Wednesday

26-08-2026 Vol 19

Category: England

FINAL REPORT English Local Elections 2023

On May 4th, Democracy Volunteers deployed more than 150 observers, and support team, of the 376 Democracy Volunteers observers accredited with the UK's Electoral Commission. The organisation deployed across...

FINAL REPORT Westminster Parliamentary By-elections 2022

Observers formed teams of two and attended 76 polling places. These observers spent between 30 minutes and 45 minutes at each polling venue observing the process and then completed...

FINAL REPORT UK Local and Assembly Elections 2022

Democracy Volunteers deployed more than 200 observers, and support team, of the over 300 Democracy Volunteers observers accredited with the UK's Electoral Commission. These deployed across all the four...

FINAL REPORT – English Mayoral Elections 2022

Our team of observers saw several challenges to the electoral process, once again these focused around the challenge of family voting, where more than one person attempts to vote...

Democracy Under Stress: A report into elections funding in England

As part of our work in 2021 we have been increasingly aware of the mounting costs that elections incur, whether this has been through our interlocutor meetings, media reports...

FINAL REPORT – The English Regional Mayoralties

These elections were very well run by staff who were faced by an extraordinary situation.  The Covid security put in place for the elections was impressive and generally followed...

SPECIAL ELECTION REPORT – Blind and Partially Sighted Voters in London

Blind and Partially Sighted Voters continue to face extensive challenges in aspects of voter registration, polling day operations and having equal access to a secret ballot as other voters....

FINAL REPORT London Mayoral and Assembly Elections 2021

These elections were very well run by staff who were faced by an extraordinary situation. The Covid security put in place for the elections was impressive and generally followed...