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#Labour4PR Official Twitter of: 🌹 Labour Campaign for Electoral Reform (LCER) 🔗 https://t.co/QpOUZnz8HD ✊ Labour for a New Democracy (L4ND)
Joined May 2015
💥 Fantastic to see the APPG for @FairElectionsUK 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. 🧵 1/5.
💥 Cross-party MPs call for a 'National Commission for Electoral Reform'. 📰 Report by the new All-Party Parliamentary Group for @FairElectionsUK out now!. 📈 New group has over 100 members and is backed by senior Labour and Conservative figures. 🧵 1/7.
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📢 “Isn't it also time for a National Commission on Electoral Reform?”. 👏 Great to see Labour MPs like @Euan4Falkirk, Simon Opher & @_OliviaBlake calling for the Government to address First Past the Post for general elections. 🌹 We need Proportional Representation #Labour4PR
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💯 "We can do better than this" . ⚠ First Past the Post does not command public confidence when it comes to mayoral elections, says @AngelaRayner . 👉 The same is true of general elections. We need a National Commission on Electoral Reform
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RT @CompassOffice: Reform is polling to win a majority of seats on merely 30% of the vote thanks to #FPTP. Our new publication « The Tempe….
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🔥 The UK's voting system is bust, writes @pollytoynbee. “The government needs to get to grips with this,” says APPG for @FairElectionsUK chair @alexsobel. Keir Starmer could set up a commission right away and implement change before the next election.
theguardian.com
MPs are voting to get rid of first past the post in mayoral elections. Doing the same at a national level would be an antidote to Reform UK, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
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Read the full Terms of Reference for a National Commission on Electoral Reform 👇.
📜 We're pleased to publish a Terms of Reference for a National Commission on Electoral Reform. ⚖️ This is a ready to go plan to independently review how Parliament is elected, promote a national conversation, and build consensus on a way forward. 🧵 1/3.
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“A National Commission on Electoral Reform is a ready to go plan to independently review how Parliament is elected, promote a national conversation, and build consensus on a way forward”. 🌹 @alexsobel, Chair of the APPG for @FairElectionsUK .
politics.co.uk
A group of cross-party MPs have set out a “ready to go” blueprint for an independent review of the UK’s first past the post (FPTP) electoral system. The all-party parliamentary group (APPG) for fair...
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RT @Josh_Self_: 🚨 NEW: Cross-party MPs publish ‘ready to go’ blueprint for electoral reform commission. First past the post “threatens to u….
politics.co.uk
A group of cross-party MPs have set out a “ready to go” blueprint for an independent review of the UK’s first past the post (FPTP) electoral system. The all-party parliamentary group (APPG) for fair...
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RT @MakeVotesMatter: ❓How disenfranchised is your area?. Most people in the UK aren't represented by an MP they voted for. Because of our v….
makevotesmatter.org.uk
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Just dropped: A free extract from The Starmer Symptom, with insights by Garland, @labourlewis , Dorling, Wainwright & more. Grab the full book for £11.89 (was £16.99) using code STARMER 30 via Pluto Books. Read & download now → #ElectoralReform #LCER
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RT @CompassOffice: 🎟️🎟️🎟️ Tickets are selling fast for the Robin Cook Memorial Lecture on 18th September. Join us to celebrate the life o….
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RT @MakeVotesMatter: "Someone could end up becoming Prime Minister, including with a majority, on a quarter of a low turnout.". @campbellcl….
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“The party needs to think about [electoral reform] & it would get through, people understand that in a multi-party situation, First Past the Post is potentially unfair”. Jack Straw: latest voice showing why we need a National Commission on Electoral Reform
theguardian.com
Former home secretary praises Keir Starmer’s success on world stage and says PM can win over sceptical UK public
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At #Lab25 Conference, we'll be teaming up for a fringe event together with @thefabians and @FairElectionsUK. 📢 Make it count: How Labour can deliver electoral reform & rebuild trust in politics.⏲️ 16:15.🗓️ Monday 29 September.📍 Bluecoat. Save the date!.
labourforanewdemocracy.org.uk
Save the date for this special Conference 2025 fringe event
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⚠️ "First Past the Post is not sustainable; not for Labour, and not for the country. We must modernise Westminster and launch a National Commission on Electoral Reform.". 🌹 Excellent article for @thefabians by @steveracemp #Labour4PR.
fabians.org.uk
Last July, Labour inherited one of the worst legacies left by any government. Over a decade of austerity has left Britain worse off than when the Conservatives took office. Naturally, our first...
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💥 Labour's National Policy Forum has once again been inundated with calls for electoral reform. No surprise given PR is backed by:. 🙋 83% of members.🛠 2/3rds of affiliated trade unions.🌹 annual conference.🗳 @FairElectionsUK.🏦 @HouseofCommons.📈 60% of the public. 🧵 1/2
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RT @CompassOffice: Compass was built on the shoulders of giants, one of them being the late, great Robin Cook. Join us on Thursday 18th Se….
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⚠️ “What we’re seeing is the development of a Proportional Representation electorate with the First Past the Post system – and that is really dangerous.”. 💯 Neil Kinnock is right. We need change - starting with a National Commission on Electoral Reform.
labourlist.org
Neil Kinnock has warned that a split progressive vote amongst Liberal Democrat, Green and other parties is Labour’s biggest challenge come the next general election.…
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"The fracturing electoral landscape makes wildly disproportionate First Past the Post results ever more likely.". ✒️ Interesting perspective from @prospect_clark.
prospectmagazine.co.uk
Turkeys don’t vote for Christmas, but if and when Labour members pick the next PM, electoral reform could become unavoidable
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