limited, How to Conduct an Election by The Single Transferable Vote, How to Count an Election by The Single Transferable Vote.

, Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, Reform of the House of Lords, Representation of the People Act 1884, Research, Scotland, Single transferable vote, Suffragette, Take Back Parliament, The Guardian, The Independent, Thomas Hare (political reformer), Trade union, Transport Salaried Staffs' Association, Unison, Unite the Union, United Kingdom, United Kingdom parliamentary expenses scandal, United Nations Economic and Social Council, Votes at 16, Welsh Labour, World War II, YES! To Fairer Votes, Yvette Cooper, 2011 United Kingdom Alternative Vote referendum, 2012 England and Wales police and crime commissioner elections, 2014 Scottish independence referendum.