Phil Hyde

[LCER @Labour4PR]

💯 "It is of deep concern to me that the number of people voting has diminished over the past few years"

@Louise_Jones_MP says it is an MP's duty is to leave our democracy in a better state than they found it & to show "a vote for democracy matters"

🌹 #Labour4PR #MaidenSpeech

[LCER @Labour4PR]

📰 Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham has urged PM Keir Starmer’s Government to launch a review of the First Past the Post voting system used for Westminster elections

🌹 Some great coverage from the #Labour4PR fringe event at Labour Conference #Lab24
https://t.co/YT1CMZTvhJ

[LCER @Labour4PR]

💥 Andy Burnham has called on the Labour government to carry out a review of the First Past the Post voting system

🌹 The comments at a #Labour4PR fringe event add to pressure for electoral reform from the grassroots of the party - as well as a growing number of Labour MPs

[APPG for Fair Elections @FairElectionsUK]

📢 The All-Party Parliamentary Group for Fair Elections is established

Our goal is to deliver clean & fair elections where all votes count

🗳️ Replacing First Past the Post with PR
💷 Eliminating dark money from politics
📰 Countering disinformation

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https://t.co/4i5tjUOdzi

[LCER @Labour4PR]

"People are looking at PR through different eyes now. First Past the Post is absolutely straining with the complexity of the modern world"

🌹 @AndyBurnhamGM tells #Labour4PR why democratic reform must be a first order issue

🗳️ To restore trust in politics, we need fair votes

[LCER @Labour4PR]

📰 Labour divided over calls to scrap First Past the Post after landslide win

💥 “In England we now have five parties, and in Scotland and Wales you have six. You can’t run a First Past the Post system anymore” - @sandyofipswich

🌹 #Labour4PR
https://t.co/Z8ixy5IXbK

[LCER @Labour4PR]

"It's growing more than the political class realise"

👑 You won’t see it in the #KingsSpeech but - after the most distorted election in British history - Proportional Representation is on the agenda.

🗳 Trust goes both ways. If politicians want public trust, we need fair votes.

[LCER @Labour4PR]

“These are signs of a system that is no longer working as its defenders claim.” - polling expert @SirJohnCurtice

There is clear evidence that First Past The Post does not work.

54% of the public now support Proportional Representation.

#Labour4PR 🌹
https://t.co/mtTvQki2AS

[LCER @Labour4PR]

🗓️ In its first days the new government will rightly focus on the most urgent priorities facing the UK

💯 But within its first 100 days Labour should announce its intention to review our voting system

This would prove that @Keir_Starmer will govern “country 1st, party 2nd”

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[LCER @Labour4PR]

1⃣ To prove this government is serious about restoring trust in politics

2⃣ To stop gambling Britain's future on an increasingly arbitrary and volatile system

3⃣ To foreclose the possibility of an extreme government being elected in the future on just 1/3rd of the vote

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[LCER @Labour4PR]

🏆 Many assume @UKLabour will not change a system that’s given it a large majority

⛔️ This has to be challenged

In this @LabourList article, the @Labour4PR campaign sets out three of the many reasons why Labour must now take action on electoral reform...

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[LCER @Labour4PR]

💔 #GE2024 has shattered any illusion that the House of Commons fairly represents Britain’s voters

🤯 Labour now holds almost 2/3rds of seats in return for 1/3rd of vote

📰 Read why Labour can & should use this power to reform the voting system

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https://t.co/TioxGWHmoA

[LCER @Labour4PR]

“The debate around electoral reform can often focus on which parties would benefit from which voting system, but the only people the electoral system should be biased towards is the voters”
@darrenhughesnz @electoralreform

#FPTP #Labour4PR 🌹
https://t.co/4EOLFlen5l

[LCER @Labour4PR]

"I think you know perfectly well that Labour now has a moral obligation to bring in Proportional Representation"

💯 @pollytoynbee #bbcaq

"When you have 2/3 of seats on 1/3 of the vote, you can't claim legitimacy... people should be allowed to express their vote"

🌹#Labour4PR

[LCER @Labour4PR]

💥 This is an electoral system designed for a bygone age colliding with the 21st century

🥀 Labour cannot allow our democracy to break down on its watch

🌹 @Keir_Starmer must bring in a fair voting system that reflects how the British people vote - & makes all votes count

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[LCER @Labour4PR]

This is NOT simply unfair

⚠️ This is totally unrepresentative & utterly broken.

📜 The last time the opposition had below 150 seats was 1931

☢️ The combined Labour + Tory vote is the lowest its been in 100 years

📉 Turnout has fallen as low as it's ever been

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[LCER @Labour4PR]

The most disproportionate election in British history #GE2024

PROVISIONAL RESULT

🔴 Labour: 34% votes = 63% seats
🔵 Tory: 24% votes = 18% seats
🟣 Reform: 14% votes = <1% seats
🟠 Lib Dem: 12% votes = 11% seats
🟢 Green: 7% votes = <1% seats
🟡 SNP: 2% votes = 1% seats

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[LCER @Labour4PR]

"Proportional Representation has to come back onto the agenda... if you want a system where turnout matters and the proportion of people voting matters, change the system... because that ain't First Past the Post."

- Alan Johnson

🌹 #Labour4PR #GeneralElection2024

[LCER @Labour4PR]

"The opinion is changing. Labour at the grassroots has changed on this issue. I think Proportional Representation could become quite a big deal in this parliament", says @AndyBurnhamGM

"It's growing more than the political class realise."

🌹 #Labour4PR

[Make Votes Matter @MakeVotesMatter]

More than a thousand people have ALREADY added their name to say that 2024 should go down in history as the LAST election under the broken and unfair First Past the Post system.

Will you join them?
https://t.co/pOrdFNi6zw