"Evidence shows that PR leads to higher turnout, more representative governments and more stable policymaking."
Yesterday in Parliament, several MPs raised the urgent need to fix our voting system.
Thank you @drscottarthurmp.bsky.social @ollyglover.bsky.social @lisasmartmp.bsky.social 👏👏👏
Yesterday in Parliament, several MPs raised the urgent need to fix our voting system.
Thank you @drscottarthurmp.bsky.social @ollyglover.bsky.social @lisasmartmp.bsky.social 👏👏👏
January 13, 2026 at 2:32 PM
When Justin Trudeau in Canada resigned, he said he regretted leaving the First Past the Post voting system in place.
I just signed a @MakeVotesMatter open letter warning Keir Starmer not to make the same mistake as Trudeau.
Join me.
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I just signed a @MakeVotesMatter open letter warning Keir Starmer not to make the same mistake as Trudeau.
Join me.
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Warn Starmer: don't have the same regret as Trudeau!
When Justin Trudeau resigned, he reflected on his regrets.
“I do wish that we'd been able to change the way we elect our governments in this country”.
You might remember that Trudeau promised to mak...
actionnetwork.org
January 7, 2025 at 5:04 PM
When Justin Trudeau in Canada resigned, he said he regretted leaving the First Past the Post voting system in place.
I just signed a @MakeVotesMatter open letter warning Keir Starmer not to make the same mistake as Trudeau.
Join me.
actionnetwork.org/forms/warn-s...
I just signed a @MakeVotesMatter open letter warning Keir Starmer not to make the same mistake as Trudeau.
Join me.
actionnetwork.org/forms/warn-s...
- First Past the Post is 'a monstrous system that denies people the right to vote for their true feelings'.
@MakeVotesMatter https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/nov/04/britain-divided-hung-parliament-proportional-representation
@MakeVotesMatter https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/nov/04/britain-divided-hung-parliament-proportional-representation
Britain is divided. That’s why we need a hung parliament ...
Compromise and negotiation is better than an absolute maj...
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2024 at 1:24 PM
- First Past the Post is 'a monstrous system that denies people the right to vote for their true feelings'.
@MakeVotesMatter https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/nov/04/britain-divided-hung-parliament-proportional-representation
@MakeVotesMatter https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/nov/04/britain-divided-hung-parliament-proportional-representation
Polling reveals that 85% of people feel that politics isn’t working, and 80% feel they have little or no influence on decision-making. “The signs of democratic decay are all around us”.
@MakeVotesMatter @CompassOffice @electoralreform @UnlockDemocracy...
@MakeVotesMatter @CompassOffice @electoralreform @UnlockDemocracy...
November 19, 2024 at 4:26 PM
Polling reveals that 85% of people feel that politics isn’t working, and 80% feel they have little or no influence on decision-making. “The signs of democratic decay are all around us”.
@MakeVotesMatter @CompassOffice @electoralreform @UnlockDemocracy...
@MakeVotesMatter @CompassOffice @electoralreform @UnlockDemocracy...
John Cleese: we need Proportional Representation to #MakeVotesMatter https://youtu.be/VkbAmRv3wrs via @YouTube
November 19, 2024 at 8:56 AM
John Cleese: we need Proportional Representation to #MakeVotesMatter https://youtu.be/VkbAmRv3wrs via @YouTube
Also, turnout was 30%!
60% did not vote at all. We're a complacent 'democracy', where First Past the Post means only the winners' votes have value
#MakeVotesMatter
60% did not vote at all. We're a complacent 'democracy', where First Past the Post means only the winners' votes have value
#MakeVotesMatter
May 2, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Also, turnout was 30%!
60% did not vote at all. We're a complacent 'democracy', where First Past the Post means only the winners' votes have value
#MakeVotesMatter
60% did not vote at all. We're a complacent 'democracy', where First Past the Post means only the winners' votes have value
#MakeVotesMatter
Britain needs voter reform. Britain does not need governments winning 63.2% of the seats on 33.7% of the vote. Britain needs a representative voting system. Please sign and share this petition #ElectoralReform #MakeVotesMatter
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
Petition: Replace First-Past-The-Post with Single Transferrable Vote & Alternative Vote
We urge the Government to abolish First-Past-The-Post (FPTP) for all elections. We would like the Government to replace it with Single Transferrable Vote for General and Council elections, and Alterna...
petition.parliament.uk
July 26, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Britain needs voter reform. Britain does not need governments winning 63.2% of the seats on 33.7% of the vote. Britain needs a representative voting system. Please sign and share this petition #ElectoralReform #MakeVotesMatter
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
@nottsgreenparty.bsky.social Britain needs voter reform. Britain does not need governments winning 63.2% of the seats on 33.7% of the vote. Britain needs a representative voting system. Please sign and share this petition #ElectoralReform #MakeVotesMatter
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
Petition: Replace First-Past-The-Post with Single Transferrable Vote & Alternative Vote
We urge the Government to abolish First-Past-The-Post (FPTP) for all elections. We would like the Government to replace it with Single Transferrable Vote for General and Council elections, and Alterna...
petition.parliament.uk
July 26, 2025 at 12:36 PM
@nottsgreenparty.bsky.social Britain needs voter reform. Britain does not need governments winning 63.2% of the seats on 33.7% of the vote. Britain needs a representative voting system. Please sign and share this petition #ElectoralReform #MakeVotesMatter
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
@scunnert.bsky.social Britain needs voter reform. Britain does not need governments winning 63.2% of the seats on 33.7% of the vote. Britain needs a representative voting system. Please sign and share this petition #ElectoralReform #MakeVotesMatter
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
Petition: Replace First-Past-The-Post with Single Transferrable Vote & Alternative Vote
We urge the Government to abolish First-Past-The-Post (FPTP) for all elections. We would like the Government to replace it with Single Transferrable Vote for General and Council elections, and Alterna...
petition.parliament.uk
July 26, 2025 at 10:47 PM
@scunnert.bsky.social Britain needs voter reform. Britain does not need governments winning 63.2% of the seats on 33.7% of the vote. Britain needs a representative voting system. Please sign and share this petition #ElectoralReform #MakeVotesMatter
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
@davidheniguk.bsky.social Britain needs voter reform. Britain does not need governments winning 63.2% of the seats on 33.7% of the vote. Britain needs a representative voting system. Please sign and share this petition #ElectoralReform #MakeVotesMatter
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
Petition: Replace First-Past-The-Post with Single Transferrable Vote & Alternative Vote
We urge the Government to abolish First-Past-The-Post (FPTP) for all elections. We would like the Government to replace it with Single Transferrable Vote for General and Council elections, and Alterna...
petition.parliament.uk
July 27, 2025 at 6:09 PM
@davidheniguk.bsky.social Britain needs voter reform. Britain does not need governments winning 63.2% of the seats on 33.7% of the vote. Britain needs a representative voting system. Please sign and share this petition #ElectoralReform #MakeVotesMatter
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
Beautiful Bangor today. Gwynedd County Council residents are very lucky to get a say about voting reform for local elections. Lots of support for #ProportionalRepresentation today. #MakeVotesMatter
📣 www.gwynedd.llyw.cymru/en/Residents...
📣 www.gwynedd.llyw.cymru/en/Residents...
Possible changes to the voting system for electing County Councillors
Have your say on possible changes to the voting system for electing County Councillors
www.gwynedd.llyw.cymru
September 7, 2024 at 3:51 PM
Beautiful Bangor today. Gwynedd County Council residents are very lucky to get a say about voting reform for local elections. Lots of support for #ProportionalRepresentation today. #MakeVotesMatter
📣 www.gwynedd.llyw.cymru/en/Residents...
📣 www.gwynedd.llyw.cymru/en/Residents...
Please support our local Richmond MP Sara Olmert when she will raise a bill in favour of PR for Westminster.
Check your email and ask your own MP to attend the debate.
#MakeVotesMatter
Check your email and ask your own MP to attend the debate.
#MakeVotesMatter
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media.tenor.com
November 30, 2024 at 10:59 AM
Please support our local Richmond MP Sara Olmert when she will raise a bill in favour of PR for Westminster.
Check your email and ask your own MP to attend the debate.
#MakeVotesMatter
Check your email and ask your own MP to attend the debate.
#MakeVotesMatter
Not just fair votes Graham. When we #GetPRDone we give everyone a POWERFUL vote. That’s a stronger appeal to many people than simple fairness. Though that will be true, too when we #MakeVotesMatter.
August 17, 2024 at 12:19 PM
Not just fair votes Graham. When we #GetPRDone we give everyone a POWERFUL vote. That’s a stronger appeal to many people than simple fairness. Though that will be true, too when we #MakeVotesMatter.
We could move one step nearer real democracy if the two biggest parties supported #PR
#MakeVotesMatter
#MakeVotesMatter
February 24, 2025 at 9:31 AM
We could move one step nearer real democracy if the two biggest parties supported #PR
#MakeVotesMatter
#MakeVotesMatter
Starmer Under Pressure to Commit to PR Voting System and Breaking Up Media Giants
Read the full story at @BylineTimes ft @UnlockDemocracy and @MakeVotesMatter...
Read the full story at @BylineTimes ft @UnlockDemocracy and @MakeVotesMatter...
November 22, 2024 at 12:40 PM
Starmer Under Pressure to Commit to PR Voting System and Breaking Up Media Giants
Read the full story at @BylineTimes ft @UnlockDemocracy and @MakeVotesMatter...
Read the full story at @BylineTimes ft @UnlockDemocracy and @MakeVotesMatter...
The disproportionality of this election has stretched the idea that we live in a representative democracy to breaking point. actionnetwork.org/petitions/jo...
It's time to @MakeVotesMatter Write to your MP and ask them to back Proportional Representation! www.makevotesmatter.org.uk/write-to-you...
It's time to @MakeVotesMatter Write to your MP and ask them to back Proportional Representation! www.makevotesmatter.org.uk/write-to-you...
April 28, 2025 at 5:07 PM
The disproportionality of this election has stretched the idea that we live in a representative democracy to breaking point. actionnetwork.org/petitions/jo...
It's time to @MakeVotesMatter Write to your MP and ask them to back Proportional Representation! www.makevotesmatter.org.uk/write-to-you...
It's time to @MakeVotesMatter Write to your MP and ask them to back Proportional Representation! www.makevotesmatter.org.uk/write-to-you...
@markrpriestley.bsky.social Britain needs voter reform. Britain does not need governments winning 63.2% of the seats on 33.7% of the vote. Britain needs a representative voting system. Please sign and share this petition #ElectoralReform #MakeVotesMatter
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
Petition: Replace First-Past-The-Post with Single Transferrable Vote & Alternative Vote
We urge the Government to abolish First-Past-The-Post (FPTP) for all elections. We would like the Government to replace it with Single Transferrable Vote for General and Council elections, and Alterna...
petition.parliament.uk
July 26, 2025 at 10:53 PM
@markrpriestley.bsky.social Britain needs voter reform. Britain does not need governments winning 63.2% of the seats on 33.7% of the vote. Britain needs a representative voting system. Please sign and share this petition #ElectoralReform #MakeVotesMatter
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
@ang4indy.bsky.social Britain needs voter reform. Britain does not need governments winning 63.2% of the seats on 33.7% of the vote. Britain needs a representative voting system. Please sign and share this petition #ElectoralReform #MakeVotesMatter
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
Petition: Replace First-Past-The-Post with Single Transferrable Vote & Alternative Vote
We urge the Government to abolish First-Past-The-Post (FPTP) for all elections. We would like the Government to replace it with Single Transferrable Vote for General and Council elections, and Alterna...
petition.parliament.uk
July 27, 2025 at 10:11 AM
@ang4indy.bsky.social Britain needs voter reform. Britain does not need governments winning 63.2% of the seats on 33.7% of the vote. Britain needs a representative voting system. Please sign and share this petition #ElectoralReform #MakeVotesMatter
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
"That's just how the things are, you have to work within the system, like it or not."
- Labour activists talking about #FPTP
"How can we win a majority when the right-wing media are against us? The system is unfair!"
- Labour activists talking about the media
@MakeVotesMatter
- Labour activists talking about #FPTP
"How can we win a majority when the right-wing media are against us? The system is unfair!"
- Labour activists talking about the media
@MakeVotesMatter
November 19, 2024 at 4:27 PM
"That's just how the things are, you have to work within the system, like it or not."
- Labour activists talking about #FPTP
"How can we win a majority when the right-wing media are against us? The system is unfair!"
- Labour activists talking about the media
@MakeVotesMatter
- Labour activists talking about #FPTP
"How can we win a majority when the right-wing media are against us? The system is unfair!"
- Labour activists talking about the media
@MakeVotesMatter
UPDATE: @MakeVotesMatter say the comment from Corbyn in their candidates map dates back to 2015. Though Jon Trickett, who would lead on Labour's constitutional convention, has recently confirmed that assessing the voting system would form part of its remit...
December 2, 2024 at 5:48 PM
UPDATE: @MakeVotesMatter say the comment from Corbyn in their candidates map dates back to 2015. Though Jon Trickett, who would lead on Labour's constitutional convention, has recently confirmed that assessing the voting system would form part of its remit...
It’s time to #MakeVotesMatter And put #FPTP in the bin 🚮
My joint letter with @vmmchamberlain.bsky.social to all Southwark MPs today 👇
My joint letter with @vmmchamberlain.bsky.social to all Southwark MPs today 👇
Today the House of Commons will debate proportional representation.
We wrote to our Southwark MPs to urge them to support this debate, and ensure that all votes count equally.
Unfortunately back in November 2022 we moved a motion in support of PR, but was rejected by Labour.
We wrote to our Southwark MPs to urge them to support this debate, and ensure that all votes count equally.
Unfortunately back in November 2022 we moved a motion in support of PR, but was rejected by Labour.
January 30, 2025 at 7:24 PM
It’s time to #MakeVotesMatter And put #FPTP in the bin 🚮
My joint letter with @vmmchamberlain.bsky.social to all Southwark MPs today 👇
My joint letter with @vmmchamberlain.bsky.social to all Southwark MPs today 👇
'Just watch PMQs – with the jeering and shouting down, the supplicating planted questions, the ‘gotchas’ – and ask yourself, is this really the best way to discuss and decide a nation’s future?'
- Joe Sousek, @MakeVotesMatter...
- Joe Sousek, @MakeVotesMatter...
November 22, 2024 at 5:22 AM
'Just watch PMQs – with the jeering and shouting down, the supplicating planted questions, the ‘gotchas’ – and ask yourself, is this really the best way to discuss and decide a nation’s future?'
- Joe Sousek, @MakeVotesMatter...
- Joe Sousek, @MakeVotesMatter...
@mimmymum.bsky.social Britain needs voter reform. Britain does not need governments winning 63.2% of the seats on 33.7% of the vote. Britain needs a representative voting system. Please sign and share this petition #ElectoralReform #MakeVotesMatter
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
Petition: Replace First-Past-The-Post with Single Transferrable Vote & Alternative Vote
We urge the Government to abolish First-Past-The-Post (FPTP) for all elections. We would like the Government to replace it with Single Transferrable Vote for General and Council elections, and Alterna...
petition.parliament.uk
July 27, 2025 at 11:45 AM
@mimmymum.bsky.social Britain needs voter reform. Britain does not need governments winning 63.2% of the seats on 33.7% of the vote. Britain needs a representative voting system. Please sign and share this petition #ElectoralReform #MakeVotesMatter
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...