Welcome to McDougall Trust

McDougall is the independent charitable trust that promotes public understanding of electoral democracy.

McDougall Trust exists to advance knowledge and understanding of, and research into, the forms, functions and development of electoral democracy.

McDougall has developed a longstanding focus on representative institutions, voting systems and elections, whether in government at local, regional, national and international level, or in institutions - including political parties, companies, trade unions, community groups, and voluntary organisations of all kinds.

McDougall’s Main Activities, carried out either directly or through arrangements with others, are:

• Research :  encouraging and supporting research into electoral democracy
• Publications : 
  • Quarterly Journal : publishing McDougall Trust's unattributed peer-reviewed journal Representation: Journal of Representative Democracy (in association with Taylor & Francis)
  • Other Publications : publishing papers and other media, including Workshop summaries and videos; and the Voting matters online resources on preferential voting systems
• Library/Archives : maintaining the extensive and unique collections of materials dating from the mid-nineteenth century onwards on electoral issues, including the Lakeman Library for Electoral Studies
• Events : promoting, supporting or providing occasional workshops, seminars and other events on topical electoral democracy issues.

McDougall seeks to reach a wide range of audiences, including policy makers, legislators, election organisers, reformers, campaigners, researchers, academics, pollsters, historians, journalists, commentators, members of institutions and associations that aspire to democracy or use election processes, and anyone interested in how democratic societies are - or could be - governed.

McDougall Trust  Promoting public understanding of electoral democracy.  

www.mcdougall.org.uk

Registered Charity No. 212151   (Arthur McDougall Fund)

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