One side effect of a coalition government full of reforming zeal is lots of opportunities for the good people of Britain to troop down to their local polling station and make the appropriate mark on a ballot paper. Here are the elections and referendums that look to me to coming our way in the next few

There have now been two suggested referendums to be combined with the next general election. In both case ( electoral reform and Scottish independence ) its not the referendum question that's the motivation, but a desire to hold up the Labour vote. It shows you the lengths that Labour will toy with to hang onto power. The answer should be that no referendum is necessary with parties seeking e...

On the 10th of October the House of Lords killed off the prospect of voters getting the power to initiate referendums on local issues. Up until then the Localism Bill had contained a modest proposal to give local people in England the power to call non-binding referendums on local issues if 5% of their fellow

Whether to go ahead with contests is to be decided in referendums to be held on May 3 in each of up to 11 cities

Jenny Percival talks you through the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act and the role of the Electoral Commission

Scotland will have to vote in favour of independence in two referendums to legally separate from the United Kingdom, the Scottish Secretary has said.

Since so many of us have fought elections against extremely well-funded opposition candidates, Liberal Democrats are naturally and rightly exercised by the matter of campaign finance. Though Labour made some modest progress with its Political Parties, Elections and Referendums (PPERA) Act, back in 2000, the Act’s focus was transparency, rather than regulation. When I chaired

Being a bit of an anorak I like elections ; the facts, figures, analysis and gossip. Yeah sad I know. So come the early hours of Wednesday morning I'll be watching the results of the US Presidential race and some interesting referendums as well. This evening I'll post some of my thoughts , in the meantime do feel free to comment here. Pic : my cats who aren't very interested in the ...

People in Bristol are to be asked to take part in local referendums on whether individual pieces of graffiti should be removed after overwhelming support for a campaign to keep a mural by the painter Banksy.

In the not too-distant, we are going to be offered a referendum to decide which voting system we prefer in the UK and Northern Ireland. This is the equivalent of being offered a trial-by-combat to decide who should be awarded a peace prize. Referendums have very little by way of respectability in terms of making voting fair.