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Make Votes Matter

@MakeVotesMatter

The campaign for Proportional Representation at UK elections. Also on other platforms. Promoted by Make Votes Matter, 27 Old Gloucester Street, WC1N 3AX.

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❗️Support the campaign for Proportional Representation. 60% of the public agree: our voting system needs to change. Now we need to make Westminster listen. If you can, please support our crowdfunder and fuel the movement to fix our broken democracy👇 makevotesmatter.org.uk/2026-wake-up-w…
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"All we're doing is rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic whilst ignoring the huge iceberg that's causing it to sink." 🚢 British politics is broken. It's been broken for a long time. Just replacing this or that politician won't fix it. It's time for system change.
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“Increasingly, some parliamentarians themselves are asking whether we can really afford to wait until after the next general election before addressing the voting system.”
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A warning to all political parties from Sir John Curtice: “If your vote goes down and becomes more geographically spread, the system will murder you." This week we were in Parliament for @FairElectionsUK event about the local election results. Read our blog 👇 makevotesmatter.org.uk/news/2026/5/22…

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💥 Great to see this from Andy Burnham: " I do think there needs to be reform to the electoral system to enable less point-scoring, more problem-solving. Less short term, more long term.” 👏👏👏 theguardian.com/politics/2026/…
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Clive Lewis MP
Clive Lewis MP@labourlewis·
No government should be able to win a big majority on a minority of the vote. Our voting system is warping our politics beyond recognition. I have joined 65 other MPs in signing an amendment pushing for a National Commission on Electoral Reform. This is a necessary first step toward building a more representative system - one where power reflects the people, not the quirks of a failing model.
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❓"When winning on votes fails to get you elected, is it still democracy?" In several councils, the biggest party is not the one that got the most votes. That's how broken Britain's voting system is. The New Statesman writes about our new report👇 newstatesman.com/politics/2026/…
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💥 70 MPs have backed an amendment to fix our broken voting system. This is huge - but we need many more to have a real impact and get a step closer to winning Proportional Representation. Check if your MP has signed, and if not, email them now 👇 actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-yo…
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A reminder: In Birmingham, the Greens got the most votes but fewer seats than Reform. In Milton Keynes, the Lib Dems came fourth in vote share but became the biggest party. In Wandsworth, Labour won more votes than the Tories but fewer seats. First Past the Post is broken.
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📺 WATCH: Today at #PMQs @OllyGloverLD asked about the UK's broken voting system. "Does the Prime Minister still have full confidence in the First Past the Post system to deliver strong and stable government?" "Yes I do," responded our 6th Prime Minister in 10 years 👀
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💥 BREAKING: More than 60 MPs have signed up to an amendment to the Representation of the People Bill, calling for a National Commission on Electoral Reform. "FPTP is one of the biggest examples of a broken status quo in UK politics," says @alexsobel. bbc.com/news/articles/…
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Why is British politics always such a mess? 🤯 Recently, @TLDRNewsUK have put out this video brilliantly explaining why our voting system is completely broken - and why now is the time for change. Send it to anyone who needs an explainer 👇👇👇 youtu.be/tTrsRGaWnIU?is…
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✍️ New blog by our CEO @Emma_Campaigner: "Under First Past the Post, parties can win huge majorities on a minority of the vote. Leadership contests can become national crises. Entire regions can be politically written off. Voters are told to vote tactically rather than honestly. Then Westminster acts surprised when people become frustrated with politics." makevotesmatter.org.uk/labour/2026/5/…
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"The main lesson we should be taking from the local and regional election results is the urgent need to ditch the antiquated, dysfunctional and unrepresentative voting system." We couldn't agree more. yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/opinion/l…
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Some recent local news coverage 🧵👇 Milton Keynes: "While the Liberal Democrats came first with 20 seats on 19% of votes cast, Reform UK won only 9 with 24% of votes cast and the Greens won no seats despite garnering 14% of votes." miltonkeynes.co.uk/your-world/pro…
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