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Richard Wood is a better democracy campaigner and founder of Upgrade Holyrood. He was previously an Electoral Reform Society board member.

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Scotland's Unrepresentative Election
Most conversations around improving democracy in the UK focus on the...
Richard Wood, Comment Central contributor
Richard Wood
May 26, 2026
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First past the post is to blame if SNP win unrepresentative majority
The SNP are on track to win an historic fifth term...
Richard Wood, Comment Central contributor
Richard Wood
April 23, 2026
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This election caught us all by surprise - bring back fixed-term parliaments
Two schools of thought have dominated discourse on when the election...
Richard Wood, Comment Central contributor
Richard Wood
June 6, 2024