Brown proposes referendum on preference voting

UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown yesterday announced plans to hold a referendum on changing the electoral system for the House of Commons to the...

What seat should I do next?

I've now finished seat profiles for 56 out of 150 House of Representatives seats. I've now finished profiles for all seats under a 4%...

Elections looming in Northern Ireland

Political events in Northern Ireland in recent days suggest that an election for the Legislative Assembly may loom in the next few months, while...

Cameron cutting seat numbers in UK

David Cameron, the leader of the Opposition in the United Kingdom, is planning to immediately cut the number of seats in the House of...

Election guide update

Over the break I have completed about twenty-seven seat guides for my guide to the 2010 federal election. Some of those which have been...

New South Australian electoral maps

With South Australia's state election coming up on March 20, I have taken the opportunity to improve the electoral maps for South Australia posted...

Summer hiatus

Just as I did last year, I have ceased posting on the front page of the blog for the Christmas/New Year period. I find...

NSW Labor pummelled by the polls

The NSW Labor Party has again hit rock-bottom in a new state Newspoll out today in the Australian. The poll gives the ALP only...

UK electoral map finished

I have finally completed the UK electoral map for next year's general election for the House of Commons. I had previously completed maps for England,...

Recall madness

The Sydney Morning Herald has today begun a campaign to have the state constitution changed to allow "recall elections", where a petition of a...