👀 “leadership would mean recognising this byelection as a warning – an urgent signal of the need to prepare UK democracy for a multi-party future”
🚨 "First-past-the-post is creaking at the seams"
@drhannahwhite.bsky.social on Gorton & Denton
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/gort...
"Make votes matter," said Westminster's newest MP Hannah Spencer at our Manchester rally last year.
"Our vote is a right and our vote should count!"
Regardless of who you backed in this race, this is a message we can all unite around 🫱🏽🫲🏻
The Greens didn’t just surge, they won.
Voters chose real change over lesser-of-two-evils politics.
Britain is multi-party, but our voting system still isn’t.
Under FPTP, outcomes can swing wildly.
More choice is good.
Our system should reflect it.
It’s time for Proportional Representation.
This is Hannah Spencer MP speaking at our Manchester rally last summer ☀️
We're pleased to have another PR campaigner in Parliament - but it's still wrong that almost 6 in 10 voters in Gorton and Denton didn't get representation.
Regardless of who wins, we keep campaigning for fair votes for all.
But fundamentally, this shows why first past the post isn’t fit for purpose. If the government doesn’t introduce proportional voting, a far right party could win the next general election outright on a minority of the vote.
27.02.2026 07:38 — 👍 694 🔁 104 💬 27 📌 15Biggest learning to take away from the by-election by far.
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A reminder that 50 of Britain's leading election experts have warned Ministers that First Past the Post is now a risk to political stability:
“The collision of a multi-party electorate with a voting system designed for just two parties is creating new risks for Britain.”
🌹 @annadixonmp.bsky.social flags some of the major risks First Past the Post now poses for the UK
⚠️ The govt's line that it has "no plans" to address this is not sustainable
🤝 It's welcome that Ministers will meet @appgfairelections.bsky.social to discuss a National Commission on Electoral Reform
MVMNWSURREY supporters of electoral reform just had a Valentine's Day meeting with Esher & Walton MP Monica Harding.
🙏Thanks @monicaharding.bsky.social🙏for your support of #fairvotes so we can @makevotesmatter.bsky.social ❤️❤️😊!
⚠️ Ministers must engage with UK voting system risks, say election experts
📈 Distortions of First Past the Post now “likely to be amplified to an unprecedented extent”
🧑🏫 50 leading academics warn the electoral system is “creating new risks for Britain”
First Past the Post can no longer deliver real mandates - only chaos. 60% of Brits want it scrapped.
Yet the Representation of the People Bill won’t even touch our voting system, which leaves millions unrepresented.
Tell Keir Starmer to change this.
actionnetwork.org/petitions/th...
🚨BREAKING NEWS 🚨
50 leading academics, former senior public officials and politics, law and policy experts warn about the risks of First Past the Post.
Letter in @politicshome.bsky.social today 👇
I've just signed "Back the National Commission Amendment" - Will you support the campaign too? actionstorm.org/petitions/ncer @OpenBritainHQ
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Roses are red Violets are blue I want a fair vote For me and for you
Happy #ValentinesDay! 💘
May your love be out of proportion.
But not your election results.
First Past the Post can no longer deliver real mandates - only chaos. 60% of Brits want it scrapped.
Yet the Representation of the People Bill won’t even touch our voting system, which leaves millions unrepresented.
Tell Keir Starmer to change this.
actionnetwork.org/petitions/th...
Elections bill will bring in once-in-a-generation change to voting – but misses big opportunity electoral-reform.org.uk/elections-bi... Electoral Reform Society – ERS
12.02.2026 15:15 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
🏚️ "We are reaching a tipping point... Outdated institutions are dying hard and fast, and Westminster’s voting system is one of them."
- Jenny Riddell-Carpenter MP @jenny4suffcoast.bsky.social warns First Past The Post is headed for chaos
#Labour4PR🌹
www.progressonline.org.uk/electoral-re...
First Past the Post can no longer deliver real mandates - only chaos. 60% of Brits want it scrapped.
Yet the Representation of the People Bill won’t even touch our voting system, which leaves millions unrepresented.
Tell Keir Starmer to change this.
actionnetwork.org/petitions/th...
🚨"Right now, Labour has the chance to lead this conversation and head off this issue. There is no time for complacency."
Sean Woodcock MP & Jo Platt MP warn that FPTP is headed for chaos.
✍️ For @labourlist.bsky.social @seanlwoodcock.bsky.social @joplatt.bsky.social
labourlist.org/2026/02/labo...
Representation of the People my arse! If the government won't ditch First Past The Post and introduce PR in this bill, it is continued Representation of a Minority of the People. #PRnow #ProportionalRepresentation
12.02.2026 13:31 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
🚨BREAKING: The new Representation of the People Bill is here.
The Bill aims to "restore trust in our democracy" - but it doesn't even touch the voting system that leaves millions unrepresented.
60% of Brits want to scrap First Past the Post.
Tell Starmer to include electoral reform in the Bill ⬇️
Spot on. The bill is mostly window dressing. Without addressing the single biggest deficiency of our democracy, this government shows their contempt for the electorate AND their Labour Party members
12.02.2026 12:57 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Too right. The main impact of this bill will be to give more people a meaningless vote as it won't represent them any better in parliament. The government must ditch First Past The Post and introduce PR before our democracy collapses into electoral chaos. #ProportionalRepresentation #PRnow
12.02.2026 14:07 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
‘Representation of the People Bill’ without proportional representation is a joke. And not a funny one 😤
We need the National Commission on electoral reform included in the bill.
🚨Please sign petition:
actionnetwork.org/petitions/th...
Today, the government is bringing forward their landmark Representation of the People Bill. It's got plenty of good ideas, but there is a glaring omission. They're calling it the Representation of the People Bill, but it will keep the voting system that fails to represent the people. buff.ly/UfLUKhW
12.02.2026 12:00 — 👍 33 🔁 16 💬 2 📌 2
‘Representation of the People’ without Proportional representation is a joke. And not a funny one 😤
Let us at least have the ‘National Commission’ looking into upgrading our election system.
#ElectionBill
No wonder we keep getting governments that most of the public want gone.
"Only a fifth of the eligible electorate actually voted for the current majority government."
Under First Past the Post, that's enough for a "landslide".
@robfordmancs.bsky.social for @ukandeu.bsky.social 👇
“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 👇
📉 Growth and economic stability are at odds with political instability
🚨 Business leaders raise the alarm on First Past the Post in the @financialtimes.com today
➡️ To avoid chaos and for a fair democracy, Westminster needs #ElectoralReform
www.ft.com/content/422f...
"Evidence shows that PR leads to higher turnout, more representative governments and more stable policymaking."
Yesterday in Parliament, several MPs raised the urgent need to fix our voting system.
Thank you @drscottarthurmp.bsky.social @ollyglover.bsky.social @lisasmartmp.bsky.social 👏👏👏
