“Now Labour is in government it’s time to change the system at home and ensure that every vote counts so that no woman will ever say again, ‘my vote doesn’t make any difference’.”
@julie4north.bsky.social
#IWD #InternationalWomensDay #Democracy 💜💚
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💥 Professor Vernon Bogdanor writes for @financialtimes.com:
"An electoral system should do two things: ensure that the majority rules and that significant minorities are adequately represented.
First Past the Post achieves neither."
“In Monday’s debate, Labour MPs were among many calling for a national commission on electoral reform…
The PM is pulled from pillar to post and his in-tray is no doubt full; still, this should be near the top of it.”
✍️ @pollytoynbee.bsky.social
@theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
🗳️ "We can do better than fighting elections on the basis of the best worst option."
👏 "I want to put on record my support for the work of the APPG for Fair Elections and to urge ministers to look at the call for some form of National Commission on Electoral Reform."
@jamesnaish.bsky.social
Simon Opher, Labour MP for Stroud, calls for a National Commission on Electoral Reform 👇
🏛️ Many other Labour MPs tried to intervene, but didn't get called during a busy debate that ran late
✍️ @drbeccycoopermp.bsky.social & @timrocamp.bsky.social made their own pitch for a National Commission on Electoral Reform in a co-authored article ahead of the debate
📜 The House of Commons just debated the Representation of the People Bill
💥 Great to see more Labour MPs joining the call for a National Commission on Electoral Reform
📺 @patrickhurley.bsky.social @catsmithmp.bsky.social @chriscurtis94.bsky.social & @jamesnaish.bsky.social
🌹 #Labour4PR
Good to see this excellent intervention from Labour MPs Becky Cooper and Tim Roca - rightly focusing on the immediate democratic risks created by FPTP, and highlighting the @appgfairelections.bsky.social's proposal for a National Commission as the way forward
"The Westminster system is crumbling. Labour must rebuild it – or we will find ourselves under the rubble."
✍️ Beccy Cooper MP & Tim Roca MP
🌹 #Labour4PR #ElectoralReform #Democracy
@drbeccycoopermp.bsky.social @timrocamp.bsky.social @politics.co.uk
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@instituteforgovernment.org.uk
#ElectoralReform #FirstPastThePost #ProportionalRepresentation
👀 “leadership would mean recognising this byelection as a warning – an urgent signal of the need to prepare UK democracy for a multi-party future”
🚨 "First-past-the-post is creaking at the seams"
@drhannahwhite.bsky.social on Gorton & Denton
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/gort...
"And the next election under first past the post, if it stays anything like that, is just going to be chaotic... So we've got to bring in proportional representation."
Compass Director Neal Lawson on the need for PR on Sunday Morning with Trevor Phillips on @skynewsrss.bsky.social.
A reminder that 50 of Britain's leading election experts have warned Ministers that First Past the Post is now a risk to political stability:
“The collision of a multi-party electorate with a voting system designed for just two parties is creating new risks for Britain.”
🌹 @annadixonmp.bsky.social flags some of the major risks First Past the Post now poses for the UK
⚠️ The govt's line that it has "no plans" to address this is not sustainable
🤝 It's welcome that Ministers will meet @appgfairelections.bsky.social to discuss a National Commission on Electoral Reform
The case for electoral reform has never been stronger.
Join the Labour Campaign for Electoral Reform AGM this Wednesday at 6pm and be part of the movement pushing for a fairer voting system.
The future of our democracy depends on it.
Details 👇
In the 1950s, Labour and the Tories won 95% of the vote combined.
Last election? Just 58%.
The two-party era is over. Clinging to First Past the Post won't save progressive politics – it risks breaking it.
Jenny Riddell-Carpenter MP writes
The era of two-party politics is over.
Under First Past the Post, this means:
❌ MPs most constituents didn't vote for
❌ Single-party governments that most of the country never wanted
@appgfairelections.bsky.social Chair @alexsobel.co.uk is right: this is not a way to run a democracy.
Over the weekend, more than 50 academics urged the government to shift away from first-past-the-post, warning that it is not designed to handle multi-party politics
The letter, shared with PolHome, said it risks electoral "distortions" on an "unprecedented" scale at the next general election
📮 Full text of the letter calling on the Government to engage with the growing risks First Past the Post now presents
✍️ Signatories include leading academics, political scientists and constitutional experts - including a former Chief Executive of the UK Electoral Commission
👇 Read it in full
I never really sign stuff. But this was different. It's not about trying to facilitate or block a particular party's route to power. It's about an electoral system that's unsuited to the political realities we face today and risks giving us government after government with no convincing mandate.
🚨 Over 50 leading academics have sounded the alarm on the UK's voting system
⚠️ In an era of multi-party politics, First Past the Post risks “random and arbitrary” results like never before
🗳️ The experts' letter warn Ministers they must address this to stem growing instability and distrust
⚠️ Ministers must engage with UK voting system risks, say election experts
📈 Distortions of First Past the Post now “likely to be amplified to an unprecedented extent”
🧑🏫 50 leading academics warn the electoral system is “creating new risks for Britain”
The Representation of the People Bill is a good start, but doesn't go nearly far enough. First Past the Post leaves millions unfairly shut out of democracy.
#Democracy #ElectoralReform
🏚️ "We are reaching a tipping point... Outdated institutions are dying hard and fast, and Westminster’s voting system is one of them."
- Jenny Riddell-Carpenter MP @jenny4suffcoast.bsky.social warns First Past The Post is headed for chaos
#Labour4PR🌹
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🚨"Right now, Labour has the chance to lead this conversation and head off this issue. There is no time for complacency."
Sean Woodcock MP & Jo Platt MP warn that FPTP is headed for chaos.
✍️ For @labourlist.bsky.social @seanlwoodcock.bsky.social @joplatt.bsky.social
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🗳️ The Government must address First Past the Post - starting with a National Commission on Electoral Reform
🗓️ Join our briefing on the Representation of the People Bill at 18:00, Wednesday 18 February
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🥀 It does nothing stem the resulting collapse of trust & confidence in our political system
⚠️ & it does nothing to prevent an extreme party winning power on less than 30% of the vote
🎯 We need real representation of the people through a fair, proportional voting system
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🚨 The Government publishes its Bill to reform elections tomorrow
📜 This includes votes at 16, tighter donation rules & simpler voter registration
🤦 But the 'Representation of the People Bill' doesn’t do what it says on the tin - most people still won’t be represented
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Disinformation thrives when trust in politics is undermined.
Our voting system leaves millions of people without a voice, eroding trust in our democracy.
Thank you to @appgfairelections.bsky.social Chair @alexsobel.co.uk for making this important point in Parliament.
"If Keir Starmer takes one thing from both Caerphilly and Gorton, it needs to be about the voting system. The archaic dog mess that is first-past-the-post needs to be ditched. It allows outright majorities based on a minority of voters."
✍️ @willhaycardiff.bsky.social
