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Making proportional representation work in Britain | Letters
By Guardian StaffReaders respond to Guardian analysis examining what Britain would look like under an electoral system of PR
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jul/29/making-proportional-representation-work-in-britain
#Proportionalrepresentation #Electoralreform #Firstpastthepost #Politics #AndyBurnham #Labour #TheGuardian #GuardianStaff
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🚨Dear @andyburnham: it’s time to scrap #FirstPastThePost!
Our voting system only breeds instability & chaos, & poisons our political culture. We know you agree.
Now is the time to fix our #democracy! 👇 https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/andy-burnham-make-fair-votes-happen
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🚨Dear @andyburnham: it’s time to scrap #FirstPastThePost!
Our voting system only breeds instability & chaos, & poisons our political culture. We know you agree.
Now is the time to fix our #democracy! 👇 https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/andy-burnham-make-fair-votes-happen
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🚨Britain’s politics has changed, but our voting system hasn’t! 😤 I’m asking my MP to support an independent National Commission on Electoral Reform so we can build a voting system fit for modern #Britain. 🇬🇧 Join me here.👇
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🚨Britain’s politics has changed, but our voting system hasn’t! 😤 I’m asking my MP to support an independent National Commission on Electoral Reform so we can build a voting system fit for modern #Britain. 🇬🇧 Join me here.👇
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@malavoie Also, please note that your assumption of "democratic government" in the UK is a category error.
Elections to the UK House of Commons use the notoriously undemocratic #FirstPastThePost voting system ##FPTP. in the 2024 general election, the so-called "LabourParty" got 63% of the seats with 34% of the votes. That's not democracy.
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@malavoie Also, please note that your assumption of "democratic government" in the UK is a category error.
Elections to the UK House of Commons use the notoriously undemocratic #FirstPastThePost voting system ##FPTP. in the 2024 general election, the so-called "LabourParty" got 63% of the seats with 34% of the votes. That's not democracy.
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“'The Two Party System Is Dead – It's Time For Electoral Reform'”
by Adrian Goldberg in The Byline Times on Substack
“Campaigning backbench MP Alex Sobel and Darren Hughs of the Electoral Reform Society talk to the Byline Times Podcast about the need to make Parliament more accurately reflect our votes”
https://open.substack.com/pub/bylinetimes/p/the-two-party-system-is-dead-its
#Press #SocialMedia #UK #ElectoralSystem #FirstPastThePost #Broken #Dead #Labour
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“'The Two Party System Is Dead – It's Time For Electoral Reform'”
by Adrian Goldberg in The Byline Times on Substack
“Campaigning backbench MP Alex Sobel and Darren Hughs of the Electoral Reform Society talk to the Byline Times Podcast about the need to make Parliament more accurately reflect our votes”
https://open.substack.com/pub/bylinetimes/p/the-two-party-system-is-dead-its
#Press #SocialMedia #UK #ElectoralSystem #FirstPastThePost #Broken #Dead #Labour
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🚨#Britain’s 🇬🇧 #voting system is broken!🤬70 MPs are backing an amendment to finally review it👏
But to make an impact, we need many more! I’ve urged my MP @josephpowell to support it with this tool. Pls contact yours too! 👇 #ProportionalRepresentation https://actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-your-mp-to-back-the-amendment-to-fix-our-broken-voting-system #Politics #FirstPastThePost #Democracy #Justice #Accountability #Unity
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🚨#Britain’s 🇬🇧 #voting system is broken!🤬70 MPs are backing an amendment to finally review it👏
But to make an impact, we need many more! I’ve urged my MP @josephpowell to support it with this tool. Pls contact yours too! 👇 #ProportionalRepresentation https://actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-your-mp-to-back-the-amendment-to-fix-our-broken-voting-system #Politics #FirstPastThePost #Democracy #Justice #Accountability #Unity
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🚨Britain’s voting system is broken!😤 70 MPs are backing an amendment to finally review it!👏
But to make an impact, we need many more. I’ve urged my MP to support it with this tool. Can you contact yours too?👇 #Politics #FirstPastThePost #Democracy https://actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-your-mp-to-back-the-amendment-to-fix-our-broken-voting-system
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🚨Britain’s voting system is broken!😤 70 MPs are backing an amendment to finally review it!👏
But to make an impact, we need many more. I’ve urged my MP to support it with this tool. Can you contact yours too?👇 #Politics #FirstPastThePost #Democracy https://actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-your-mp-to-back-the-amendment-to-fix-our-broken-voting-system
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#AndyBurnham does NOT support #ProportionalRepresentation #PR. 😡
Burnham supports #SupplementaryVote, also known as #AlternativeVote #AV, which is NOT a proportional system
And he will NOT scrap the current #FirstPastThePost #FPTP before the next general election #GE2029. So #ReformUK could win a huge overall majority on 30% of votes.
That makes a vote for #Burnham pointiess. He's a #Blairite who won't even introduce fair votes. 😡
There's no point to Burnham. Reject him, #Makerfield!
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#AndyBurnham does NOT support #ProportionalRepresentation #PR. 😡
Burnham supports #SupplementaryVote, also known as #AlternativeVote #AV, which is NOT a proportional system
And he will NOT scrap the current #FirstPastThePost #FPTP before the next general election #GE2029. So #ReformUK could win a huge overall majority on 30% of votes.
That makes a vote for #Burnham pointiess. He's a #Blairite who won't even introduce fair votes. 😡
There's no point to Burnham. Reject him, #Makerfield!
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“The same, unfortunately, is also true for the other basic #institutional #reform that #Britain urgently needs i.e. the abolition of the out-dated #firstpastthepost #electoralsystem and its replacement by a moderated form of #proportionalrepresentation.” open.substack.com/pub/adamtooz...
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🚨The votes are still being counted, but one thing is clear: #FirstPastThePost is broken! 🗳️🤬
MPs elected while 2/3 of voters opposed them! 😤
Majority governments on a quarter of the vote! 😤 This isn't #democracy. Sign the letter calling for electoral reform 👇 #Politics #HumanRights #Justice #Oligarchs #MediaReform #Accountability #ProportionalRepresentation
https://secure.unlockdemocracy.org.uk/page/191527/donate/1?locale=en-GB&en_chan=tw -
🚨The votes are still being counted, but one thing is clear: #FirstPastThePost is broken! 🗳️🤬
MPs elected while 2/3 of voters opposed them! 😤
Majority governments on a quarter of the vote! 😤 This isn't #democracy. Sign the letter calling for electoral reform 👇 #Politics #HumanRights #Justice #Oligarchs #MediaReform #Accountability #ProportionalRepresentation
https://secure.unlockdemocracy.org.uk/page/191527/donate/1?locale=en-GB&en_chan=tw -
🧵 1/2: If there's anything this #UKpol #localelections has definitely cemented, is how the #FirstPastThePost #FPTP system has been totally played by #Reform & its #billionaire supporters who absolutely don't need #PR, when the system already gives them a disproportionate representation as long as they pass the tipping point, (30% of votes gets 2/3 of seats). FPTP encourages #gerrymandering, which now started in the #UK.
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🧵 1/2: If there's anything this #UKpol #localelections has definitely cemented, is how the #FirstPastThePost #FPTP system has been totally played by #Reform & its #billionaire supporters who absolutely don't need #PR, when the system already gives them a disproportionate representation as long as they pass the tipping point, (30% of votes gets 2/3 of seats). FPTP encourages #gerrymandering, which now started in the #UK.
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Whoever wins today’s elections, democracy is the loser under first past the post | Polly Toynbee https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/07/elections-democracy-first-past-the-post-labour-proportional-representation #ElectoralReform #LocalElections #LocalPolitics #Politics #FirstPastThePost #ProportionalRepresentation #Labour #UkNews #ReformUk
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Nobody wants to defend Britain’s voting system any more – but here’s why I will | Gaby Hinsliff https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/26/defend-britain-voting-system-gorton-denton-first-past-the-post-proportional-representation #Byelections #ElectoralReform #LocalPolitics #Labour #ReformUk #GreenParty #Politics #FirstPastThePost #ProportionalRepresentation #UkNews
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Nobody wants to defend Britain’s voting system any more – but here’s why I will | Gaby Hinsliff https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/26/defend-britain-voting-system-gorton-denton-first-past-the-post-proportional-representation #Byelections #ElectoralReform #LocalPolitics #Labour #ReformUk #GreenParty #Politics #FirstPastThePost #ProportionalRepresentation #UkNews
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🚨 #FirstPastThePost can no longer deliver real mandates -only chaos. 🤬 60% of Brits want it scrapped!
Yet the #RepresentationofthePeopleBill won’t even touch our voting system, which leaves millions unrepresented! 😤
Tell @Keir_Starmer to change this.
https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/the-elections-bill-must-scrap-first-past-the-post -
🚨 #FirstPastThePost can no longer deliver real mandates -only chaos. 🤬 60% of Brits want it scrapped!
Yet the #RepresentationofthePeopleBill won’t even touch our voting system, which leaves millions unrepresented! 😤
Tell @Keir_Starmer to change this.
https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/the-elections-bill-must-scrap-first-past-the-post -
🚨Our #democracy shouldn’t be a gamble! 😤
#FirstPastThePost fails 70% of voters! 🤬 We urgently need to scrap it. I’ve asked my MP to attend a crucial briefing on how to do just that.
Join me 👇: #Politics #Justice #FPTP
https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-your-mp-our-democracy-shouldnt-be-a-gamble?source=twitter&& -
🚨Our #democracy shouldn’t be a gamble! 😤
#FirstPastThePost fails 70% of voters! 🤬 We urgently need to scrap it. I’ve asked my MP to attend a crucial briefing on how to do just that.
Join me 👇: #Politics #Justice #FPTP
https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-your-mp-our-democracy-shouldnt-be-a-gamble?source=twitter&& -
The Optics Ain't Good
In 2016, the Liberal Party of Canada tried to change Canada's FPTP electoral system toward PR.
The commission found a lot of opposition. Maybe the Liberals could have handled this issue better, but such changes are difficult to make.
If we are to make changes, we should make BIG changes, not FPTP to PR.
https://tiereddemocraticgovernance.org/blog_details.php?blog_cat_id=32&id=135
#tiereddemocraticgovernance
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The Optics Ain't Good
In 2016, the Liberal Party of Canada tried to change Canada's FPTP electoral system toward PR.
The commission found a lot of opposition. Maybe the Liberals could have handled this issue better, but such changes are difficult to make.
If we are to make changes, we should make BIG changes, not FPTP to PR.
https://tiereddemocraticgovernance.org/blog_details.php?blog_cat_id=32&id=135
#tiereddemocraticgovernance
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As long as we have #FirstPastThePost elections in the U.S., a left third party can only split the left vote and help #fascists get elected. And then we can forget about democracy itself, not just the luxury of a left third party.
I say this as someone who spent 25 years in a left third party.
In the short run, which is all we have, the #Democratic Party is the only pro-democracy party that can win. I'll support Democrats in primaries who favor #RankedChoiceVoting.
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As long as we have #FirstPastThePost elections in the U.S., a left third party can only split the left vote and help #fascists get elected. And then we can forget about democracy itself, not just the luxury of a left third party.
I say this as someone who spent 25 years in a left third party.
In the short run, which is all we have, the #Democratic Party is the only pro-democracy party that can win. I'll support Democrats in primaries who favor #RankedChoiceVoting.
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“When will Labour have the guts to fix it?”
Never.
Because while FPTP means they can spend years out of power, they like the other side of the coin, by which they can spend years in total power. Just like the Tories.
And I doubt Fartage will scare them into PR.
#Labour #ElectoralReform #FirstPastThePost #ProportionalRepresentation #FPTP #PR
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reincarnation of the 1940's #US #Fascist party (#AmericaFirst) did, in contrast, win the congressional majorities (Senate: 53/47, House: 220/2015.)
https://ballotpedia.org/Election_results,_2024:_U.S._Congress
This was enabled by a dualistic, unfairer #ElectoralSystem, the #US' #WinnerTakeAll system.
In contrast to a variant of the puralistic, fairer system of #ProportionalRepresentation.Here is a comparison to the US system of #WinnerTakeAll (or #FirstPastThePost in the #UK:)
https://protectdemocracy.org/work/proportional-representation-explained/ -
reincarnation of the 1940's #US #Fascist party (#AmericaFirst) did, in contrast, win the congressional majorities (Senate: 53/47, House: 220/2015.)
https://ballotpedia.org/Election_results,_2024:_U.S._Congress
This was enabled by a dualistic, unfairer #ElectoralSystem, the #US' #WinnerTakeAll system.
In contrast to a variant of the puralistic, fairer system of #ProportionalRepresentation.Here is a comparison to the US system of #WinnerTakeAll (or #FirstPastThePost in the #UK:)
https://protectdemocracy.org/work/proportional-representation-explained/ -
@jrredho
#WeimarRepublic #DEhistory #ThirdReicha🧵
This is, in principle, correct, but the context is important:
1) In a (pluralistic) #ParliamentaryDemocracy, a #CoalitionGovernment is the norm, as they reflect society much better than #WinnerTakesAll/ #FirstPastThePost systems (e. g. US, UK.)
2.) At the beginning of the #GreatDepression, in 1930, the last such government collapsed on the vital question of unemployment-insurance reform:
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@jrredho
#WeimarRepublic #DEhistory #ThirdReicha🧵
This is, in principle, correct, but the context is important:
1) In a (pluralistic) #ParliamentaryDemocracy, a #CoalitionGovernment is the norm, as they reflect society much better than #WinnerTakesAll/ #FirstPastThePost systems (e. g. US, UK.)
2.) At the beginning of the #GreatDepression, in 1930, the last such government collapsed on the vital question of unemployment-insurance reform:
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Off top:
I'm an Albertan, and a Canadian first.
If anyone is interested in meeting regarding this link, and perhaps learning about how referendum laws have changed, and considering how we can make positive changes. Please DM me. #yeg #yyc #Abpoli #firstpastthepost
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Hey, people of the c/a/n/a/d/a project!
Join, fund and promote http://fairvote.ca because these 2 images suck. 2021 becomes 2025.
End #firstpastthepost #ftpt now!
No more studies or assemblies or royal commissions or stalls.
Pick a #proportionalrepresentation system and let's fucking go!
(If you've seen the Star Trek TNG "Enterprise C" episode, you'll really get this.)
#cdnpoli #canada #elxn45 #fascism #antifa #elbowsup #startrektng
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"Why Democracy Is Mathematically Impossible" by Veritasium
#Elections #Democracy #Voting #FirstPastThePost #RankedChoice #instantrunnoffvoting
If you watch to the end there is hope.
And a lot of the options lead to less vitriolic campaigns.
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Proportional representation—a longstanding promise that is key to our future democracy. Read Hennessy’s Index: Proportional representation—100 years of promises, no action. #proportionalrepresentation #firstpastthepost #election2025
https://www.policyalternatives.ca/news-research/hennessys-index-proportional-representation/
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@Jeneric Fair enough. And yet the vote projections (see graphic) show that enough people will consider voting liberal and so put iDiotte into a frontrunner position (within the margins of error), and rob us of a woke guy who actually showed up for work; he also represented us quite well. (I say this as a Green supporter, but I'm now voting NDP.) Stupid #firstpastthepost system that we have; we desperately need #ProportionalRepresentation!
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@gemelliz
#NDP #StrategicVoting has the power to win this electionIdeally there should be a way to demand recompense
But #FirstPastThePost is the least changeable system of electoral government running 😫
