In Scotland, three different voting systems are used to elect different representatives. Each system has a different way of working and as a result, has different advantages and disadvantages.

MPs urged to act as government comes under pressure to close loopholes on foreign donations to political parties ...

LSE professors were instrumental in electoral design and reform in the UK at the city, town, borough and national levels. A voting system was needed to elect the newly created post of the Mayor of ...

The UK faces a "perfect storm" of threats that could put its entire electoral system at risk, the head of the elections watchdog has warned. Russian meddling on social media and local council cuts ...

First Past the Post underpins the adversarial and divisive nature of Westminster politics, and feeds public disillusion. The UK's electoral system leaves millions of people feeling that their votes ...

Watchdog chair calls for legislation passed following criticism of the commission by Tory MPs should be repealed.

Half of Britons (49 per cent) support reform of the voting system and the introduction of proportional representation (PR) — almost twice as many as those who favour retaining the present first past ...

Nigel Farage's right-wing Reform UK party overtook Britain's governing Labour Party to become the country's most popular ...

In particular, people should think about the electoral system, what it has delivered in ... most disproportional results in the history of UK politics. Labour has won 412 seats with roughly ...

Find your added subjects in My Bitesize. In the referendum of 2016 the UK voted to leave the European Union. This has had an impact on how the UK is run and its global relationships. Effectiveness ...

According to the Electoral Commission, no. The UK's low-tech paper voting system is difficult to affect with a cyberattack, and the Commission says the breach hasn't affected anyone's electoral ...

control systems, and copies of the electoral registers. This means the unknown attackers would have been able to quietly access the full names and addresses of all everyone in the UK registered to ...