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This weekend marks the start of party conference season with the Liberal Democrats’ annual meeting in Bournemouth.

Every year we attend all the major conferences to run events and meet politicians, activists and party staff to push the case for electoral reform. You can see events we are running, or speaking at, on our website.

Here's your roundup of the latest and best news and comment from the Electoral Reform Society site. Enjoy!

All the best,
The Electoral Reform Society team

voting should be about Westminster clearly hearing the voice of the electorate

The Mid Bedfordshire by-election shows how First Past the Post warps our politics

Nadine Dorries's resignation has set the scene for another drama, as her nominally safe seat is shaping up to be a three-way battle to decide the next member for Mid Bedfordshire.

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Good scrutiny pays for itself and poor scrutiny leads to poor decisions going unchallenged

Welsh Government introduce Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill

Next year the Senedd will mark a quarter of a century since its establishment. For many of those 25 years it has been apparent that the Senedd is too small.

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We need UK-wide automatic voter registration

Electoral Commission estimate 8 million missing from electoral roll

This week, the Electoral Commission published a report highlighting how millions of people are missing from Britain’s electoral registers.

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The Government needs to scrap this unnecessary and damaging policy

Voter ID rules criticised by MPs, election watchdog and election administrators

This week three separate independent reports have exposed the extent of the unnecessary damage voter ID has wrought to our democracy.

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Coverage we've won

ERS Scotland's Willie Sullivan was in the Scotsman talking about the first use of voter ID in Scotland while our Director of Research Jess Garland was on the Byline Times podcast and in the Huffington Post warning about the risks of voter ID in the next general election.

ERS Cymru's Jess Blair spoke to Nation.Cymru about the need for extra members in the Senedd.

Our issues in the news

The Scotsman - Lesley Riddoch: Time to put communities and small councils at the heart of local democracy in Scotland
The Guardian - Britain is much more liberal-minded than it was 40 years ago, study finds
The New Statesman - The Tories are eyeing a spring general election
BBC News - Lib Dem leader Ed Davey rejects pre-election deals with Labour
Politics Home - Electoral reform is needed to inject fresh life back into our democracy
BBC News - Voters to be automatically registered in Wales
The Independent - Should 16-year-olds be allowed to vote in a general election?
The Mirror - Fresh fears over voter ID for crunch general election as experts warn of 'risk'

Safe Seat of the Week

On the first anniversary of Liz Truss's disastrous mini-budget, here is how her constituency voted in 2019.

Norfolk South West

65.6% Turnout
605th Smallest Margin of Victory
618th Smallest Share of the Vote Needed to Win

Explore the 2019 General Election in Norfolk South West →

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