Low turnout and an unfair voting system: UK elections ranked in the bottom half of countries in Europe

By Toby James, Professor of Politics and Public Policy, University of East Anglia
Holly Ann Garnett, Class of 1965 Professor of Leadership, Royal Military College of Canada

The UK has historically been held up as leading democracy with free and fair elections. However, our new report shows election quality in the UK is now ranked in the bottom half of countries in Europe.

The Global Electoral Integrity Report provides scores for election quality around the world. It defines electoral integrity as the…

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