Labour and the Liberal Democrats have been urged to forge an electoral pact in the upcoming Mid Bedfordshire by-election to avoid splitting the progressive vote and ‘getting another Nadine Dorries’.…
01 Sep, 2023
Win As One
21 Jul, 2023
Compass urges progressives to unite in one-off pact at next general election after Tories hold Uxbridge
Uxbridge should not today be a Tory seat. The fact that it is down to a number of factors, elections always are, but the fact that the Lib Dem vote…
21 Jun, 2023
Winning As One in Greater Manchester
Winning As One means that instead of working against each other, progressives will campaign and fight together - not just against the Conservatives, but for a different, more collaborative kind…
14 Jun, 2023
Principles before policies: Building a shared progressive agenda
Policies are difficult and too often bogged down in the complexities of implementation. Policies are important - of course they are - but where do they really come from, and…
28 Apr, 2023
Compass Oxfordshire issues tactical voting recommendations for West Oxfordshire District Council
Cross-party activists have issued recommendations on who voters should back to ensure progressives retain control of a key Oxfordshire council on May 4th. The 2022 local elections saw the Conservatives…
24 Apr, 2023
Compass research reveals why our politics needs a democratic reset
Anyone who is remotely interested in politics knows that the current First Past the Post (FPTP) system is heavily skewed towards the Tories – on average it requires 30% more…
12 Apr, 2023
Compass Oxfordshire issues tactical voting recommendations for Cherwell District Council
Cross-party activists in Oxfordshire have issued recommendations on who voters should back to remove the Conservatives from Oxfordshire’s last Conservative-controlled council and replace them with a truly representative progressive administration…
04 Apr, 2023
Small targets, big goals: Three lessons in alliance-building for Keir Starmer
Today marks three years of Keir Starmer’s leadership of Labour, three of the most turbulent years in UK politics. We’ve been rocked by a pandemic, corruption, wildly oscillating polls and…
03 Apr, 2023
Compass launches local elections campaign in the Mirror with exclusive new research
Compass launched its local elections campaign today with new research in the Mirror that revealed the shocking democratic deficit at the heart of Tory-run councils across the country. Of the…
07 Mar, 2023
International Women’s Day: How PR could address the gender imbalance in our politics
To mark International Women’s Day this year, we wanted to draw attention to a piece of the puzzle that upholds sexism in politics: the role our archaic voting system plays…
02 Feb, 2023
Why Gordon Brown’s constitutional reforms need PR
Last year Gordon Brown launched his long-awaited report on the future of the UK constitution. One of the major criticisms of his proposals is that they do not include electoral…
19 Jan, 2023
Six reasons why Labour might not win the next election alone
If popular wisdom is to be believed, Labour are set to dominate at the next general election. The wind appears to have changed: Starmer is visibly more confident in public…