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Electoral reform

May 2026

  • Tom Baldwin

    double quotation markElectoral reform and reversing Brexit: they’re more connected than you might think

    Tom Baldwin
  • Andy Burnham gestures while speaking at a podium with The Great North branded backdrop

    Andy Burnham to back electoral reform if he becomes prime minister

  • Andy Beckett

    double quotation markForget the three-term project now: crisis-hit Labour needs a one-term mindset and priorities to match

    Andy Beckett
  • Polling station sign outside Manchester Central library

    We need a voting system that serves citizens first and foremost

  • Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
    Angela Rayner calls blocking Andy Burnham’s return to parliament a mistake as pressure mounts on Keir Starmer – as it happened

  • double quotation markWhoever wins today’s elections, democracy is the loser under first past the post

    Polly Toynbee

  • The Guardian view on Britain’s multiparty politics: the Westminster voting system needs to catch up

April 2026

  • Polly Toynbee

    double quotation markWhat does Britain need from Labour? Not another new PM, but a government with the guts to take radical action

    Polly Toynbee
  • Djibouti's incumbent president, Ismail Omar Guelleh, presents himself as a man of the people in a roadside banner ahead of presidential elections.

    And the election winner is … the candidate who can afford Africa’s soaring nomination fees

March 2026

  • Polly Toynbee

    double quotation markHow will we know Labour is really cleaning up party funding? When Reform and the Tories fight like hell to stop it

    Polly Toynbee
    Banning crypto donations is a start, but here’s what Keir Starmer really needs to do to make his the party of decent politics, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
  • Steve Reed walks in front of black railings outside 10 Downing Street. He is smiling and carrying a red folder under his arm. He has short grey hair and stubble, and wears a dark blue suit jacket and red tie.

    Ban corporate donations to UK political parties to protect elections, says thinktank

    CenTax warns bill under debate in parliament has ‘easily exploitable’ loopholes and will not prevent foreign interference

    • First Edition newsletter
      Tuesday briefing: Inside the increasingly heated debate about who can – and can’t – vote in the UK

      Newsletter

    • Proportional representation is true rule by the people

    • double quotation mark Want to stop Farage with your vote? At the moment you can’t – and Starmer must fix that

      Polly Toynbee

February 2026

  • Gaby Hinsliff

    double quotation markNobody wants to defend Britain’s voting system any more – but here’s why I will

    Gaby Hinsliff
  • George Monbiot

    double quotation markIf Reform ever wins power in Westminster, it will be because of Labour’s cowardice

    George Monbiot

January 2026

  • Keir Starmer leaving No 10

    A new year brings new battles for democracy and for Labour

    Letters: Readers respond to articles by Andy Beckett and Larry Elliott on British parliamentary democracy and whether Labour can turn the tide

December 2025

  • A dog outside a polling station

    UK ministers urged to cap political donations to ‘rebuild voter confidence’

  • The Houses of Parliament.

    UK ministers aim to ban cryptocurrency political donations over anonymity risks

November 2025

  • Members of the House of Lords dressed in official red and white robes

    ‘Unelected power’ of ultra-rich is reshaping British politics, report claims

    Equality Trust study shows how House of Lords appointments, big donations and media ownership affect political decisions
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