The passing of the government’s Election Bill through the House of Commons last week was a huge blow. That’s why democracy campaigners are speaking up.

Next weekend Make Votes Matter and other democracy sector organisations are organising a protest against the Elections Bill. You can find out more about it below.

All the best,
The Electoral Reform Society team

Reformers' Round Up

• Byline Times - Trust in Government Worryingly Low
• Nation.Cymru - Why the Tory attempt to restrict voting rights is an attack on Welsh democracy
• The Times - Call for ‘dark money’ campaign inquiry
• Pembrokeshire Herald - New film explores fake news and its impact on democracy in Wales
• Sunday Post - Experts: Only reform can restore trust in politics after Downing Street lockdown parties
• Express - Lords have gone TOO far! Pressure mounting with Tories over frustrating unelected peers
• Labour List - Johnson’s failure to resign is more than sleazy: it’s eroding British democracy
• MJ - Devolve to deliver levelling up?
• The Conversation - Voters value honesty in their politicians above all else – new study
• The Independent - Sleaze watchdog attacks ‘bonkers’ rule that allowed Boris Johnson to escape investigation
• Local Government Chronicle - Electoral Commission chair: We must regain Tory trust
• The National Cymru - Welsh and Scottish politicians on the UK's Elections Bill
• Local Government Chronicle - DHLUC official: Voter ID cards ‘by the end of this year’
• Independent - No 10 efforts to save Johnson are illegal, Commons standards chairman claims
• The Scotsman - Three quarters of Scots 'don't know' who leads their local council, poll by Gordon Brown's think-tank reveals
• OnLondon - Lewis Baston: Why Labour’s massive poll lead in London may deceive

Constituency focus

This week Labour selected their candidate for the upcoming Birmingham Erdington by-election, here is how the seat voted in 2019.

Birmingham Erdington

53.3% Turnout
107th Smallest Margin of Victory 
238th Smallest Share of the Vote Needed to Win

Explore the 2019 election in Birmingham, Erdington →