Most discussion was about the House of Lords reform following the Queen's Speech last week.  However, the government also introduced the Electoral Registration And Administration Bill into Parliament.  Amongst other things, the bill intends to introduce individual electoral registration (IER) for elections in England, Wales and Scotland. At almost the same time, I am about to…Read more New Research on Individual Electoral Registration – Policy Implications

The debate about the UK government's plans to introduce individual electoral registration is heating up. Nick Clegg has suggested that the government may now not introduce voluntary registration. One key effect that individual registration might have is an increased administrative burden on local authorities, but this is not been widely discussed. Individual registration is an…Read more IER a new administrative burden on local government

My latest research article has been published in the journal Contemporary Politics. It is available online here: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13569775.2011.597146 (or email me for a copy!).The article looks at why electoral institutions change. This question has been explored with respect to electoral systems (See the work of Alan Renwick etc.). However, there has been very little work…Read more New article published on electoral reform