External Links
The links on this page have been placed in categories:
- Electoral Reform Organisations
- Citizens' Assemblies on Electoral Reform
- Animations
- Journals and Periodicals
- Reports
- Command Papers and House Papers
- Fact Sheets
- Videos
- Software
- Constituency Maps
- UK Parliament Links
- UK Government Links
- UK Devolved Institutions
- UK Local Government Links
- International Organisations
- Legislation Links
- Other Links
Electoral Reform Organisations
United Kingdom
- Conservative Action for Electoral Reform
- Elect the Lords
- Electoral Reform Society
- Fairshare
- Labour Campaign for Electoral Reform
- Make Votes Count
- Make Votes Count in West Sussex
- SYMVOS
- Unlock Democracy
- Vote for a Change
- X-Change
Democratic Action Group for Electoral Reform (DAGGER) is an active campaign for STV within the Liberal Democrats, but does not currently have a website. Phone Joan Davies at 01242 227230 for more information.
Canada
- Campaign for STV in British Columbia.
- Electoral Change Coalition of British Columbia
- Fairvote Canada
- Fairvoting British Columbia the yes campaign for the 2009 referendum in British Columbia
United States of America
- Californians for Electoral Reform
- Davis Citizens for Representaton
- Delaware County For a Better Democracy
- Election Reform Coalition of Pinellas County (Florida)
- Fairvote
- Fairvote Minnesota
- Minneapolis Better Ballot Campaign
- San Mateo County for Electoral Reform
- Washington Citizens for Proportional Representation
Citizens' Assemblies on Electoral Reform
Animations of STV
- British Columbia Citizens' Assembly - animations page
- Choice Voting Animation from FairVote - Choice Voting is another name for STV
- IRV Animation from FairVote - IRV is another name for Alternative Vote (AV)
- Youth Start
Journals and Periodicals
- Representation - published by the McDougall Trust
- Voting Matters - a journal about the technical issues related to STV published by the McDougall Trust
Reports
The following links are for official commissions, inquiries and reports which include an examination of voting systems.
- Arbuthnott Commission
- Changed Votes, Changed Politics (Report of Independent Commission on Proportional Representation)
- Kerley Report (The Report of the Renewing Local Democracy Working Group) the Group found STV to best meet its remit
- Jenkins Report
- Power to the People: the report of Power, an
Independent Inquiry into Britain’s Democracy (the report of the Power Enquiry) - Report of the Richard Commission (Adroddiad Comisiwn Richard
- The Tyler Report (Reforming the House of Lords: Breaking the Deadlock) - recommended STV for the House of Lords and even includes a draft bill to this effect.
Command Papers and House Papers
The following Command Papers and House papers refer to STV. All the documents are available from Official Documents, the official reference facility for Command Papers, House of Commons Papers and key Departmental Papers.
- The House of Lords: reform [Command 7027, Session 2007, ISBN 9780101702720]
- Better governance for Wales (Trefn Lywodraethu Well I Gymru) [Command 6582, Session 2005, ISBN 0101658222]
- The Electoral Commission corporate plan 2007-08 to 2011-12 [House 0474, Session 2006-2007, ISBN 9780102944990]
- Representing the Future - a report supporting STV for local government from the Councillors' Comission.
Fact Sheets
- The Single Transferable Vote in
Northern Ireland (Electoral Commission Fact Sheet) - European Parliament (Electoral Commission Fact Sheet)
- Northern Ireland Assembly (Electoral Commission Fact Sheet)
Videos
- Council vote system explained -a video from the BBC
STV Software
- OpenSTV project (a project to develop STV software, which anyone is free to use)
- eSTV - STV Election Software from the Electoral Reform Society
Election News
- electionline.org (news about electoral reform)
Constituency Maps
- BBC Election Map - 2005 General Election
Election Maps - UK election maps provided by the Ordinance Survey - UK Election Results Map
UK Parliament Links
- Crossbench Peers - the Group of Peers who do not take a party whip
- Official Documents - official reference facility for House of Commons Paper
- Parliament
- Parliamentlive.tv - videos of Parliamentary proceedings
UK Government Links
- Direct.Gov - Internet Portal for the UK Government
- Electoral Office of Northern Ireland
- Government News Network
- Law Commission - independent body which keeps the law under review and recommends reforms
- Office for National Statistics (ONS)
- Office for Public Sector Information (OPSI)
- Statute Law Database - contains UK Acts of Parliament, Statutary Instruments and other legislation
Devolved Institutions
Local Government
International Organisations
- European Union
- International Federation for Election Systems (IFES)
- Interparliamentary Union
- United Nations
Legislation
- UK legislation referring to STV (A table of current UK law from STV Action)
Other Links
- Talk Democracy
- ACE Electoral Knowledge Project
- Democracy Day (Pamphlet advocating STV for Local Government)
- Electoral Calculus
- IFES Election Guide (news about elections from around the world)
- European Democracies (database of European Electoral Systems from the Electoral Reform Society)
- PR Library
- McDougall Trust
- news.mysociety.org A useful site to help you contact your local newspapers, includes circulation figures
- Open Democracy
- Model STV Ballot Papers from the Scottish Executive website
- Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights - Events Calendar
- stv.govt.nz (page from the New Zealand Government about STV)
- UK Elect (Election Forecasts)
Have we missed any? If you know of any more electoral reform organisations, or other sites that you think should be listed here, please contact the webmaster.