The Electoral Commission Bureaucrats have been beavering away with their great recommendations for electoral change, however, as you would expect from a Bureaucratic monolith the emphasis for change is being driven by the "paperwork" rather than the need to overhaul the joke that has become our electoral system. The key findings of the Electoral Commission relate largely to the need...

Good news all in all for both the Electoral Commission and for the laws regulating donations to political parties with the decision today by an Appeal Court to overturn a previous strange ruling by a magistrate in the case of a series of donations to UKIP that the Electoral Commission had investigated and decided broke

The Times, BBC and Telegraph all have reports and you can read the full report for the UK here; and for Scotland here. The six main recommendations of the Commission are as follows: 1. establish Electoral Management Boards in Great Britain, including all Returning Officers and Electoral Registration Officers for each area 2. provide the chairs of

What a cheek Former Welsh Secretary Peter Hain has for his recent attack on the Electoral Commission – as “incompetent”. The Electoral Commission is a statutory body set up by the Labour Government in 2000 to oversee the democratic process, and in particular to promote "integrity, involvement and effectiveness" in our democracy. They only work by guidelines set out by the Labour ...

Mr. Steven Opoku-Mensah, Western Regional Director of the Electoral Commission (EC) said the Commission will not hesitate to dismiss any polling assistant found to have taken sides with any political party.

The UK Independence Party stands to forfeit nearly £350000 in donations after the Court of Appeal ruled in favour of watchdog body the Electoral Commission.

Earlier this week I went to meet with the Electoral Commission to discuss their plans for encouraging better practice at election counts. Having spotted my views, they invited me thinking I might be interested in their plans – and kudos to the Electoral Commission for willing to talk in this way. The plans are still in

There is a startling contrast between the treatment of Ukip and the Lib Dems in cases involving party donations says Christopher Booker.

The question for the proposed referendum on the UK Parliamentary voting system should be made shorter and easier to understand, according to an assessment published by the Electoral Commission. As I blogged back in July when when the original question was proposed, The Electoral Commission is statutorily required to consider the intelligibility of the question,

At number 10 is the exposure of key figures in the European Commission as incompetent criminals. For UKIP Leader Nigel Farage his attack on the European Commission's make-up signalled his arrival as one of the most popular speakers in the parliament. His speeches have been viewed by millions of people around the world on YouTube earning UKIP global support, particularly from those who wish th...