The prime minister says he wants other parties to take part in a national commission on electoral reform.

Electoral reform is a perennial debate in UK politics. But it never comes to fruition – arguably because it’s never in the interests of the governing party to change the voting rules that got it into ...

It opens the door to an historic change in the British voting system, a topic political leaders have long claimed is a ...

Prime Minister Andy Burnham said on Tuesday the Labour Party will contest the next election ​with a manifesto commitment to ...

LONDON (Reuters) -Britain moved on Thursday to lower the voting age by two years to 16 in all UK elections, a major overhaul of the country's democratic system that immediately split opinion over ...

In his first Labour conference speech as Prime Minister, Mr Burnham promised to introduce a 'new politics' through electoral ...

The FINANCIAL — Britons remain divided over whether voting in general elections should become compulsory, according to new polling released as the Labour government considers wider electoral reforms.

The United Kingdom is lowering the voting age from 18 to 16 before the next national elections – a move which opposition figures decry as a way to sway the electorate to benefit the left. The U.K.

The British government said on Thursday it planned to give 16 and 17-year-olds the right to vote in all UK elections in a major overhaul of the country’s democratic system. The government said the ...