Fundraising Coordinator
July 2026 – Present
The Labour Party (incoming)
Managing the Party's Rose Network.
Reuben Bance
Master's Student in Political Science · Campaigner · Fundraiser
About
I'm a democracy researcher at UCL with a background in the arts from Cambridge. My work spans fundraising, campaigns, and political research, with experience in higher education development, electoral reform advocacy, and international arts projects.
I'm interested in how institutions shape political participation and civic engagement, particularly among young people, and how we can shore up institutional integrity in this period of political volatility.
Experience
Fundraiser and Campaigner
June 2024 – July 2026
Make Votes Matter
Developed a major donor pipeline to help colleagues in their fight for Proportional Representation in the Commons. Led on data gathering and analysis for the 2026 local elections. Use my tool to see what the results were like in your area and read my report.
Development Officer
Sept 2024 – Jan 2026
Pembroke College, Cambridge
Led on telephone fundraising campaigns, bursary fundraising, high-profile event organisation and young alumni giving. Delivered 3x ROI improvement compared to previous telephone campaign.
Coordinator and Fund Manager
May 2023 – Present
Commonwealth Arts and Culture (formerly The Commonwealth Resounds)
Most recently, administrating £50,000 sponsorship fund in partnership with the ABRSM, providing support for innovative startup music organisations outside the UK. Also advising on opportunities for the charity's expansion.
Education
MSc Democracy & Comparative Politics
2025 – Present
University College London
Favourite modules include Causal Inference, Democratic Political Institutions and Democracy & Constitutional Design. Current research focus is on Private Members Bills (PMBs), particularly Ten-Minute-Rule Bills.
BA Music
2021 – 2024
University of Cambridge
Ranked first in my cohort. Dissertation on computational analysis of jazz music - related co-authored paper available at arxiv.org/abs/2504.05009, a version of which has been accepted to Nature Machine Intelligence (awaiting publication).
Accredited Electoral Observer
2026 – 2028
Electoral Commission