Congratulations! And great to see you this morning!

Also see our evidence in Parliament last week:
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and bills.parliament.uk/publications...

How the Representation of the People Bill can be amended to strengthen democracy | LSE British Politics The Government's new Representation of the People Bill is set to transform the way the UK votes, including a move towards automatic voter registration.

The Representation of the People Bill is working it's way through Parliament.

Here are some ways in which it can be amended to further strengthen democracy:

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Voting in supermarkets, bank cards as ID and £500,000 fines for breaking the rules – how British elections could be about to change Measures which will modernise elections to enable young people to vote more easily are included in the bill.

Changes are coming to UK elections....

theconversation.com/voting-in-su...

Call for papers!

The call for our forthcoming summer conference is now, in collaboration with the Carter Center

This year we are teaming up with the journal Politics

As ever, it is free and runs across multiple time zones

Deadline: March 31

www.electoralintegrityproject.com/2026-virtual...

Happy Holidays to the 14,240 readers who have downloaded our book “Australia’s Evolving Democracy” or any chapter during its first year of publication.
Many thanks from all our authors - we are hugely grateful! It’s open access, and always will be. press.lse.ac.uk/books/e/10.3...

By which benchmarks should we assess political leaders? How are Starmer, Badenoch and Farage performing, and why?

Watch our expert book launch from this week!

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Academics and teachers - do consider adding it to your course syllabuses!

The State of Political Leadership in Britain YouTube video by UEA Public Events and Engagement

The @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social via @tobysjames.bsky.social kindly recorded this event. I gave Kemi Badenoch a grade D. But then I hadn't heard her supposedly brilliant Budget response. So should that have been a D+ or a C-?

Finally got round to a deep reading of @tobysjames.bsky.social and Charles Clarke’s interview with Boris Johnson (done in Feb 2025). It’s well worth it. This passage in particular stuck out. Don’t agree that doing something different would have saved BJ’s skin but a refreshingly honest admission.

The State of Political Leadership in Britain

Join us for this tomorrow!

Free and open to all, online and in person.

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@bitebackpublishing.bsky.social

Crisis of political leadership? What crisis?

Join us on Tuesday

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Overseas voting in Canada The Canadian House of Commons is examining how overseas voting works in Canadian elections. At present, special ballots can be issued to electors overseas. However, there are concerns inside Canada…

The Canadian Parliament is considering whether the system used for overseas voting is sufficient for Canadian democracy.

I drew from UK-based studies to give evidence about whether proxy voting may help. And learnt a lot about the value of overseas constituencies...

tobysjames.com/2025/11/21/o...

@timbale.bsky.social @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @emmanuelleavril.bsky.social

The State of Political Leadership in Britain

Roundtable with Charles Clarke, Tim Bale, Emmanuelle Avril and Patrick Diamond

Tuesday 25th November 1pm-2.30pm

The registration link is: forms.office.com/e/dnX1qZ4pVR. We will send a join link 24 hours before the event

💡 How do different scholars do research on electoral integrity? How should they?

📖 In this new chapter for the Oxford Handbook of Electoral Integrity, I profile three rival approaches

Recognition of different pathways would greatly benefit research and policy

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Universal suffrage is often said to be a defining feature of democracy, but not the reality for many elections around the world.

In this new piece, we map the arguments for enfranchising all residents and the number of unenfranchised adults in the UK.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Available here:

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New contributing authors include: Victoria Honeyman, Anand Menon, Alan Wager Dr Andrew S. Roe-Crines-Crines, Timothy Heppell, Ben Worthy, Mark Bennister, Anthony Seldon, Peter Dorey and Patrick Diamond.

The books also include an interview with Boris Johnston himself with some candid reflections on his own time as leader.....

The books now include new chapters on Jeremy Corbyn, Kier Starmer, Theresa May, Boris Johnston and Rishi Sunak.

We also have new chapters on Brexit and political leadership, updated conceptual frameworks and leadership league tables.

📣 Out now!

Second editions of the British Labour Leaders and British Conservative Leaders books

Edited alongside Charles Clarke, @timbale.bsky.social and Patrick Diamond for @bitebackpublishing.bsky.social

The value of poll-worker voice in the delivery of elections by Toby S. James and Alistair Clark In their recent article published in Policy & Politics, Toby S. James and Alistair Clark explore how the perspectives of poll workers can inform and improve …

🔍What is the value of poll-worker voice in the delivery of elections?

✨⬇️New research on the blog from @tobysjames.bsky.social and Alistair Clark! Thank you both!

policyandpoliticsblog.com/2025/09/24/t...

Radical right accommodation really does not work.

New paper out with this exceptionally talented team
@katharinalawall.bsky.social @robjohns75.bsky.social @drjennings.bsky.social @sarahobolt.bsky.social @zachdickson.bsky.social @danjdevine.bsky.social & @jack-bailey.co.uk

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New! Just out in Democratization

@HollyAnnGarnett and I on electoral integrity resilience

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Open access and free to read...

A great honour to be invited!

💡 Introducing...

The Oxford Handbook on Electoral Integrity

Edited by Holly Ann Garnett and @tobysjames.bsky.social

Chapters are now being published online ahead of the print version out next year....

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Great work from you guys too!

Oops. *Europe 😂

Automatic voter registration: a huge step forward for democracy – and a chance to bring missing millions into elections As part of a raft of new measures, people will no longer need to register themselves to vote.

Why automatic voter registration is good news for UK democracy….

theconversation.com/automatic-vo...