In the media

Coverage of Upgrade Holyrood/Richard Wood

• SNP would have won 18 less seats under truly representative Holyrood Election as calls made for electoral reform – Daily Express (May 2026)
• Is it time we change the way we elect MSPs to Holyrood? – Coverage of the petition to reform Holyrood’s voting system in the Courier (5 October 2021)

Articles written by Upgrade Holyrood’s Richard Wood on Scottish democratic reform issues:

• Holyrood needs electoral reform too via letter in the Edinburgh Evening News (1 October 2021)
• Holyrood needs electoral reform too via letter in the Scotsman (30 September 2021)
• Introduce a recall rule in the Scottish Parliament via letter in the Scotsman (2021)
• Abolish dual mandates via letter in the Scotsman (26 March 2021)
• Salmond’s Alba venture exposes Scotland’s voting system flaws via Politics.co.uk (31 March 2021)
• Scottish Labour should support Proportional Representation at Westminster via letter in the Herald (2019)

Articles written by Upgrade Holyrood’s Richard Wood on UK and other democratic reform issues:

• England’s local elections should be fairer – look at Scotland via Politics.co.uk (16 April 2022)
• Germany’s coalition represents better politics: could the UK follow? via Politics.co.uk (11 December 2021)
• The government is levelling down democracy: we must redouble our electoral reform efforts via Lib Dem Voice (1 October 2021)
• Canadian and German elections put contrasting voting systems in the spotlight via Politics.co.uk (9 September 2021)
• Repealing the Fixed-term Parliaments Act levels down our democracy via Politics.co.uk (12 July 2021)
• The Canadian province with a lesson for UK democracy via Politics.co.uk (8 February 2021)

Lib Dem Voice:

Scotland’s electoral system has reached breaking point via Lib Dem Voice (13 May 2026)

Other articles:

• Are we asking too much too soon when it comes to getting young people to care about politics? via Shout Out UK (2019)
• Voters want a UKIP Brexit? Not in Scotland they don’t via New Statesman (2017)

PODCASTS:

Question on federalism in Holyrood Sources podcast (21 May 2025).