UK prisoners seek right to vote in increasing numbers – BBC News
“There has been a sharp rise in the number of UK prisoners taking legal action to secure the right to vote.”
BBC News, 15th March 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: elections
Prisoners should be given the vote, signals watchdog – Daily Telegraph
“Nick Hardwick, the chief inspector of prisons, signalled he was in favour of some prisoners being given the vote, despite admitting he has not come across a single inmate who wants it.”
Daily Telegraph, 10th March 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
UK to challenge prisoner votes ruling by European Court – BBC News
“The government has launched a legal bid to overturn a European Court of Human Rights ruling that the UK’s blanket ban on prisoners voting is unlawful.”
BBC News, 2nd March 2011
Souce: www.bbc.co.uk
Rival guilty of paedophile slur against MP Mike Hancock – BBC News
“A rival who falsely claimed a Liberal Democrat MP was a paedophile has been convicted of attempting to affect a result in the general election.”
BBC News, 23rd February 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Kenneth Clarke looks to reform European Court of Human Rights – The Guardian
“The justice secretary Kenneth Clarke said he will seek to reform the European Court of Human Rights after it ruled in favour of giving prisoners the right to vote.”
The Guardian, 20th February 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Prisoners lose voting compensation bid – The Independent
“The High Court has blocked a compensation bid by prisoners barred from voting in last year’s general election. Claims have been launched in county courts nationwide by 585 serving prisoners, with another 1,000 potential cases in the pipeline, Mr Justice Langstaff was told in London.”
The Independent, 18th February 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Only dictators defy European rights law, judge tells Britain – Daily Telegraph
“Europe’s most senior judge faced fierce criticism last night after suggesting that Britain would resemble a 1960s Greek dictatorship if it denied prisoners the vote and ignored human rights rulings.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th February 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
AV referendum to go ahead on May 5, after Lords challenge fails – Daily Telegraph
“A referendum on changing the voting system will definitely take place on May 5 after the Government last night saw off an 11th-hour challenge to the plans in the House of Lords.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th February 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Report on election ‘fraud’ dismissed as a whitewash – The Independent
“The Electoral Commission has concluded that there was no widespread evidence of voting fraud at last year’s local and general elections, despite allegations at the time that the postal ballot system was being exploited.”
The Independent, 16th February 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Prisoners’ right to vote: Q&A – The Guardian
“MPs are set to debate on a motion calling for Britain to defy the European court of human rights over giving prisoners the right to vote on Thursday.”
The Guardian, 10th February 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
MPs expected to deny prisoners the right to vote – The Guardian
“The government is resigned to being told by parliament not to give prisoners the right to vote nor to pay compensation to British prisoners denied that right.”
The Guardian, 8th February 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Government electoral reform dealt Lords blow – The Guardian
“The government suffered a narrow defeat in the House of Lords on Monday night when rebel Tories joined forces with Labour peers to make the planned referendum on electoral reform non-binding if turnout falls below 40%.”
The Guardian, 7th February 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Politicians warned over prisoner voting rights – The Guardian
“Europe’s human rights watchdog has warned British politicians that if they continue to exclude prisoners from the right to vote they risk undermining a crucial element of democracy.”
The Guardian, 4th February 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
UK may be forced to give prisoners the vote in time for May elections – The Guardian
“The government may be forced to grant the vote to prisoners serving sentences less than four years by this May’s local and European elections or face substantial compensation payouts.”
The Guardian, 1st February 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Far fewer prisoners will now get the right to vote – The Guardian
“Faced by a backbench rebellion, the government is to slash the number of prisoners to be given the right to vote, even though it is likely to increase the risk of successful compensation claims against the government in court.”
The Guardian, 20th January 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Peers bed down for marathon session to pass reform bill – The Guardian
“Lords debate reduction in the number of MPs in parliament.”
The Guardian, 17th January 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
28,000 prisoners will have right to vote – The Guardian
“More than 28,000 prisoners are to win the right to vote, new figures showed yesterday, as David Cameron faces a growing revolt from the Tory right against the lifting of the 140-year-old ban on inmates voting in British elections.”
The Guardian, 5th January 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
R (Chester) v Secretary of State for Justice and another – WLR Daily
“Removing the blanket ban on prisoners’ voting in elections, which was required by decisions of the European Court of Human Rights to comply with the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, involved a controversial area of social policy. It was for the Government to decide on the appropriate amending legislation to be enacted to comply with the law. The judiciary ought not to construe existing statutes so as to confer on the courts the function of deciding whether any given prisoner should lose his vote.”
WLR Daily, 20th December 2010
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Judges can strip prisoners of voting rights – Daily Telegraph
“Judges can strip prisoners of the right to vote, while criminals sentenced to four years or more will also be excluded from voting, under new proposals.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th December 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Regina (Woolas) v Parliamentary Election Court and others – WLR Daily
“The relationship of a parliamentary election court to the High Court was such that it was to be regarded as an inferior tribunal so that its actions could be the subject of judicial review; and the jurisdiction in judicial review of an election court was not confined to an excess of jurisdiction in the narrow sense but extended to correcting errors in its application of the law.”
WLR Daily, 8th December 2010
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
