Michael Meadowcroft is an Election Observer. In recent years he has led, or been a member of thirty-seven missions to twenty-five different countries, assisting in the development of multi-party democracy. On these missions he has done everything from supervising civic education, to training election officials, to preparing a new constitution, co-ordinating voter registration and election monitoring itself.

In 1994 he co-ordinated the UN Electoral Assistance Team in Malawi. He has covered elections in Jerusalem, Russia, Bosnia., Bulgaria, Cambodia, Indonesia, Suriname, and Zambia. Other missions include Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, The Gambia, Georgia, Hong Kong, Iraqi Kurdistan, Lithuania, Philippines, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Uganda and Yemen.

Michael is a former member of the British Parliament. He has worked as a columnist in The Times, and has appeared on both Question Time and Any Questions.

Michael chaired the Electoral Reform Society from 1989 to 1993, it was during this time that the Soviet Union broke up and all of a sudden there were numerous small independent states which were looking for advice on how to run a fair and democratic election.