Make Votes Matter Reading

Join the campaign in Reading to make our voting system fairer and more proportionate. Part of @MakeVotesMatter

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Without First Past The Post, MPs would not be able to maintain connections to their local constituencies

ⓘ 𝗢𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴

[Make Votes Matter @MakeVotesMatter]

If your choice is between electing a party who benefits from the system and electing no one, you never had a choice in the first place.

To #MakeVotesMatter, we need Proportional Representation.

[LCER @Labour4PR]

The LCER Executive has agreed to send the following two questions to all the leadership and deputy leadership candidates:
1. What is your personal view on Proportional Representation?
2. Would you be prepared to consult the Party Membership on Proportional Representation?

[Make Votes Matter @MakeVotesMatter]

"Proportional representation would seismically change our politics and lead to openness, creativity and fairness suddenly germinating from the dark soil of our ‘winner takes all’ political culture."
#ChangeTheVotingSystem
https://t.co/SJ6B6kTm2x

[Klina Jordan #MVM 💜💬💚 #EqualVotes 🐘 #ProRep 🗳 @klinaj]

We did it! We hit 300,000 signatures for #ProportionalRepresentation! Well done everyone! 🥳@change have set a new target of 500k - can we get there?!!! Please sign and share https://t.co/tb1TUrRfvd.
We need @electoralreform to @MakeVotesMatter now! Time for #RealDemocracy.

[Make Votes Matter @MakeVotesMatter]

"3.7 million people voted for us last Thursday. Under a proportional voting system we would now easily be the 3rd largest party in this house, with 70 MPs." @EdwardJDavey

MPs who jeer at remarks like this are really jeering at the voters silenced by our broken electoral system.

[Make Votes Matter Reading @MVMRDG]

@ReadingMomentum @etienneroesch @ReadingLabour would someone from Make Votes Matter be able to come along and speak at all as we'd love the opportunity?

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Hey @ReadingLabour - two third of Labour members support proportional representation and 80 CLPs have already passed motions calling on the party to support PR - will you be next?

[Tom Carr @ItsMeTomC]

Labour would actually have won more seats under a Proportional Representation system (209) than they did under FPTP (203). @MakeVotesMatter

[Make Votes Matter Reading @MVMRDG]

It is really encouraging to see #ScrapFPTP trending on Twitter but remember this is not about getting rid of the Conservative majority but making sure all votes count. Whether you're a Conservative living in a safe Labour seat or vice versa your vote should always matter

[Make Votes Matter Reading @MVMRDG]

For the fifth election in a row, voters in Reading West and Reading East are represented by someone most people didn't vote for. Let's #MakeVotesMatter and scrap our First Past the Post voting system

[Electoral Reform Society @electoralreform]

Look at the Votes Per Seat column 😮

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*TACTICAL VOTING GUIDE*

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🇬🇧 visit 4 tactical voting sites, check against polling, say a prayer, vote, get angry, #ChangeTheVotingSystem

[Make Votes Matter Reading @MVMRDG]

We have now received a response from @MattRodda on proportion representation which is "Open-minded about it" #rdguk

[Make Votes Matter Reading @MVMRDG]

Similarly, we did not receive any response from Matt Rodda (Labour MP - Reading East), but received this response from @RachelEden - Labour candidate for Reading West - suggesting support for reforming our voting system

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@LiberalJames @MattRodda @RachelEden @MakeVotesMatter I've contacted them - they're slightly removed from us!

[Make Votes Matter Reading @MVMRDG]

@jamie_whitham Both Green Party candidates in Reading responded in favour of Proportional Representation. Here is
@DaveJMcElroy
- Green Party candidate for Reading East's response

[Make Votes Matter Reading @MVMRDG]

Last month we contacted all candidates standing in Reading East and Reading West and asked them: 🗳️ "Do you Support Changing the UK voting system to one of Proportional Representation" 🗳️ - the responses of each candidate are published below.

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And here is the response from @jamie_whitham - Green candidate for Reading West

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It is great to see most candidates in Reading supporting changing our voting system and would encourage all candidates as well as voters to support @MakeVotesMatter Pledge for PR campaign https://t.co/Jd85mA9s0V

[Make Votes Matter Reading @MVMRDG]

As a summary, here's our guide to each candidate's position on proportional representation in Reading East & Reading West