Disabled people: political participation
This short Library briefing paper discusses provisions to support disabled peoples political participation

This Note looks at the possibility of introducing primaries into the candidate selection processes of UK political parties, following the experiment of an open primary in Totnes, Devon, by the Conservative Party. It also examines experience of primaries in the United States, where the procedure is well established.
Candidate selection-Primaries (106 KB , PDF)
This Note looks at the possibility of introducing primaries into the candidate selection processes of UK political parties, following the experiment of an open primary in Totnes, Devon, by the Conservative Party. It also examines experience of primaries in the United States, where the procedure is well established.
Candidate selection-Primaries (106 KB , PDF)
This short Library briefing paper discusses provisions to support disabled peoples political participation
This briefing examines the way that Parliament scrutinises the Government's proposals for taxation, set out in the annual Budget statement.
Voter Authority Certificates (VACs) are a new form of photo ID for use when voting in UK Parliamentary, PCC and English local elections. They are designed for people who don’t have another form of photo ID accepted at the polls.