Over 236,000 people sign petition calling for Proportional Representation
‘It feels as if the outdated First Past the Post voting system is creaking and failing voters on a massive scale.’
Electoral Reform
This election could be the most distorted in history. We’ll need to fix the electoral system to restore trust in politics.
Alberto Smith from Make Votes Matter makes the case for electoral reform in light of the assumed general election result
How this general election result could be the most distorted in history
‘Inflection points like these are reminders of quite how absurd our electoral system can be’
Will a Landslide Bury Any Hope of Electoral Reform?
A change to a PR system for the House of Commons would ensure continuity of progressive government and halt the political slide to the right in our country.
EXCLUSIVE: Vote share of two main parties hits historic low three weeks from polling day
Compass calls on Labour to reform the voting system ‘no longer fit for purpose’
EXCLUSIVE: Green voters with ‘decisive power’ in key seats urged to call for electoral reform
Campaigners call on Green Party voters in battleground seats to push progressive candidates to back PR
Lee Anderson doesn’t want votes for 16-year-olds because it will kill off the Tories ‘for generations’
Anderson made the admission in secretly-recorded comments at a meeting of Tory supporters.
Reform of UK democracy needed to tackle climate crisis, Green Party conference hears
“The people, given the power, will lead us on climate action – and PR is a very direct way to give people power”.
‘We have to build the biggest possible campaign’ for democratic reform, Liberal Democrat conference told
“Vote for candidates that want PR at least and make sure you’re voting for somebody who is more likely to bring in real democracy.”
Tories slammed for anti-democratic election changes after shock London Mayor poll
The Tories ‘can’t win a fair election in London’