🚨If an MP changes their party, they should face the voters. Simple as that! 🗳️
I’ve signed the #petition calling for mandatory by-elections when MPs switch sides. Let's protect our democratic voice! 📢 #MakeVotesMatter #Politics #Justice
https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/require-a-by-election-when-a-member-of-parliament-changes-party-affiliation?source=twitter&utm_campaign=blast144958&utm_medium=socialshare&utm_source=twitter&share=4f86b9f9-5e6f-4e0e-ae40-2480f1a70057 via @38degrees
UK politics in 2026 will be all about power, money, and influence — not just policy. If we don’t speak up for transparency now, the same old systems will roll on. It’s time for real democratic reform. #UKPolitics #MakeVotesMatter
Tell the new Democracy Minister: its time to scrap First Past the Post
https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/petition-to-democracy-minister/ #PR #ProportionalRepresentation #MakeVotesMatter
Our voting system has been letting people down for decades, but this new era of multi-party politics is exposing just how broken it really is.
Unlock democracy teamed up with Make Votes Matter, the Electoral Reform Society, Open Britain, and Compass to ramp up the pressure.
please will you sign the joint petition?
https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/petition-to-democracy-minister?source=direct_link&
#makevotesmatter #proportionalrepresentation #voting #votingreformnow #uk #ukpolitics
Sign the petition… Tell the new Democracy Minister: it’s time to scrap First Past the Post!
I've already lived through this. The Tories merged with the Reform and then at the next election, an MP originally elected under Reform became Prime Minister. Don't let it happen again!
Don't believe me? Google Stephen Harper.
https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/petition-to-democracy-minister
Green Party Surges As Labour Hits Record Low
Fantastic day at #readingpride today. Massive number of people signing our petition and joining our mailing list. Lots of good chats on all things democratic #fptp #proportionalrepresentation #democracy #makevotesmatter
SHOCKING: 59.7% of voters in Stoke-on-Trent North don't have the MP they voted for. That's 21,571 people with ZERO voice in Parliament.
@makevotesmatter.bsky.social
Please support switching BACK to the previous (preferential) Supplementary Vote system for electing mayors in the UK - see https://actionnetwork.org/letters/devolution-bill
The current FPTP system results in daft things like Helen Godwin being elected Mayor with just 25.0% of the vote (not a pop at her particularly). A preference list ensures ending up with a broadly acceptable winner. With the current system and our split electorate, elections are pretty much a lottery **#MakeVotesMatter** **#FPTP** **#ukpolitics**
First Past The Post voting has had its day.
Elections should grant everyone a vote that matters, but ours deprive most of us of a representative of our choosing.
With 5 parties polling strongly, our voting system is delivering chaos and turning elections into a lottery - where few people get what they want. It simply can't cope with the multi-party politics we have in the UK.
https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/2025-les-pr
#UKpol #ElectoralReform #Elections #FPTP #ProportionalRepresenation #UnlockDemocracy #MakeVotesMatter
Letter: When 23% wins a seat, First Past the Post is failing us
https://eastangliabylines.co.uk/democracy/letter-when-23-wins-a-seat-first-past-the-post-is-failing-us/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=letter-when-23-wins-a-seat-first-past-the-post-is-failing-us
#localelections2025 #localJournalism #makeVotesMatter #electoralReform @BylinesEast
No More First Past The Post Elections!
https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/2025-les-pr
#UKpol #ElectoralReform #ElectoralReformNow #MakeVotesMatter #OpenBritain #Compass #UnlockDemocracy
Surrey Council area is planning to change to be a Unitary Authority - I'm hoping that will be a good time to press for the advantages for a truely democratic way of selecting our Councillors. Unfortunately, we get to skip this particular May's local elections because the powers that be would rather people with a stale mandate drive this massive change rather than elect new people to do it - that would be a waste, you see 😜
Anyways https://www.electoral-reform.org.uk/why-all-local-councils-should-be-elected-with-proportional-representation/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=ers-email&utm_campaign=blog-roundup&utm_content=ERS+News:+12+April+2025+B gives a good account of the democratic deficit inherint in the current "democracy". #FPTP #MakeVotesMatter #PR
Campaigning for electoral reform on the political right
Britain & the Proportional Representation question - a lesson from Ireland, 1920
Half of Brits support proportional representation voting system
We need proportional representation
Renewing democracy: why voter choice matters
