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"This is a significant moment in the ongoing campaign for electoral reform within the Labour movement." 👏👏👏
City of York is the first Labour council since the 2024 General Election to publicly call for a new voting system. @left-foot-forward.bsky.social
In 2025, only 16% of the councillors elected had majority support.
In councils across the country, landslide majorities were won on minority vote shares.
This year will be no different. When will the government accept that First Past the Post is not fit for purpose?
📣 BREAKING: Lord Neil Kinnock calls for Proportional Representation!
The former Labour leader joins a growing number of voices pushing for voting system change.
A consensus is building: FPTP must go.
Watch a clip from his interview with @emmaburnell.bsky.social for LabourList and the Fabians👇
A really interesting article. Also a good argument against FPTP.
In 2018, Orbán's Fidesz won 49% of the popular vote and 67% legislative seats.
In 2014, Fidesz won less than 45% of the popular vote and two-thirds of the seats.
Although the tides have now turned, Orbán's 16 years of unchecked power are a reminder: FPTP is an autocrat's best friend.
We keep hearing that "Proportional Representation would risk giving power to extremists", so let's make it clear:
Under FPTP, an extremist party could win a supermajority on a small minority of the vote.
Under PR, that's impossible.
We know what's safer.
Our political views are diverse. That's a good thing.
No one party speaks for the whole country, and our opinions cannot be reduced to a choice between two options.
It's time for a voting system that recognises this. It's time for Proportional Representation.
We're really proud to be working with @unlockdemocracy.bsky.social as the joint secretariat for the biggest All-Party Parliamentary Group in Westminster.
Check out the APPG's new website👇
You're right- it should've said "why should we accept"! 60% of the public want change. It's time to get our voices heard.
When Viktor Orbán changed Hungary's voting system - making it easier for the biggest party to win supermajorities with a minority of votes - it was understandably criticised as authoritarian.
So why is it that in the UK we accept an even more disproportional system as the norm?
We’re backing a National Commission on electoral reform.
If we reach 100,000 signatures, Parliament must debate it.
It’s just launched, so every signature counts. Sign and share 👇
🔗 petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...
#FairVotes
As Nigel Farage builds influence, POLITICO highlights a key moment for UK democracy.
Our CEO Emma Harrison was quoted, saying: “This is a bump in the road, not a roadblock.”
MPs now have a rare chance to push for electoral reform 👇
"Without a doubt, we'll face calls to delay this decision. However, the reality is that we have no time to waste.
We simply cannot risk ending up with a majority government that over 70% of voters didn't back."
"Our representatives are being elected on lower and lower shares of the vote, with vast swaths of the public having no voice in Parliament as a result.
Trust in politics is already at record low. The increasing disproportionality of our elections is making people lose faith in our democracy."
📣 BREAKING NEWS: The next general election will be held under Proportional Representation.
A government spokesperson said: “we’ve listened to the voices of countless campaigners, experts and MPs who have long been telling us that FPTP doesn't serve modern Britain."
🚨"Years ago, politicians who liked First Past the Post used to claim that it was needed to keep out extremists. They’ve mysteriously gone quiet on that line recently."
Around the world, winner-takes-all voting systems empower authoritarians and threaten democracy.
We cannot risk it.
"a pro-PR campaign is building within the Parliamentary Labour Party. Each MP involved is convinced that it won’t be long until something has to give."
✍️ @meganekenyon.bsky.social @newstatesman1913.bsky.social
#Labour4PR #ElectoralReform #Democracy #Westminster
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Great to see news coverage of York City Council's vote to support Proportional Representation for Westminster! 🎉
Congratulations to our brilliant local activists who helped make this happen.
It’s already happening in council by-elections and we’ll see much more of it in May. Hopefully a wake-up call to our complacent leaders.
"In some areas, First Past the Post could mean MPs getting elected on as little as 25% or 30% of the vote.
That is not sustainable for British politics, and it is time for Proportional Representation." 💯💯💯
@richardfoordld.bsky.social
Great video by @richardjmurphy.bsky.social explaining why Britain's voting system leads to:
✔️ Millions of unrepresented voters
✔️ Loss of trust in democracy and greater risk of radicalisation
✔️ A toxic political culture
✔️ Worse policies
💥 City of York Council passed a motion last night calling for Proportional Representation for Westminster and local authorities.
Well done to our local campaigners who helped make this happen 🎉
Our economy.
Our NHS.
Our education system.
The environment.
Our defence and security.
Our future.
Unless we scrap First Past the Post, they could all end up in the hands of a majority government that as few as 25% of people voted for.
We can't risk it. We need PR now.
📣 DON'T MISS THIS 📣
Next week, we're hosting a special online meeting with @alexsobel.co.uk, chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group @appgfairelections.bsky.social.
The case for a fairer voting system is stronger than ever. How do we win it?
Sign up to discuss: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
The Commons is now in Easter recess until 13th April.
Of the 466 divisions held so far this session, 246 would have changed result if seats matched votes. That is, ~53% of the time, opposition MPs represented *more* people but the government won anyway.
@makevotesmatter.bsky.social
💥 We're in the latest issue of Political Insight:
"The question is no longer whether our electoral system is under strain, but how much damage will be done to our democracy before it adapts to the political conditions it operates within."
Our Director of Policy and Public Affairs Alberto Smith👇
Turnout in yesterday's general election in Denmark - which uses PR - was 83.7%.
In the UK in 2024, it was just 60%.
People are more motivated to vote when they know their voice will be heard. That's another reason to scrap First Past the Post.
Q. If you could pass one law tomorrow with no parliamentary obstacles, what would it be and why? A. It's very very easy. It's the law that would change our country for the long term. It's the law that would open up so much - whether it's health and care, education, transport, social justice, environment. And that law would be to bring in Proportional Representation. - ED DAVEY AT LIBERAL DEMOCRAT CONFERENCE
It was great to hear this from @eddavey.libdems.org.uk at @libdems.org.uk conference.
The health of our democracy impacts everything: the economy, the environment, our public services, our safety and security.
It's time to transform how we do politics. It's time for PR. @libdems4er.bsky.social
