Liberal Democrats for Electoral Reform (LDER)

England and Wales can learn from Scotland’s success with STV It is now 15 years since Scotland abandoned First Past the Post for local government elections and adopted the Single Transferable Vote form of proportional representation. What many w

“With fair votes comes better democracy.” 🗳️

England and Wales can learn from Scotland’s success with STV electoral-reform.org.uk/england-and-... via @electoralreform

It's not radical to think every vote should count.

It's not radical to think every constituency should matter.

It's not radical to think 34% of the vote is not a landslide.

It's not radical to want to vote for the party you truly support.

It's common sense. #PRnow

Can First Past the Post cope with multi-party politics?

🗒️ The APPG was delighted to host a private briefing in Parliament today with…

🗣️ Professor Sir John Curtice of @unistrathclyde.bsky.social
🗣️ Dr David Klemperer of @uniofbath.bsky.social
🪑 Emma Harrison of @makevotesmatter.bsky.social

What do #TraitorsUK and UK politics have in common? 👀

More than you might think...

Democracy shouldn't be a game. Share if you agree 👇 #Traitors #TheTraitorsUK

"The UK’s consequent short-termist and unpredictable policies actively damage business confidence, creating the hesitancy to invest and discouraging the long-term planning" First Past the Post is bad for business. buff.ly/LfEs6B1

Letter: The economic case for coalition government From Peter Norris and others

“We consider that the electoral system no longer serves the interests of UK business in generating growth."

Last week, @financialtimes.com published a letter from 20+ business leaders, calling for electoral reform.

It's great to see the business community join this conversation 👇

Letter: The economic case for coalition government From Peter Norris and others

In an open letter to the Financial Times more than 20 business leaders call for a change to the UK’s electoral system. They state our short-term, unpredictable politics - driven by the volatile ‘first past the post’ - damages business confidence.

www.ft.com/content/422f...

democracy4growth.uk

"PR puts the power in the hands of voters rather than in the hands of politicians."

Such an important point by @appgfairelections.bsky.social Vice Chair @lisasmartmp.bsky.social.

Under FPTP, big decisions are made within the large parties. Under PR, voters have real choice.

Why single-party governments under First Past the Post fail to get things done For all the talk of “strong government,” the reality of single-party rule under First Past the Post (FPTP) often looks anything but. Behind the scenes, these governments can be paral

When one party holds most of the seats on less than half the votes, the supposed “majority” is fragile from the start. The real fights aren’t across the floor of the Commons, but inside the ruling party itself. It may look stable on paper, but inside it’s a house divided.

Letter: The economic case for coalition government From Peter Norris and others

In an open letter to the Financial Times more than 20 business leaders call for a change to the UK’s electoral system. They state our short-term, unpredictable politics - driven by the volatile ‘first past the post’ - damages business confidence.

www.ft.com/content/422f...

democracy4growth.uk

Letter: The economic case for coalition government From Peter Norris and others

Great letter from business leaders in the FT highlighting how chaos under First Past the Post has caused economic uncertainty and hurt growth.

“An electoral system that truly represents the electorate will be good for business, good for politics, and good for the British people.”

buff.ly/FcziiyP

And it's Day 12 of 12 Days of Democracy 🎄⭐️🧑🏼‍🎄

Here's yet another reason to support PR - and a Christmas message from our CEO Emma Harrison.

However you're spending the coming days, we wish a very happy festive season to all our activists and supporters ✨

Forced to make a tactical vote? We shouldn’t have to vote for the least bad option Every election, millions of us head to the polling station in a conflicted state of mind – should I vote for the party I most believe in, or should tactical considerations come into pl

Under First Past the Post, tactical voting has become a major feature of our general elections in the UK – a symptom of a system that forces voters to game the rules instead of expressing their opinions and values.

✉️ 100+ activists wrote personal Christmas cards to the Democracy Minister @samanthadixonmp.bsky.social, asking her to support a fairer voting system.

So we went to her office in Chester to deliver them.

Watch the video to hear some of the messages we sent + see thread for press coverage! 👇🧵

It starts with a resolution...and ends with fair votes.

We've just delivered over 250,000 signatures calling for First Past The Post to be scrapped by next Christmas🎄

📢 Share to make the call even louder!

With @makevotesmatter.bsky.social @unlockdemocracy.bsky.social @electoralreform.bsky.social

The Additional Member System and its overhang problem The Additional Member System (AMS), otherwise known as Mixed Member Proportional (MMP), is one of the leading contenders as a Proportional Representation system for UK General Elections. However, as t...

LDER’s Denis Mollison writes a timely article about how the proliferation of parties threatens AMS’ ability to deliver a fully proportional result in next May’s 2026 Holyrood elections.

www.libdemvoice.org/the-addition...

Our voting system is broken.

It's time for a change that truly reflects what voters want.

Britain’s slot-machine politics Voting is becoming a high-stakes, wildly unpredictable gamble

💥 Excellent article in @economist.com about the absurdity of election results under FPTP - and its consequences:

"When the country has lots of medium-size parties, the correlation between the number of votes in, and number of seats out, owes more to Las Vegas than to Edmund Burke." 💯💯

62% of people now support a party other than Labour or the Tories.* Voters are demanding real choice. *YouGov, 30 Nov-1 Dec 2025

16% of councillors elected in May had over 50% support It was 65% in 2021.

158 MPs and Lords calling for electoral reform The All-Party Parliamentary Group for Fair Elections is the biggest in Westminster.

60% of the public want to change the voting system* The government must listen. *British Social Attitudes survey

Wrapped 2025 has dropped 👀👀

How has Britain's democracy performed this year? Let's check...

On budget day, let's not forget how much there is to fix in this country - building better education, housing, climate action and other things require long-term planning that only collaborative budgets with multi-party involvement can secure. 🧵

#ChangeTheVotingSystem to Proportional Representation

Rachel Reeves promises "stability for our public finances - the single most important factor in getting our cost of living down."

Under FPTP, we've had:

☑️ 6 Prime Ministers and
☑️ 8 different Chancellors since 2015.

There's no economic stability without fixing our democracy.

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There is a better way.

Proportional Representation would give us governments that truly reflect the country, not just a fraction of it.

It would push parties to work together.

It would give Britain the foundations to grow, to innovate, and to invest in its future.

By working together, a coalition government in a proportional representation system could ensure that the planned changes can stand the test of time. With FPTP, the next government will undo all changes, both good and bad.

#ChangeTheVotingSystem to Proportional Representation

On budget day, let's not forget how much there is to fix in this country - building better education, housing, climate action and other things require long-term planning that only collaborative budgets with multi-party involvement can secure. 🧵

#ChangeTheVotingSystem to Proportional Representation

"Is it not time that we had a proper consideration in this House of changes to the voting system, so that the next election is not a disaster for democracy?"

Great question by @maxwilkinson.bsky.social

The Government must wake up and get to grips with First Past the Post before it’s too late.

Pie chart showing how a party won 34% of the votes in the 2024 General Elections, but 63% of MPs which gives 100% of the power in parliament. Then a plead to join the campaign for electoral reform at makevotesmatter.org.uk

We are working with our allies including @makevotesmatter.bsky.social to fight for a politics that works for everyone. No more wasted votes. No more tactical voting.

#ChangeTheVotingSystem

"The danger is not that this generation has given up on democracy. It's that if nothing changes, they might stop believing democracy can work for them at all."

💥 For a new report, @demos-uk.bsky.social interviewed 700+ teenagers.

72.8% agreed: democracy must be defended at all costs. But many weren't happy with the way it currently works.

"Change the voting system" was proposed as one of the solutions. We agree.

Read more: demos.co.uk/research/ins...

We’ve seen it time and again. When one party holds most of the seats on less than half the votes, the supposed “majority” is fragile from the start. buff.ly/qZOD3rT