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href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Darren_Hughes" title="Darren Hughes">Darren Hughes</a>, Chief Executive</li><li>Jon Walsh, Chair</li><li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Snow" title="Dan Snow">Dan Snow</a>, Ambassador</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Affiliations</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Proportional_Representation_Society_of_Ireland" title="Proportional Representation Society of Ireland">Proportional Representation Society of Ireland</a> (1911–1922)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.electoral-reform.org.uk">www<wbr />.electoral-reform<wbr />.org<wbr />.uk</a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Formerly called</div></th><td class="infobox-data nickname">Proportional Representation Society</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Electoral Reform Society</b> (<b>ERS</b>) is an <a href="/wiki/Advocacy_group" title="Advocacy group">independent advocacy organisation</a> in the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a> which promotes <a href="/wiki/Electoral_reform" title="Electoral reform">electoral reform</a>. It seeks to replace <a href="/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting" title="First-past-the-post voting">first-past-the-post voting</a> with <a href="/wiki/Proportional_representation" title="Proportional representation">proportional representation</a>, advocating the <a href="/wiki/Single_transferable_vote" title="Single transferable vote">single transferable vote</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Reform_of_the_House_of_Lords" title="Reform of the House of Lords">an elected upper house of Parliament</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is the world's oldest still-extant electoral reform campaign. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Overview">Overview</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Electoral_Reform_Society&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Overview"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Electoral Reform Society seeks a "representative democracy fit for the 21st century."<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The society advocates the replacement of the <a href="/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting" title="First-past-the-post voting">first-past-the-post</a> and <a href="/wiki/Plurality_block_voting" title="Plurality block voting">plurality-at-large</a> voting systems with a proportional voting system, the <a href="/wiki/Single_transferable_vote" title="Single transferable vote">single transferable vote</a>. First-past-the-post is currently used for <a href="/wiki/Elections_in_the_United_Kingdom#General_elections" title="Elections in the United Kingdom">elections to the House of Commons</a> and for most local elections in England and Wales, while plurality-at-large is used in multi-member council wards in England and Wales, and was historically used in the multi-member parliamentary constituencies before their abolition.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>It also campaigns for improvements to public elections and representative democracy, and is a regular commentator on all aspects of representation, public participation and democratic governance in the United Kingdom. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Electoral_Reform_Society&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The ERS was founded in January 1884 as the <b>Proportional Representation Society</b> by the polymath and politician <a href="/wiki/John_Lubbock,_1st_Baron_Avebury" title="John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury">John Lubbock</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By the end of the year, the society had attracted the support of 184 <a href="/wiki/Member_of_parliament" title="Member of parliament">Members of Parliament</a>, split almost equally between <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservatives</a> and <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Party_(UK)" title="Liberal Party (UK)">Liberals</a>. Other early members included Charles Dodgson (better known as <a href="/wiki/Lewis_Carroll" title="Lewis Carroll">Lewis Carroll</a>), <a href="/wiki/C._P._Scott" title="C. P. Scott">C. P. Scott</a>, editor of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">The Manchester Guardian</a></i> and <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Hare_(political_scientist)" class="mw-redirect" title="Thomas Hare (political scientist)">Thomas Hare</a>, inventor of the Single Transferable Vote.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The initial aim of the society was to have proportional representation included in the terms of the <a href="/wiki/Representation_of_the_People_Act_1884" title="Representation of the People Act 1884">Representation of the People Act 1884</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Redistribution_of_Seats_Act_1885" title="Redistribution of Seats Act 1885">Redistribution of Seats Act 1885</a> (<a href="/wiki/48_%26_49_Vict." class="mw-redirect" title="48 & 49 Vict.">48 & 49 Vict.</a> c. 23), but, despite a determined campaign of political lobbying, it was unable to do so.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A PRS pamphlet of the 1920s described the organisation's aims thus: </p> <dl><dd>1. to reproduce the opinions of the electors in parliament and other public bodies in their true proportions</dd> <dd>2. to secure the majority of electors shall rule and all other considerable minorities shall be heard</dd> <dd>3. to give electors a wider freedom in the choice of representation</dd> <dd>4. to give representative greater independence by freeing them from the pressure of sectional interests (perhaps party discipline and back-room deals were meant)</dd> <dd>5. to ensure to parties representation by their ablest and most trusted members.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <p>Alongside its sister organisation, <a href="/wiki/Proportional_Representation_Society_of_Ireland" title="Proportional Representation Society of Ireland">Proportional Representation Society of Ireland</a>, the society succeeded in getting STV introduced in local and then national elections in <a href="/wiki/Ireland" title="Ireland">Ireland</a>, and in numerous religious, educational and professional organisations. Following <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, the society suffered from financial problems and a lack of public appetite for reform. When <a href="/wiki/Fianna_F%C3%A1il" title="Fianna Fáil">Fianna Fáil</a> put to a referendum a proposal to revert to <a href="/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting" title="First-past-the-post voting">first-past-the-post voting</a> twice (1959 and 1968), the society, under the leadership of <a href="/wiki/Enid_Lakeman" title="Enid Lakeman">Enid Lakeman</a>, led a successful campaign to keep the STV system in Ireland.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1973, the STV was introduced in <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a> for elections to local councils and to the new <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Assembly_(1973)" title="Northern Ireland Assembly (1973)">Northern Ireland Assembly</a>, and the society and its staff were called upon to advise in the programme of education set up by the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Government of the United Kingdom">government</a> to raise public awareness.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Interest in <a href="/wiki/Proportional_representation" title="Proportional representation">proportional representation</a> revived sharply in Britain after the <a href="/wiki/February_1974_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="February 1974 United Kingdom general election">February 1974 general election</a>. From then on, the society was able to secure a higher public profile for its campaigns. In 1983, the society was recognised by the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Economic_and_Social_Council" title="United Nations Economic and Social Council">United Nations Economic and Social Council</a> as a <a href="/wiki/Non-governmental_organisation" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-governmental organisation">non-governmental organisation</a> with consultative status. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Activities">Activities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Electoral_Reform_Society&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Activities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The society has campaigned successfully for the introduction of STV for local elections in <a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and led the call for a referendum on the voting system in the wake of the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_parliamentary_expenses_scandal" title="United Kingdom parliamentary expenses scandal">United Kingdom parliamentary expenses scandal</a> as part of the Vote for a Change campaign.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is a founding member of the <a href="/wiki/Votes_at_16" title="Votes at 16">Votes at 16 Coalition</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="AV_referendum">AV referendum</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Electoral_Reform_Society&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: AV referendum"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The society was later a principal funder of the <a href="/wiki/YES!_To_Fairer_Votes" title="YES! To Fairer Votes">YES! To Fairer Votes</a> campaign in the unsuccessful bid for a Yes vote in the <a href="/wiki/2011_United_Kingdom_Alternative_Vote_referendum" title="2011 United Kingdom Alternative Vote referendum">2011 referendum on the Alternative Vote</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its chief executive, <a href="/wiki/Katie_Ghose" title="Katie Ghose">Katie Ghose</a>, served as the campaign's chair. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Police_and_crime_commissioners">Police and crime commissioners</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Electoral_Reform_Society&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Police and crime commissioners"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2012, the Society criticised Government handling of its policy of elected <a href="/wiki/Police_and_crime_commissioner" title="Police and crime commissioner">Police and crime commissioners</a> – which led to the <a href="/wiki/2012_England_and_Wales_police_and_crime_commissioner_elections" title="2012 England and Wales police and crime commissioner elections">lowest turnout in British peacetime history</a>. </p><p>In August 2012, the society predicted turnout could be as low as 18.5% and outlined steps to salvage the elections, mobilising support from both candidates and voters.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Government did not change tack, dubbing the prediction a "silly season story".<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following the result (in which the national turnout was a mere 15.1%, even lower than the society's prediction), the Society branded the Government's approach to elections as a "comedy of errors", views that were reiterated by Shadow Home Secretary <a href="/wiki/Yvette_Cooper" title="Yvette Cooper">Yvette Cooper</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Voter_registration">Voter registration</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Electoral_Reform_Society&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Voter registration"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The society led bids to change the Government's approach to introduction of Individual Electoral Registration, which the <i><a href="/wiki/New_Statesman" title="New Statesman">New Statesman</a></i> dubbed "the biggest political scandal you've never heard of".<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Electoral Commission sources estimated as many as 10 million voters could disappear from the electoral roll under government plans, predominantly poor, young or black, and more liable to vote Labour.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The society succeeded in securing changes to the legislation.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="European_Union">European Union</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Electoral_Reform_Society&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: European Union"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In a 2014 report, the society recommended several ways to make the <a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a> more accountable and argued that there was a <a href="/wiki/Democratic_legitimacy_of_the_European_Union" title="Democratic legitimacy of the European Union">democratic deficit</a>. These included: better scrutiny of EU legislation by the British parliament, a voting system which gives voters more influence over individual candidates (e.g. <a href="/wiki/Single_transferable_vote" title="Single transferable vote">single transferable vote</a>) and recruitment of party candidates with a wider ranges of views on the EU.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Analysis_of_2016_EU_referendum">Analysis of 2016 EU referendum</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Electoral_Reform_Society&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Analysis of 2016 EU referendum"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In August 2016, the society published a highly critical report on the referendum and called for a review of how future events are run. Contrasting it very unfavourably with the 'well-informed grassroots' campaign for <a href="/wiki/2014_Scottish_independence_referendum" title="2014 Scottish independence referendum">Scottish independence</a>, ERS Chief Executive Katie Ghose described it as "dire" with “glaring democratic deficiencies” which left voters bewildered. Katie Ghose noted a generally negative response to establishment figures with 29% of voters saying <a href="/wiki/David_Cameron" title="David Cameron">David Cameron</a> (a Remain supporter) made them more likely to vote leave, whilst only 14% said he made them want to vote remain. Looking ahead, the society called for an official organisation to highlight misleading claims and for <a href="/wiki/Ofcom" title="Ofcom">Ofcom</a> to define the role that broadcasters are expected to play.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2018_gender_analysis">2018 gender analysis</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Electoral_Reform_Society&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: 2018 gender analysis"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Women_in_the_House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom#2017_election" title="Women in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom">Women in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom § 2017 election</a></div> <p>In February 2018, the ERS reported that hundreds of seats were being effectively 'reserved' by men, holding back women's representation. Their report states that 170 seats are being held by men first elected in 2005 or before – with few opportunities for women to take those seats or selections.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Labour_for_a_New_Democracy">Labour for a New Democracy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Electoral_Reform_Society&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Labour for a New Democracy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Labour_Campaign_for_Electoral_Reform" title="Labour Campaign for Electoral Reform">Labour Campaign for Electoral Reform</a></div> <p>In September 2020, the Electoral Reform Society joined with other pressure groups (including <a href="/wiki/Labour_Campaign_for_Electoral_Reform" title="Labour Campaign for Electoral Reform">Labour Campaign for Electoral Reform</a>) and Labour MPs to launch <i>Labour for a New Democracy</i>, a campaign to "build support for UK electoral reform in Labour with the aim of changing party policy by the time its next conference takes place".<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to polling, three-quarters of Labour members believe the party should commit to supporting proportional representation and adopt it as a policy.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The motion for the September 2021 Labour Party conference<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was defeated despite 80% of CLP delegates voting in favour, due to an overwhelming vote against by the affiliated trade unions, most of which at the time did not have policy on electoral reform.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In October 2021, the trade union <a href="/wiki/Unite_the_Union" title="Unite the Union">Unite</a> changed its policy to back proportional representation.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In June 2022, the trade union <a href="/wiki/Unison" title="Unison">Unison</a> also voted to support proportional representation.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other unions that have declared their support for proportional representation include the <a href="/wiki/Associated_Society_of_Locomotive_Engineers_and_Firemen" class="mw-redirect" title="Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen">Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen</a> (ASLEF), the <a href="/wiki/Musicians%27_Union_(United_Kingdom)" title="Musicians' Union (United Kingdom)">Musicians' Union</a> (MU) and the <a href="/wiki/Transport_Salaried_Staffs%27_Association" title="Transport Salaried Staffs' Association">Transport Salaried Staffs' Association</a> (TSSA).<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Politicians from all wings of the Labour Party have come out in support of proportional representation, including the former leader of <a href="/wiki/Welsh_Labour" title="Welsh Labour">Welsh Labour</a> and former First Minister of Wales, <a href="/wiki/Mark_Drakeford" title="Mark Drakeford">Mark Drakeford</a> when he was in office.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the Labour Party Conference in September 2022, delegates from CLPs and trade unions voted overwhelmingly in favour of adopting proportional representation.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The motion is not binding on the party leadership but does commit the party to include PR in its election manifesto.<sup id="cite_ref-Guardian,_Savage_and_Helm_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guardian,_Savage_and_Helm-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although during his leadership campaign, Labour Party leader, <a href="/wiki/Keir_Starmer" title="Keir Starmer">Keir Starmer</a>, said: "I also think on electoral reform, we’ve got to address the fact that millions of people vote in safe seats and they feel their vote doesn’t count. That’s got to be addressed."<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It has subsequently been reported that he has always opposed proportional representation.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Related_organisations">Related organisations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Electoral_Reform_Society&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Related organisations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="anchor" id="Electoral_Reform_Services_Limited"></span> </p> <ul><li><b>Electoral Reform Services Limited</b> (ERS, formerly Electoral Reform Ballot Services): a company established by the Electoral Reform Society in 1988 to provide an independent balloting and polling service to organisations conducting elections and polls. The service is widely used by <a href="/wiki/Trade_union" title="Trade union">trade unions</a>, <a href="/wiki/Political_party" title="Political party">political parties</a>, <a href="/wiki/Building_society" title="Building society">building societies</a> and companies when balloting their members or shareholders in ways defined by the law and their internal management. In many cases, these organisations are forbidden from conducting their ballots internally in an attempt to ensure that the ballots are conducted impartially. Until 2018 the Electoral Reform Society remained a minority shareholder and was in large part financed by its dividend from Electoral Reform Services. In 2018 Electoral Reform Services was sold out to <a href="/wiki/Civica" title="Civica">Civica</a>, becoming Civica Election Services thereby losing its integrity. The majority of the Electoral Reform Society's income is now financed by a capital fund set up with the proceeds from this sale.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Electoral_Reform_Society&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Make_Votes_Matter" title="Make Votes Matter">Make Votes Matter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Take_Back_Parliament" title="Take Back Parliament">Take Back Parliament</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suffragette" title="Suffragette">Suffragette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chartism" title="Chartism">Chartism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suffrage#United_Kingdom" title="Suffrage">History of suffrage in the United Kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electoral_reform#United_Kingdom" title="Electoral reform">Electoral reform in the United Kingdom</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Electoral_Reform_Society&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output 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