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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · Nov 25

💥 Fantastic to see the @appgfairelections.bsky.social calling for a 'National Commission for Electoral Reform'

🌹 We're proud to say that a majority of the group's more than 100 members are Labour MPs

💪 The Labour movement is firmly in favour of fair votes

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APPG for Fair Elections @appgfairelections.bsky.social · Nov 25

💥 Cross-party MPs call for a 'National Commission for Electoral Reform'

📰 Report by the new All-Party Parliamentary Group for @appgfairelections.bsky.social out now!

📈 New group has over 100 members and is backed by senior Labour and Conservative figures

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Dozens of new Labour MPs join group pushing for electoral reform

Exclusive: All-party parliamentary group on fair elections argues proportional voting system would help restore trust

www.theguardian.com

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Make Votes Matter @makevotesmatter.bsky.social · 6d

"Keir Starmer said that the sky didn't fall in when we introduced votes at 16 in Wales and Scotland.

And I say to you, Sir Keir, that when you introduced PR, the sky didn't fall in there either."

Our CEO Emma Harrison speaking at @labour4pr.bsky.social rally at #LabourConference2025 💯🔥

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APPG for Fair Elections @appgfairelections.bsky.social · 8d

Hugely encouraging enthusiasm, expertise & optimism from our panel this afternoon

Many thanks @thefabians.bsky.social & @labour4pr.bsky.social & to our chair @drsarahyde.bsky.social

When MPs return to Parliament, we'll be stepping up the campaign for a National Commission on Electoral Reform

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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 8d

“The Government needs to wake up - and it is starting to wake up. We’ve got an opportunity in this next six months to really push for this change... support is growing in the Parliamentary Labour Party.”

💬 @alexsobel.co.uk, Chair of the @appgfairelections.bsky.social

🌹 #Labour4PR #Lab25

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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 8d

“The APPG for Fair Elections is now the biggest in Parliament and we really want to support the Government in building consensus about the way forward.”

💬 @alexzurclark.bsky.social of @labour4pr.bsky.social speaking at our fringe event with @thefabians.bsky.social and @appgfairelections.bsky.social

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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 8d

Fascinating reflections from @alexgathomas.bsky.social of @instituteforgovernment.org.uk about lessons from commissions and policy reviews in the past - and how these can apply to a National Commission on Electoral Reform

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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 8d

“Let’s ask the public what is important to them. Let’s ask experts on different systems in different countries. That’s why I think a National Commission on Electoral Reform is the way to go. It brings it back to how our democracy works.”

💬 @lizzicollinge.bsky.social

🌹 #Labour4PR #Lab25

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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 8d

Speaking to members at our #Lab25 stall, it's clear as ever that electoral reform has the overwhelming support of:

🌹 Labour members
🛠️ Affiliated trade unions
📍 Constituency Labour Parties
🎪 Annual conference
🏦 Parliament's biggest APPG

It's time for fair votes #Labour4PR

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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 9d

⚠️ "In our fragmented politics and with our electoral system, 31% could be enough"

💬 John Curtice on the possibility of Farage winning a majority on a historic low share of the vote

🌹 #Labour4PR

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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 9d

“I'm here to endorse the Labour for a New Democracy call for a National Commission in this parliament - and a manifesto commitment to a system of Proportional Representation to be introduced into Westminster elections in the next Parliament.”

🌹 @andyburnham.bsky.social

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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 9d

“Proportional voting systems are good for our party, better for our politics, necessary for our nation and essential for our democracy”

💬 Mark Drakeford closes the #Labour4PR rally

🌹 #Lab25

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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 9d

“It does feels that Proportional Representation is closer than ever - but also much more needed than ever. We’ve got 60% public support - and we’ve also got a significant proportion of the Parliamentary Labour Party”

💬 @annadixonmp.bsky.social

🌹 #Labour4PR #Lab25

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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 9d

“All of us have talked to people on the doorstep and heard 'What’s the point? My vote doesn’t count'. We need to re-galvanise our democracy and electoral reform is an important part of that.”

💬 @florenceeshalomi.bsky.social

🌹 #Labour4PR #Lab25

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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 9d

“I’ve lost count of the time I’ve heard: nothing ever changes, my vote doesn’t make any difference.”

💬 @catarnold.bsky.social of the Labour NEC and LCER executive calls on Labour MPs to join the @appgfairelections.bsky.social

🌹 #Labour4PR #Lab25

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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 9d

“The rise of the far right is largely the result of our broken political system… I’ve come to the conclusion that PR is absolutely essential. The whole political system needs turning on its head. People need to be given back power.”

💬 @nicklowles.bsky.social @hopenothate.org.uk

🌹 #Labour4PR

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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 9d

“I really do think that Proportional Representation is finally coming of age in this Parliament.”

💬 @alistrathern.bsky.social gives a shout out to the @labour4pr.bsky.social campaign

🌹 #Lab25

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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 9d

“I want to see the people I speak to every single week embrace and have confidence in the democracy we have in this country. I think through electoral reform we can restore trust in our democracy”

💬 @rachelblakemp.bsky.social

🌹 #Labour4PR #Lab25

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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 9d

“There’s nothing more unstoppable than an idea whose time has come - and PR’s time has come.”

💬 @andyburnham.bsky.social

🌹 #Labour4PR #Lab25

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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 9d

Labour for a New Democracy’s trade union officer @osbornecaro talks about her work with the Labour movement - and reads a statement of support from @naomipohl.bsky.social of @wearethemu.bsky.social

🌹 #Labour4PR #Lab25

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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 9d

“We have to go out and win this on our social democratic values. The word democracy is in there because we have to fight for the best democracy we can get.”

💬 @luke-akehurstmp.bsky.social

🌹 #Labour4PR #Lab25

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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 9d

“We can build the future that the United Kingdom has consistently voted for. We can build a system in which every vote really matters. It’s time for us to do it, together.”

💬 @paulsweeney.bsky.social

🌹 #Labour4PR #Lab25

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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 9d

🌹 This year's #Labour4PR Rally will be starting shortly!

📍 Join us and a great line up of speakers from across the Labour movement, in Auditorium 1C of the ACC, at 16:45 (head up as soon as conference ends!)

💥 It's time to Renew Britain's Democracy

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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 14d

And don't miss...

🗳️ Make It Count: How Labour can deliver electoral reform & rebuild trust in politics

⏲️ 16:15
🗓️ Monday 29 September
📍 Bluecoat, L1 3BX
🤝 With @thefabians.bsky.social & @appgfairelections.bsky.social

How a National Commission on Electoral Reform can lead the way to fair votes

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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 14d

Join us at #Lab25 for...

📢 The #Labour4PR Rally: Renew Britain's Democracy

⏲️ 16:45
🗓️ Sunday 28 September
📍 Auditorium 1C, ACC

With speakers from across the Labour movement

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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 14d

🌹 “One of the events @andyburnham.bsky.social will attend in Liverpool this year will be a @labour4pr.bsky.social rally on Sunday evening, in favour of proportional representation. "The idea of a government elected on a minority of the vote is untenable," he tells me.”

Exclusive: Andy Burnham’s plan for Britain

Inside his Manchester kingdom, Labour’s prince across the water outlines his radical blueprint

www.newstatesman.com

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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 14d

🌹#Labour4PR Everything you need to know about electoral reform

📕 Read our newly updated mini-report: the definitive guide to the Labour case for Proportional Representation

🎪 Pick up a hard copy at annual conference #Lab25

Everything you need to know about electoral reform — Labour For A New Democracy

Read the report: Everything you need to know about electoral reform #Labour4PR

www.labourforanewdemocracy.org.uk

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