Dr Stuart Wilks-Heeg is Executive Director of Democratic Audit.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKWhatever the result, the AV referendum won't end the struggle for electoral reformToday's referendum on AV is the culmination of a long campaign for change. Yet, AV is not a form of proportional...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKA plea to Peers: a last chance to reconsider radical changes to UK parliamentary boundariesThis may be the last opportunity to scrutinise a bill that proposes fundamentally altering the workings of our...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe health of UK democracy is compromised by its narrow funding baseAn in-depth summary of party funding shows that the top three parties rely on attracting just ten or eleven large...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKParty funding: a pathway to reform
An elite-level ‘fix’ to the question of party funding reform in the UK offers no prospect of tackling popular...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKIs ‘reduce and equalise’ a solution in search of a problem?The Coalition's proposals to reshape the UK's electoral geography by reducing the number of MPs and equalising the...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKReduce and equalise? Why electoral geography mattersThe coalition's plans to reduce the number of constituencies in the UK to 600 and reduce their size poses a number...