The Latest Breaking News from the Electoral Commission

Political activities heralding Nigeria’s 2027 general elections are beginning to pick up.

Teachers will be asked to leave their politics at the classroom door in order to make sure pupils are not swayed on how to vote

Vijay Rangarajan says Electoral Commission’s material for schools will be impartial and calls on teachers to follow suit

Figures published on Thursday showed the party’s membership was 333,235 at the end of last year – down from its 532,046 peak in 2019

Figures published on Thursday showed the party’s membership was 333,235 at the end of last year – well down on its 532,046 members at the end of

The Electoral Commission has agreed to share with Kyiv best practice on cybersecurity and voter education.

Keir Starmer’s party said it is returning the money from Abdul Sattar Shere-Mohammod who was convicted of actual bodily harm in 2022

Doug Chalmers said it was ‘inappropriate for the government of the day to seek to guide the work of the independent electoral commission’.

The UK government has announced planned changes to elections which it claims to be “the boldest and most ambitious change to our democracy for decades”. This includes extending the franchise to 16- and 17-year-olds at parliamentary elections – but also other important reforms such as automatic voter registration.

Labour spent £30m compared with the Conservatives’ £23m, according to Electoral Commission data

The UK government is set to lower the voting age to 16 and introduce sweeping reforms to restore trust in democracy, from modernising voter ID rules to clamping down on foreign donations.