The publications on this page cover papers and reports on elections and electoral policy. They cover Government policy papers as well as consultation papers. The page also includes various reports in relation to electoral modernisation and registration both from Government and other interested parties involved in the administration of elections and electoral policy.
Published Reports
Consultation Papers
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| 26 February 2007 |
Parliamentary constituencies: Boundary Commission for England report
The Boundary Commission for England’s fifth periodical report on English parliamentary constituencies was laid before parliament on the 26 February 2007. A copy of the report is available on The Stationery Office website
| 22 February 2007 |
The future of citizenship: research report
We commissioned the independent research company Henley Centre Headlight Vision to help us better understand the future of citizenship. The project links in with issues around voting and the citizens role in the democratic process. The research project began in May 2006 and our final report ‘The future of citizenship’ was published on 22 February 2007.
The project used a scenario planning process to answer the questions: ‘How might societal notions, definitions and behaviours of citizenship in the UK evolve over the next 20 years? And what are the implications of these possible changes for government policy, planning and communications?’.
| 19 December 2005 |
Electoral regions: boundary commission for Wales report and recommendations
The Boundary Commission for Wales fifth periodical report on parliamentary constituencies and first report on National Assembly for Wales electoral regions was laid before parliament on 14 December 2005.
A copy of the report is available on The
Stationary Office website.
| 11 October 2005 |
Electoral
Administration - legislative proposals resulting from discussion of the
policy discussion paper on 25 May 2005 
[PDF 297kb, 48 pages]
The Department for Constitutional Affairs published a policy discussion
paper on Electoral Administration on 25 May 2005 to seek views and comments
on proposed measures for changes and improvements to the electoral process
to be taken forward as part of the Government's electoral modernisation
programme. This paper sets out a package of measures for improving the
electoral process following consideration of responses received.
It also incorporating responses to recommendations in the Electoral Commission's
report: Securing the Vote.
| 14 September 2005 |
Government response to the Office for Democratic Institutions
and Human Rights report on the 2005 General Election
This is the government's response to the assessment mission report of
the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), who officially
observed the 2005 UK general election, held on 5 May 2005. The original
report can be found on the ODIHR website.
Government's
response [PDF 58KB, 16 pages ]
ODIHR
website [PDF 255KB, 20 pages]
| 14 September 2005 |
Government's response to the DCA and Office of the deputy Prime
minister select committee report on electoral registration.
The report provides an analysis of key issues such as: how we prevent
people being disenfranchised; how we stop fraud by ensuring the system
is secure; how we can make use of new technologies to provide a better
service to the public. This analysis is particularly valuable as we continue
to develop the forthcoming Electoral Administration Bill
Government's
response
Committee
report on electoral registration
The Government's response to the electoral commission's report:
Voting for change - an electoral law modernisation programme sets out
the recommendations for electoral reform and priorities for change.
Government's
response [PDF 501KB, 27 pages]
Voting
for change - an electoral law modernisation programme [PDF, XXXKB]
The Government's response to the electoral commission's report:
Delivering democracy? The future of postal voting the evaluation of the
pilot elections in 2004 and reports on the future of postal voting.
Government's
response (PDF, 189KB, 28 pages)
The
electoral commission's report: Delivering democracy? The future of postal
voting [PDF]
Review of the European Parliamentary Elections 1999
The Funding of Political Parties in the UK (Neill Committee)
Final report of Working Party on Electoral Procedures
The Report of the Independent Commission on the Voting System
The Implementation of Electronic Voting in the UK (De Montford Report)
In
Service of Democracy: A consultation paper on a policy for electronic
democracy
Modernising
Elections: A strategic evaluation of the 2002 electoral pilot schemes.
May 2006 Pilots Schemes: Electoral Commission Consultations (responses sought by 4th August 2006)