Updates

Our North Yorkshire group is taking action to the Council meeting on 17th May demanding support for proportional representation in Westminster, local and mayoral elections.

Roger Truelove, former leader of Swale Borough Council, explains how he and other progressives cooperated to take control of Swale Borough Council

Read our new report, Democracy Denied, which explores how our electoral system shuts progressives out of local government - and what we can do about it.

Cross-party activists have issued recommendations on who voters should back to ensure progressives retain control of a key Oxfordshire council on May 4th.

Keir Starmer has placed himself at odds with his party and affiliated trade unions by actively opposing a change to the UK’s electoral system today, the Byline Times reports.

Compass activist Doug Crawford, who helped Compass undertake research into the councils where seats are up for election this May, reflects on his findings

Compass hopes to oust Tory majority on Cherwell District Council

Compass launched its local elections campaign today with new research in the Mirror that revealed the shocking democratic deficit at the heart of Tory-run councils across the country. 

Gerry Hassan explores why Labour must propose a more ambitious economic, social and democratic offer rather than opting to be the party of restoration and conservatism

Stuart Cartland on why the news that the BBC will not broadcast an episode of the new David Attenborough documentary indicates the power of acceptable and established narratives.

To mark International Women’s Day this year, we wanted to draw attention to the role our archaic voting system plays in keeping women out of power.

Neal Lawson features on the Rock & Roll Politics podcast with Steve Richards

Celine Barry from Compass North Yorkshire on PR as 'a more grown-up way of doing politics' in a letter to the Yorkshire Post

A meeting of North Yorkshire County Council’s executive saw councillors refusing to support a proposal calling on the government to introduce proportional representation (PR)

Guy Major and Jonathan Preminger explore votes-weighted representation as an alternative to FPTP and PR

Cross-party campaigners in North Yorkshire have rejected claims by Conservative councillors that they wasted council time by calling for a change to the voting system.