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misterapb.bsky.social @misterapb.bsky.social · Aug 14
SHOCKING: 50.1% of voters in Woking don't have the MP they voted for. That's 24,126 people with ZERO voice in Parliament.

Nationally: 56% of voters lack representation, 66% didn't vote for Labour.

Use Make Votes Matter's tool to check your area:
makevotesmatter.org.uk/unrepresente...
How Many Voters are Unrepresented? - Make Votes Matter
Find out how many people in your area are effectively voiceless under First Past the Post
makevotesmatter.org.uk
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makevotesmatter.bsky.social
🚨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 ⬇️
The Representation of the People Bill MUST scrap First Past the Post
First Past the Post can no longer deliver real mandates - only chaos. 60% of Brits want it scrapped. Yet the new Representation of the People Bill won’t even touch our rotten voting system, which lea...
actionnetwork.org
February 12, 2026 at 12:19 PM
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appgfairelections.bsky.social
APPG Members Sean Woodcock MP and Jo Platt MP today warn that Westminster's First Past The Post electoral system could deliver chaos, and call on the government to launch a National Commission on Electoral Reform.
February 12, 2026 at 3:34 PM
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labour4pr.bsky.social
🏚️ "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 Outdated institutions are dying hard and fast, and Westminster’s voting system is one of them."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...
Electoral Reform is the Key to Social Democratic Renewal - Progress
Jenny Riddell-Carpenter, Labour's MP for Suffolk Coastal, explains why a change in the electoral reform system is vital.
www.progressonline.org.uk
February 12, 2026 at 3:56 PM
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appgfairelections.bsky.social
📜 APPG member Jenny Riddell-Carpenter @jenny4suffcoast.bsky.social calls for the Government to set up a National Commission on Electoral Reform 👇
February 12, 2026 at 4:46 PM
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labour4pr.bsky.social
🗳️ The Government must address First Past the Post - starting with a National Commission on Electoral Reform

🗓️ Join our briefing on the Representation of the People Bill at 18:00, Wednesday 18 February

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Briefing: Representation of the People Bill — Labour For A New Democracy
The Representation of the People Bill has been published - join us for this special briefing
www.labourforanewdemocracy.org.uk
February 11, 2026 at 10:52 PM
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labour4pr.bsky.social
🚨 The Government publishes its Bill to reform elections tomorrow

📜 This includes votes at 16, tighter donation rules & simpler voter registration

🤦 But the 'Representation of the People Bill' doesn’t do what it says on the tin - most people still won’t be represented

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February 11, 2026 at 10:44 PM
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makevotesmatter.bsky.social
"We need to face the fact that the threats to public trust in our democracy... also relate to the structural weaknesses in the way we do politics in this country."

Thank you @elliechowns.bsky.social for making the case for fair votes.

The Elections Bill must include Proportional Representation.
February 10, 2026 at 10:42 AM
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makevotesmatter.bsky.social
Disinformation thrives when trust in politics is undermined.

Our voting system leaves millions of people without a voice, eroding trust in our democracy.

Thank you to @appgfairelections.bsky.social Chair @alexsobel.co.uk for making this important point in Parliament.
February 10, 2026 at 11:45 AM
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mvmnorthwestsurrey.bsky.social
"It will take more than individual resignations or convictions to fix this. Prevention, not deterrent, is the way forward. Many will rightly call for electoral reform"

👍@stellacreasy.bsky.social many are calling for this change to: @makevotesmatter.bsky.social !
www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...
Our whole political culture must change
We may be the mother of all parliaments, but we are also a deeply flawed one. It is time to confront this truth and clean up politics once and for ...
www.politicshome.com
February 10, 2026 at 6:26 PM
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makevotesmatter.bsky.social
It's a big day for us. Today MVM was appointed co-secretariat of the All-Party Parliamentary Group @appgfairelections.bsky.social.

We're delighted to partner with our friends at @unlockdemocracy.bsky.social and thank @fairvoteuk.bsky.social for their work.

Read more:
Restoring trust: Why the Elections & Democracy Bill needs to go further - Make Votes Matter
By Emma Harrison, Make Votes Matter CEO.
makevotesmatter.org.uk
February 9, 2026 at 5:46 PM
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mvmnorthwestsurrey.bsky.social
"if Keir Starmer takes one thing from both Caerphilly and Gorton, it needs to be about the voting system.The archaic dog mess that is first-past-the-post needs to be ditched.It allows outright majorities based on a minority of voters."@makevotesmatter.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Labour made mistakes in its Caerphilly byelection defeat. It may be about to repeat them in Gorton and Denton | Will Hayward
In Wales, Plaid Cymru sailed through as the anti-Reform party, at Labour’s expense. Unless lessons are learned, the Greens could do the same, says Guardian columnist Will Hayward
www.theguardian.com
February 6, 2026 at 5:12 PM
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grahambs.bsky.social
Racist and disgusting! When will Americans stop accepting Trump’s offensive behaviour?
news.sky.com/story/donald...
Donald Trump accused of 'disgusting behaviour' after sharing image of Obamas as apes
The White House defended the post, saying it was part of a longer meme depicting various politicians as different animals.
news.sky.com
February 6, 2026 at 4:39 PM
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peterstefanovic.bsky.social
“The combined tuition fees of the entire Question Time panel would not cover my cost for 1 year of uni. Is that fair?”
Oli Dugmore

It’s absolutely NOT fair. This outrageous scandal must end
February 6, 2026 at 7:34 AM
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labour4pr.bsky.social
"If Keir Starmer takes one thing from both Caerphilly and Gorton, it needs to be about the voting system. The archaic dog mess that is first-past-the-post needs to be ditched. It allows outright majorities based on a minority of voters."

✍️ @willhaycardiff.bsky.social
Labour made mistakes in its Caerphilly byelection defeat. It may be about to repeat them in Gorton and Denton | Will Hayward
In Wales, Plaid Cymru sailed through as the anti-Reform party, at Labour’s expense. Unless lessons are learned, the Greens could do the same, says Guardian columnist Will Hayward
www.theguardian.com
February 6, 2026 at 4:08 PM
misterapb.bsky.social
"if Keir Starmer takes one thing from both Caerphilly and Gorton, it needs to be about the voting system.The archaic dog mess that is first-past-the-post needs to be ditched.It allows outright majorities based on a minority of voters."@makevotesmatter.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Labour made mistakes in its Caerphilly byelection defeat. It may be about to repeat them in Gorton and Denton | Will Hayward
In Wales, Plaid Cymru sailed through as the anti-Reform party, at Labour’s expense. Unless lessons are learned, the Greens could do the same, says Guardian columnist Will Hayward
www.theguardian.com
February 6, 2026 at 4:44 PM
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brexitbin.bsky.social
Here's an impressive Zack Polanski on Starmer, Mandelson, McSweeney and Thiel – and on the importance of sometimes putting country before party politics.

[SOUND ON 🔊]
February 5, 2026 at 2:42 PM
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dmk1793.bsky.social
This, for me, is the decisive argument for getting rid of FPTP: voters, activists, and strategists will effectively be going into the next election blind, and a lot of the results will feel basically random
profjanegreen.bsky.social Jane Green @profjanegreen.bsky.social · 9d
Looking at the Gorton and Denton contest is like a foretaste of a GE where voters are given multiple messages, ‘only X party can win here’ based on - often - relatively poor data and bewildering changes in the national picture 🤯. I’m concerned about how we could provide decent information.
February 3, 2026 at 1:13 PM
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labour4pr.bsky.social
“We’re in a worse position than Germany when it comes to the Right, because Germany has Proportional Representation… we’re taking a huge gamble with Farage under First Past The Post, because he could win on 29%” warns Lord Roger Liddle

With @thefabians.bsky.social @fesonline.bsky.social
#Labour4PR
February 3, 2026 at 8:53 PM
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makevotesmatter.bsky.social
We don't know who will win in Gorton and Denton. But we can be almost certain that:

- The next MP will have received a small minority of the vote, likely under 1/3.

- Thousands will vote tactically and not for who they actually want.

This is not what democracy should look like.
January 30, 2026 at 2:11 PM
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makevotesmatter.bsky.social
Regardless of which party you support, this is a key point by @georgemonbiot.bsky.social:

"With Proportional Representation, no one would ever need to worry about splitting the vote again. We could vote for the parties we actually wanted."

Wouldn't that be nice? To vote with hope, not fear?
If Reform ever wins power in Westminster, it will be because of Labour’s cowardice | George Monbiot
Starmer could improve our unfair electoral system to stop the hard right, but he won’t. All the party has left are threats about ‘splitting the vote’, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
February 4, 2026 at 11:29 AM
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saulstaniforth.bsky.social
@zackpolanski.bsky.social is asked about who he might work with in the future & he explains its not about any individual politician but the policy platform they were offering (he mentions a few demands he'd be making - a wealth tax, action on the climate crisis, & electoral reform)
February 1, 2026 at 10:15 AM
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makevotesmatter.bsky.social
So we've had six Prime Ministers in the past decade and rumours keep swirling about a 7th one on the horizon.

And yet people who should know better are still telling us that First Past the Post leads to political stability.

Were you living in a cave or what? 🤦🏻‍♀️
January 29, 2026 at 1:15 PM
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makevotesmatter.bsky.social
"Our First Past the Post electoral system is not fit for purpose.

Countries with PR systems report a higher level of voter trust and of voter turnout than in the UK."

Well done to our activist Sue whose letter was printed in today's Oxford Mail and Oxford Times👇
January 29, 2026 at 5:15 PM
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thatrosenoir.bsky.social
So the government shutdown doesn't affect the ICE thugs? Then we have no government. ABOLISH ICE and throw the trash administration in the dumpster.
January 27, 2026 at 5:49 PM
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havoc147.bsky.social
This is the BEST explanation I have seen so far.
January 28, 2026 at 3:12 AM