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This is the final round up of news and comment from the Electoral Reform Society site for the year. Thousands of people across the country read our articles each week and we'd like to thank you all for reading and sharing our work. See you all in 2022!

We wish you all merry Christmas break and a happy new year!

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The top 5 most-read ERS articles from 2021

Every year we have a look through the stats to see which of our articles were the most popular with readers in the year coming to a close.

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Senior MPs tell government evidence has simply not been good enough

Even senior MPs agree the government needs to pause and rethink the Elections Bill

In a highly critical report, an influential Commons committee called on the government to pause the legislation until further research and consultation have been carried out.

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With First Past the Post extreme candidates simply join mainstream parties

Does First Past the Post stop extremists getting into parliaments?

If you listen to supporters of first past the post, you might be forgiven for thinking that British voters are just itching to elect dozens of far-left and far-right MPs. The problem, though, is that the idea that FPTP prevents political extremism isn’t something that actually stands up to scrutiny.

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In the news...

City AM - Omicron Covid-19 pass fury sheds light on the hypocrisy of voter ID laws acquiescence
Politics.co.uk - Bill to scrap ‘absurd’ hereditary peer by-elections returns to the Lords
The Guardian - Weak, crumbling and falling apart – parliament is a lot like Boris Johnson
OpenDemocracy - If Tory MPs want to protect freedom, why are they supporting the Elections Bill?
The Guardian - Don’t call it sleaze, call it corruption – why scandal haunts Boris Johnson’s government
Red Pepper - Clive Lewis on the UK’s crumbling democracy
The Guardian - MPs call for halt to UK elections bill as voter ID could hit turnout

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