Make Votes Matter
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The campaign for Proportional Representation at UK general elections. We're cross-party. You can also find us on other platforms.
United Kingdom
Joined May 2015
For the first time ever, a majority of supporters of all parties support changing the voting system. This includes Conservative supporters. Join our call on the 27 of October to hear @nigelmp talk about why FPTP no longer delivers for the British public: https://t.co/6pVtI0UbvY
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"When we're working best as the Assembly, it's when we work together cross-party." At our event with the London Assembly yesterday, @CarolineRussell shared her experience of working across political divides under a proportional system. Watch in full: https://t.co/Qm71flmlbL
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Tonight, the London Assembly and @MakeVotesMatter hosted the cross-party event: Beyond the Ballot – about youth engagement in politics. Guests got the chance to ask questions of politicians from every major party and see what it looks like to work together in UK politics.
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Our Young Make Votes Matter event with the @LondonAssembly is starting now! Watch the livestream here: https://t.co/Qm71flmlbL
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There are dozens of safe seats in the UK that have been held by the same party for 100+ years. There are millions of voters who've never had the representation they asked for. We can keep waiting. Or we can change our Victorian voting system. What do you prefer?
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People sometimes ask us: "won't Proportional Representation lead to chaos, like in France?" France is the only other democracy in Europe that DOESN'T use a proportional system. Meanwhile, most of the world's most stable democracies have successfully used PR for decades.
🗞️ Four MPs from Renaissance, MoDem, PS and Les Écologistes announced on Monday 13 October in a press release that they would be tabling a bill to introduce proportional representation in parliamentary elections, which they believe will help ‘unblock the country’.
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Proportional Representation is the radical idea that a party that gets 30% of the vote should never have 100% of the power. In most stable democracies, this is already obvious. Why not here?
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Last chance to register if you’re a young person who wants to listen to and ask questions of a panel of politicians from every major party in the UK. Next week, City Hall will play host to ‘Beyond the Ballot’, a cross-party event with @MakeVotesMatter. https://t.co/XKMMklItKG
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Under First Past the Post, a radical, extreme, even anti-democratic party can take full power on a fraction of the vote - without the consent of the majority. In these troubled times, we shouldn't take our rights and freedoms for granted. That's another reason why we need PR.
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Panel announced! See firsthand what it looks like to work together and get stuff done in UK politics at our ‘Beyond the Ballot’ event with @MakeVotesMatter. If you’re a young Londoner, register here: https://t.co/XKMMklItKG
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Could First Past the Post soon work against the very party that has long defended it? Join us and @nigelmp to explore what electoral reform could mean for the future of the Conservatives, the centre-right and the health of British democracy. Sign up: https://t.co/6pVtI0UbvY
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"Time’s up for our voting system but who will be brave enough to change it?" - writes Emma Harrison, Chief Executive of @MakeVotesMatter. 🗞️ Read on Substack with a free trial. (It is free for existing B4B supporters). https://t.co/CIT8eX7Rqb
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In 2029, more people will be eligible to vote than ever before. But it could also be the year in which more voices than ever are ignored. That is, unless we change the voting system so that everyone can be heard. Read Bertie's blog here: https://t.co/vfKUJvKIcN
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At an LDER and @FairElectionsUK Fringe event, @OllyGloverLD said "I'm spending a lot of time campaigning for Proportional Representation because our politics simply isn't working. (...) We need a politics that brings more ideas into it and where everyone's votes count equally."
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“With electoral reform increasingly appearing to be a viable prospect, the idea of a National Commission on Electoral Reform offers a clear and credible route towards achieving it.” ✍️ @dmk1793 writing for the @uniofbathipr blog https://t.co/VKs0CPzfmL
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Electoral reform is back on the UK’s political agenda as First-Past-the-Post strains under the pressures of multi-party politics. The new APPG for Fair Elections proposes a National Commission to e…
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At the @Labour4PR rally, I joined voices supporting electoral reform. I want to see the people I speak to every single week embrace and have confidence in the democracy we have in this country. I think through electoral reform we can restore trust in our democracy.
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"I'd love to throw it in the bin." At #LabourConference2025, Livvy from Young Make Votes Matter asked Labour members about their opinions on the First Past the Post voting system. Here's what they had to say 👇
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Are you a young person? Do you feel like your voice isn’t being heard in politics? Register for this cross-party event in collaboration with @MakeVotesMatter. https://t.co/XKMMklItKG
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"Keir Starmer said that the sky didn't fall in when we introduced votes at 16 in Wales and Scotland. And I say to you, Sir Keir, that when you introduced PR, the sky didn't fall in there either." Our CEO @Emma_Campaigner speaking at @Labour4PR rally at #LabourConference2025 💯
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🚨 The world’s 10 strongest democracies (according to The Economist’s Democracy Index) all elect their representatives through Proportional Representation If we want to improve our democracy here in Canada, we NEED Proportional Representation!
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