Elections

Count Binface: ‘Humans can decide if Farage is more establishment than a lone wolf space warrior’
Politics

Count Binface: ‘Humans can decide if Farage is more establishment than a lone wolf space warrior’

A 5,900-year-old intergalactic space warrior from the planet Sigma IX is Nigel Farage’s biggest threat in the Clacton by-election. But what does Count Binface really stand for?

‘I’m infuriated that young people don’t get a say at elections. The minimum voting age is unfair’
Letters

‘I’m infuriated that young people don’t get a say at elections. The minimum voting age is unfair’

A 14-year-old Big Issue reader shares his petition for abolishing the minimum voting age

Our Public House: How penis drawings on election night shaped play about UK democracy
Theatre

Our Public House: How penis drawings on election night shaped play about UK democracy

Our Public House is the story of a by-election being held after a vote strike, where people had rejected all the options available to them

Are 16-year-olds ready to vote? We asked teenagers what they think
Voting

Are 16-year-olds ready to vote? We asked teenagers what they think

There is a roadmap to end homelessness by 2040. Now it’s up those in power to follow it
Maeve McGoldrick

There is a roadmap to end homelessness by 2040. Now it’s up those in power to follow it

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I am so glad a plumber has been elected. Now let’s rebuild parliament from the foundations
Opinion

I am so glad a plumber has been elected. Now let’s rebuild parliament from the foundations

Letters: ‘Voting is the adult equivalent of writing letters to Santa’
Letters

Letters: ‘Voting is the adult equivalent of writing letters to Santa’

Could 16 and 17-year-olds really decide the next election?
Banseka Kayembe

Could 16 and 17-year-olds really decide the next election?

Votes at 16 is a victory for young people – but true democratic empowerment is still some way off
Matteo Bergamini

Votes at 16 is a victory for young people – but true democratic empowerment is still some way off

Letters: Voter loyalties are no longer for life – unlike football allegiances
Letters

Letters: Voter loyalties are no longer for life – unlike football allegiances

Would-be voters turned away from polling stations for not having ID: ‘This hurts our democracy’
Democracy

Would-be voters turned away from polling stations for not having ID: ‘This hurts our democracy’

Everyone has a right to vote – including homeless people. Here’s how you can take part
Craig Westwood

Everyone has a right to vote – including homeless people. Here’s how you can take part

Ralph Nader on shaping history, broken American politics and the enduring appeal of Donald Trump
Politics

Ralph Nader on shaping history, broken American politics and the enduring appeal of Donald Trump

The ‘Ulez election’? After 8 years of Boris Johnson, Uxbridge and South Ruislip has bigger problems
ULEZ

The ‘Ulez election’? After 8 years of Boris Johnson, Uxbridge and South Ruislip has bigger problems

Here’s what the UK can learn from Australia, Sweden, and the US about getting voters to the polls
Politics

Here’s what the UK can learn from Australia, Sweden, and the US about getting voters to the polls

New voter ID rules are blocking local elections voters from casting their ballot
Local elections

New voter ID rules are blocking local elections voters from casting their ballot

Dogs at polling stations bring a smile to local election day
Local elections

Dogs at polling stations bring a smile to local election day

Local elections: You can still vote if you’ve lost your ID. Here’s how.
local elections

Local elections: You can still vote if you’ve lost your ID. Here’s how.

Exclusive: Councils are rejecting one in 18 applications for the government’s new free voter ID
Elections

Exclusive: Councils are rejecting one in 18 applications for the government’s new free voter ID

Voter ID: Everything you need to know about how to vote in May’s elections, and the controversies
Politics

Voter ID: Everything you need to know about how to vote in May’s elections, and the controversies

Trans, elderly, disabled and Muslim people could be worst affected by new voter ID law, with less than a month until polling day
Local elections

Trans, elderly, disabled and Muslim people could be worst affected by new voter ID law, with less than a month until polling day

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‘Ex-miners are voting Green’: Why the Green Party has made gains in industrial heartlands
Local elections

‘Ex-miners are voting Green’: Why the Green Party has made gains in industrial heartlands

‘Politics needs to be real’: Why more independent candidates are standing in this year’s local elections
Politics

‘Politics needs to be real’: Why more independent candidates are standing in this year’s local elections

Why you really need to keep an eye on the Northern Ireland election
Feargal Cochrane

Why you really need to keep an eye on the Northern Ireland election

MPs vote through ‘deeply depressing’ voter ID laws
Elections

MPs vote through ‘deeply depressing’ voter ID laws