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Because no one party can speak for the whole of Britain.
Because the value of our vote shouldn't depend on our postcode.
Because we want to be able to vote for what we truly believe in.
Because governments make better decisions when every voice is heard.
We need #PRnow
Because the value of our vote shouldn't depend on our postcode.
Because we want to be able to vote for what we truly believe in.
Because governments make better decisions when every voice is heard.
We need #PRnow
July 4, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Because no one party can speak for the whole of Britain.
Because the value of our vote shouldn't depend on our postcode.
Because we want to be able to vote for what we truly believe in.
Because governments make better decisions when every voice is heard.
We need #PRnow
Because the value of our vote shouldn't depend on our postcode.
Because we want to be able to vote for what we truly believe in.
Because governments make better decisions when every voice is heard.
We need #PRnow
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Dual mandates are on their way to being banned at Holyrood. A Scottish Government consultation came to an end in March 👇
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Dual mandates ban passed unanimously in Scottish Parliament
The Scottish Parliament has unanimously passed amendments to ban dual mandates, with regulations coming in 2025 to precede a ban before the 2026 elections, enhancing representation.
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May 10, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Dual mandates are on their way to being banned at Holyrood. A Scottish Government consultation came to an end in March 👇
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Poll Analysis: Survation 2nd - 5th of May 2025
Holyrood seats projection:
SNP ~ 59
Reform UK ~ 23
Labour ~ 19
Conservative ~ 11
Lib Dem ~ 9
Green ~ 8
Independence:
No ~ 51%
Yes ~ 49% (I will be so mad if this posts multiple times due to website hiccup) ballotbox.scot/survation-ma...
Holyrood seats projection:
SNP ~ 59
Reform UK ~ 23
Labour ~ 19
Conservative ~ 11
Lib Dem ~ 9
Green ~ 8
Independence:
No ~ 51%
Yes ~ 49% (I will be so mad if this posts multiple times due to website hiccup) ballotbox.scot/survation-ma...
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May 9, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Poll Analysis: Survation 2nd - 5th of May 2025
Holyrood seats projection:
SNP ~ 59
Reform UK ~ 23
Labour ~ 19
Conservative ~ 11
Lib Dem ~ 9
Green ~ 8
Independence:
No ~ 51%
Yes ~ 49% (I will be so mad if this posts multiple times due to website hiccup) ballotbox.scot/survation-ma...
Holyrood seats projection:
SNP ~ 59
Reform UK ~ 23
Labour ~ 19
Conservative ~ 11
Lib Dem ~ 9
Green ~ 8
Independence:
No ~ 51%
Yes ~ 49% (I will be so mad if this posts multiple times due to website hiccup) ballotbox.scot/survation-ma...
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BREAKING NEWS: The All-Party Parliamentary Group for Fair Elections @appgfairelections.bsky.social is now the biggest APPG in Westminster 🎉
Inside and outside of Parliament, support for electoral reform is growing.
Well done to the group's Chair @alexsobel.co.uk and everyone involved!
Inside and outside of Parliament, support for electoral reform is growing.
Well done to the group's Chair @alexsobel.co.uk and everyone involved!
May 9, 2025 at 12:27 PM
BREAKING NEWS: The All-Party Parliamentary Group for Fair Elections @appgfairelections.bsky.social is now the biggest APPG in Westminster 🎉
Inside and outside of Parliament, support for electoral reform is growing.
Well done to the group's Chair @alexsobel.co.uk and everyone involved!
Inside and outside of Parliament, support for electoral reform is growing.
Well done to the group's Chair @alexsobel.co.uk and everyone involved!
Dual mandates are on their way to being banned at Holyrood. A Scottish Government consultation came to an end in March 👇
upgradeholyrood.com/2024/12/17/d...
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Dual mandates ban passed unanimously in Scottish Parliament
The Scottish Parliament has unanimously passed amendments to ban dual mandates, with regulations coming in 2025 to precede a ban before the 2026 elections, enhancing representation.
upgradeholyrood.com
May 10, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Dual mandates are on their way to being banned at Holyrood. A Scottish Government consultation came to an end in March 👇
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Tomorrow's elections will once again expose our ridiculous voting system for the absurdity that it is.
Councils seats won't match how people vote. Mayors will be elected with minority support
We need reform (not that kind!). Electoral reform and Proportional Representation to make votes matter now
Councils seats won't match how people vote. Mayors will be elected with minority support
We need reform (not that kind!). Electoral reform and Proportional Representation to make votes matter now
April 30, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Tomorrow's elections will once again expose our ridiculous voting system for the absurdity that it is.
Councils seats won't match how people vote. Mayors will be elected with minority support
We need reform (not that kind!). Electoral reform and Proportional Representation to make votes matter now
Councils seats won't match how people vote. Mayors will be elected with minority support
We need reform (not that kind!). Electoral reform and Proportional Representation to make votes matter now
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Carney’s Liberals win in Canada a decade on from Trudeau’s promise to abolish FPTP 🇨🇦🗳️👇
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Carney’s Liberals win in Canada a decade on from Trudeau’s promise to abolish FPTP
By Richard Wood Before the return of Donald Trump, Canada’s Conservative looked set to sail to power in 2025, ending a decade of Liberal rule. But a maverick president and his trade war have …
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April 29, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Carney’s Liberals win in Canada a decade on from Trudeau’s promise to abolish FPTP 🇨🇦🗳️👇
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Carney’s Liberals win in Canada a decade on from Trudeau’s promise to abolish FPTP 🇨🇦🗳️👇
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Carney’s Liberals win in Canada a decade on from Trudeau’s promise to abolish FPTP
By Richard Wood Before the return of Donald Trump, Canada’s Conservative looked set to sail to power in 2025, ending a decade of Liberal rule. But a maverick president and his trade war have …
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April 29, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Carney’s Liberals win in Canada a decade on from Trudeau’s promise to abolish FPTP 🇨🇦🗳️👇
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Last year's Scottish Conservative leadership election exposed the party's inconsistency on electoral systems 👇
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Scottish Conservative leadership election exposes voting systems inconsistency
The Scottish Conservatives are using AV to replace Douglas Ross. Yet they reject fairer voting systems to elect MPs.
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April 20, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Last year's Scottish Conservative leadership election exposed the party's inconsistency on electoral systems 👇
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This Thursday, MPs will be meeting in Parliament to debate proportional representation.
In preparation, we have been actively encouraging MPs to attend and speak out supportively in this welcomed debate on fair votes.
www.electoral-reform.org.uk/heres-how-we...
In preparation, we have been actively encouraging MPs to attend and speak out supportively in this welcomed debate on fair votes.
www.electoral-reform.org.uk/heres-how-we...
Here’s how we’ve briefed MPs ahead of the Westminster debate on proportional representation
On 30th January, MPs will be meeting in Parliament to debate proportional representation – a welcomed and vital opportunity to discuss a fairer and more representative democracy for al
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January 28, 2025 at 4:35 PM
This Thursday, MPs will be meeting in Parliament to debate proportional representation.
In preparation, we have been actively encouraging MPs to attend and speak out supportively in this welcomed debate on fair votes.
www.electoral-reform.org.uk/heres-how-we...
In preparation, we have been actively encouraging MPs to attend and speak out supportively in this welcomed debate on fair votes.
www.electoral-reform.org.uk/heres-how-we...
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🚨 BREAKING: Next week, on 30th January, MPs will debate Proportional Representation.
We’ve got the most pro-PR Parliament in history. Now let's make this the biggest debate on PR ever.
Click here to contact your MP and ask them to attend 👉 actionnetwork.org/letters/pr-d...
We’ve got the most pro-PR Parliament in history. Now let's make this the biggest debate on PR ever.
Click here to contact your MP and ask them to attend 👉 actionnetwork.org/letters/pr-d...
January 21, 2025 at 6:32 PM
🚨 BREAKING: Next week, on 30th January, MPs will debate Proportional Representation.
We’ve got the most pro-PR Parliament in history. Now let's make this the biggest debate on PR ever.
Click here to contact your MP and ask them to attend 👉 actionnetwork.org/letters/pr-d...
We’ve got the most pro-PR Parliament in history. Now let's make this the biggest debate on PR ever.
Click here to contact your MP and ask them to attend 👉 actionnetwork.org/letters/pr-d...
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"This is the most disproportionate election result that this country has ever seen."
Congratulations to Sarah Olney whose PR Bill has passed to second reading 👏👏👏
She's right: we urgently need a fairer system where all votes matter.
Help win it 👉 makevotesmatter.org.uk/2024-winter-crowdfunder/
Congratulations to Sarah Olney whose PR Bill has passed to second reading 👏👏👏
She's right: we urgently need a fairer system where all votes matter.
Help win it 👉 makevotesmatter.org.uk/2024-winter-crowdfunder/
December 3, 2024 at 5:14 PM
"This is the most disproportionate election result that this country has ever seen."
Congratulations to Sarah Olney whose PR Bill has passed to second reading 👏👏👏
She's right: we urgently need a fairer system where all votes matter.
Help win it 👉 makevotesmatter.org.uk/2024-winter-crowdfunder/
Congratulations to Sarah Olney whose PR Bill has passed to second reading 👏👏👏
She's right: we urgently need a fairer system where all votes matter.
Help win it 👉 makevotesmatter.org.uk/2024-winter-crowdfunder/
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NEW: Rory Stewart & Amber Rudd back cross-party campaign demanding major political reform
@appgfairelections.bsky.social is calling for an overhaul of the electoral system as part of a package of measures to restore public trust in politics
Story 👇
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@appgfairelections.bsky.social is calling for an overhaul of the electoral system as part of a package of measures to restore public trust in politics
Story 👇
www.politics.co.uk/news/2024/11...
Rory Stewart, Amber Rudd among cross-party campaign demanding major political reform - Politics.co.uk
A cross-party group of MPs and former frontline politicians are calling for an overhaul of the electoral system as part of a package of measures to restore public trust in politics. The new All Party ...
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November 25, 2024 at 11:12 AM
NEW: Rory Stewart & Amber Rudd back cross-party campaign demanding major political reform
@appgfairelections.bsky.social is calling for an overhaul of the electoral system as part of a package of measures to restore public trust in politics
Story 👇
www.politics.co.uk/news/2024/11...
@appgfairelections.bsky.social is calling for an overhaul of the electoral system as part of a package of measures to restore public trust in politics
Story 👇
www.politics.co.uk/news/2024/11...
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"If the fight for trust is 'the battle that defines our age', as the Prime Minister has said, it is a battle Westminster is losing."
✍️ APPG Chair @alexsobel.co.uk sets out our three recommendations to restore trust in politics, by tackling:
🗳️ First Past the Post
💷 Dark money
📰 Disinformation
✍️ APPG Chair @alexsobel.co.uk sets out our three recommendations to restore trust in politics, by tackling:
🗳️ First Past the Post
💷 Dark money
📰 Disinformation
The government must tackle distrust in politics – starting with our voting system
If the fight for trust is “the battle that defines our age”, as the Prime Minister has said, it is a battle Westminster is losing.
www.politicshome.com
November 25, 2024 at 3:59 PM
"If the fight for trust is 'the battle that defines our age', as the Prime Minister has said, it is a battle Westminster is losing."
✍️ APPG Chair @alexsobel.co.uk sets out our three recommendations to restore trust in politics, by tackling:
🗳️ First Past the Post
💷 Dark money
📰 Disinformation
✍️ APPG Chair @alexsobel.co.uk sets out our three recommendations to restore trust in politics, by tackling:
🗳️ First Past the Post
💷 Dark money
📰 Disinformation
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📢 The APPG has called on the Government to launch a national commission for electoral reform, with a mandate to recommend a "fair and democratic voting system"
It also calls for a clampdown on donation loopholes & new transparency requirements about how social media platforms handle disinformation
It also calls for a clampdown on donation loopholes & new transparency requirements about how social media platforms handle disinformation
Labour MP Calls For Electoral Reform After 'Most Disproportionate' General Election Result Ever
Labour MP Alex Sobel, who is chairing the new All-Party Parliamentary Group for Fair Elections, has called on the government to reform the UK votin...
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November 25, 2024 at 4:14 PM
📢 The APPG has called on the Government to launch a national commission for electoral reform, with a mandate to recommend a "fair and democratic voting system"
It also calls for a clampdown on donation loopholes & new transparency requirements about how social media platforms handle disinformation
It also calls for a clampdown on donation loopholes & new transparency requirements about how social media platforms handle disinformation
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A ban on MSPs also being able to serve as MPs has moved one step closer thanks to MSP Graham Simpson’s retabled amendment to the Scottish Elections (Representation and Reform) Bill.
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MSP retables amendment to ban dual mandates by 2026
A Conservative MSP’s amendment to the Scottish Elections Bill, aimed at banning MPs from serving as MSPs, gains support amid rising opposition to dual mandates. The amendment, backed by Scott…
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November 19, 2024 at 3:43 PM
A ban on MSPs also being able to serve as MPs has moved one step closer thanks to MSP Graham Simpson’s retabled amendment to the Scottish Elections (Representation and Reform) Bill.
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A ban on MSPs also being able to serve as MPs has moved one step closer thanks to MSP Graham Simpson’s retabled amendment to the Scottish Elections (Representation and Reform) Bill.
upgradeholyrood.com/2024/11/18/m...
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MSP retables amendment to ban dual mandates by 2026
A Conservative MSP’s amendment to the Scottish Elections Bill, aimed at banning MPs from serving as MSPs, gains support amid rising opposition to dual mandates. The amendment, backed by Scott…
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November 19, 2024 at 3:43 PM
A ban on MSPs also being able to serve as MPs has moved one step closer thanks to MSP Graham Simpson’s retabled amendment to the Scottish Elections (Representation and Reform) Bill.
upgradeholyrood.com/2024/11/18/m...
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There's just one dual mandate holder at Holyrood but they need banned before they become a problem.
Voters deserve full-time MPs. Not part-timers.
Whether it's SNP, Conservatives, Labour, Lib Dems or Green, dual mandates are bad for effective representation 👇
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Voters deserve full-time MPs. Not part-timers.
Whether it's SNP, Conservatives, Labour, Lib Dems or Green, dual mandates are bad for effective representation 👇
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Stephen Flynn MSP-MP in 2026? A dual mandates ban is overdue
Stephen Flynn aims to become an MSP while retaining his MP role, raising concerns about dual mandates hindering effective representation in Scotland’s democracy, suggesting a need for reform.
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November 17, 2024 at 5:37 PM
There's just one dual mandate holder at Holyrood but they need banned before they become a problem.
Voters deserve full-time MPs. Not part-timers.
Whether it's SNP, Conservatives, Labour, Lib Dems or Green, dual mandates are bad for effective representation 👇
upgradeholyrood.com/2024/11/12/s...
Voters deserve full-time MPs. Not part-timers.
Whether it's SNP, Conservatives, Labour, Lib Dems or Green, dual mandates are bad for effective representation 👇
upgradeholyrood.com/2024/11/12/s...
There's just one dual mandate holder at Holyrood but they need banned before they become a problem.
Voters deserve full-time MPs. Not part-timers.
Whether it's SNP, Conservatives, Labour, Lib Dems or Green, dual mandates are bad for effective representation 👇
upgradeholyrood.com/2024/11/12/s...
Voters deserve full-time MPs. Not part-timers.
Whether it's SNP, Conservatives, Labour, Lib Dems or Green, dual mandates are bad for effective representation 👇
upgradeholyrood.com/2024/11/12/s...
Stephen Flynn MSP-MP in 2026? A dual mandates ban is overdue
Stephen Flynn aims to become an MSP while retaining his MP role, raising concerns about dual mandates hindering effective representation in Scotland’s democracy, suggesting a need for reform.
upgradeholyrood.com
November 17, 2024 at 5:37 PM
There's just one dual mandate holder at Holyrood but they need banned before they become a problem.
Voters deserve full-time MPs. Not part-timers.
Whether it's SNP, Conservatives, Labour, Lib Dems or Green, dual mandates are bad for effective representation 👇
upgradeholyrood.com/2024/11/12/s...
Voters deserve full-time MPs. Not part-timers.
Whether it's SNP, Conservatives, Labour, Lib Dems or Green, dual mandates are bad for effective representation 👇
upgradeholyrood.com/2024/11/12/s...
Hello Bluesky?!
November 15, 2024 at 10:47 PM
Hello Bluesky?!