This and First Past the Post don't go together.

You know something big is happening when even the New York Times is writing about England's local elections... "The British electoral system wasn’t built for multiparty democracy." We say, it's time to change it.

A graph showing the national vote share in the recent election - In case you didn’t know Reform didn’t win 26% of the seats, as you would expect if we had a fair electoral system, they won hundreds more than the other parties…

Absolute chaos in Milton Keynes. The Lib Dems won the most seats - despite coming FOURTH in vote share. Do we need any more evidence that First Past the Post isn't working?

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Somebody explain to me, in words of one syllable, using crayon if necessary, how a result like this makes any sense at all. If ever there was an argument to ditch FPTP, it is this

2 party politics - dead and buried. FPTP should be as well…

🎙️Our CEO Emma Harrison was on the Shelagh Fogarty show on LBC, discussing some of the results we've seen today: "If Labour were really bold, they'd think about democratic renewal and say, let's talk about changing our voting system."

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The danger is that -without system change- these results will further undermine trust in our democracy and increase nihilism and disengagement. The country needs a National Commission on Electoral Reform: @appgfairelections.bsky.social

In 2021, 65% of elected councillors had majority support. This used to be the norm. Now the vast majority are being elected on well under 50% of the vote, often less than a third. All other votes are being ignored. This should not be normalised.

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💯 Absolute electoral chaos We need system change NOW!

The link between vote share and seats won has become ever more tenuous this election night. FPTP is not fit for purpose in a multiparty democracy. Time for change. We need #FairVotes

Local election results are trickling in and we're already seeing the chaotic effects of First Past the Post. In Wandsworth, the Tories are the biggest party and are one seat away from a majority on just 31% of the vote. Meanwhile, Labour got 34% of the vote - and fewer seats.

Calls for voting system change are all over the media today. 💯💯💯 "Before a vote is counted, this much we know. The ever more random roulette wheel of our voting system will produce wildly odd winners and losers." @pollytoynbee.bsky.social 👇 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

🗳️ Don't forget to vote today 🗳️ Vote with hope or out of frustration. Vote tactically or with your heart. Vote angry with a voting system that regularly ignores millions. Vote - and then keep demanding a better democracy where every vote is equal and all voices are heard.

Westminster needs to WAKE UP and get electoral reform set in motion. We desperately need Proportional representation. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

‘The contours of politics are in flux. An electoral system that looks incapable of reflecting that change undermines the integrity of British democracy’. @theguardian.com Editorial - Absolutely agree! We need #FairVotes www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

“We shouldn’t be afraid of a fairer voting system. Our party exists to give people power. We shouldn’t be set on a voting system that ignores millions of people. We in the Labour Party should be championing making sure people feel heard.” 🌹💬 @mike-reader.bsky.social

📣 Brilliant to see coverage of the growing calls for Proportional Representation in the New Statesman! Our Director of Policy and Public Affairs Alberto Smith is quoted: “Thursday will expose a voting system that no longer fits modern, multi-party politics". It's time to replace it.

@makevotesmatter.bsky.social "The contours of politics are in flux. An electoral system that looks incapable of reflecting that change undermines the integrity of British democracy." National Commission on Electoral Reform NOW! @appgfairelections.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

💯 "The contours of politics are in flux. An electoral system that looks incapable of reflecting that change undermines the integrity of British democracy." 🌹 Yes - and that's why we need a National Commission on Electoral Reform

📊 “The two-party system is under much greater strain than it ever has been” - Vernon Bogdanor 🚨 “We do risk having an election next time round that is simply indefensible” @alanrenwick.bsky.social @pickardje.bsky.social and @rachel-rees.bsky.social at @financialtimes.com www.ft.com/content/6d97...

📉 Fragmentation means plummeting mandates - with councillors elected on just 15% of the vote ⚠️ “first past the post is not designed for fragmented competition between five strong parties” - Professor @robfordmancs.bsky.social @alicjahagopian.bsky.social @news.sky.com news.sky.com/story/local-...

💥Growing numbers of experts warn political fragmentation is breaking First-Past-the-Post ahead of the Local Elections “British politics looks more fundamentally different than it has done at any time in postwar history” Sir John Curtice @thechrismasontv.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

"Whatever else happens, one thing is certain: electoral politics is about to get messier, again. In England we will witness unprecedented uncertainty as the first-past-the-post system buckles under the strain of party competition." @robfordmancs.bsky.social writes 👇

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news.sky.com/share/13538922 Yes, @skynewsrss.bsky.social 🚫15% to win🚫 "This could potentially be the most fragmented local elections in recent history" "We've not really got a 2-party system now at all - and that's what First Past the Post was designed for" So: @makevotesmatter.bsky.social !!

news.sky.com/share/13538922 Yes, @skynewsrss.bsky.social 🚫15% to win🚫 "This could potentially be the most fragmented local elections in recent history" "We've not really got a 2-party system now at all - and that's what First Past the Post was designed for" So: @makevotesmatter.bsky.social !!

Sky News correctly identifies the problem with our current electoral system in an era of multiparty politics. Do we really want to elect our representatives on 15% of the vote? We need a fair, proportional system. news.sky.com/video/share-...

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🌍 Today is #EarthDay. When we say "system change not climate change," we must also talk about our voting system. Tackling the climate crisis requires long-term thinking and consensus-building. First Past the Post promotes short-termism and risks climate commitments being ripped apart. Read more 👇

On May Day, here's a reminder that electoral reform is supported by unions representing millions of workers - including: - UNISON - Unite - TSSA - UCU - ASLEF - BFAWU - FBU - Musicians' Union - PCS - Prospect - USDAW If you're a trade unionist interested in PR, follow @politics4many.bsky.social 🫱🏽‍🫲🏻

"We're in a different era. The era of two-party politics has gone," said Kemi Badenoch on Sky News last night. The conclusion should be obvious. We can no longer operate under a voting system that pretends there's only two choices. It's time for all parties - including the Tories - to back PR.

🎥 NEW INTERVIEW 🎥 "We can't combat climate breakdown without a more effective democracy." @georgemonbiot.bsky.social spoke to Young MVM volunteer Hugo Harvey about how our dysfunctional voting system leads to a toxic political culture and undermines climate action. Watch here 👇

We already know that the local elections will be a mess. Councillors elected on tiny vote shares. Majorities won without majority support. Maybe even councils where the party with the most votes is not the one that wins the most seats... It's time to admit that the system is broken.

Our ridiculous voting system gave Labour a massive majority on a third of the vote. But for them not to use that majority to fix the fundamental problems of the country, to take radical action, as Polly says, was unforgivable. It opens the door to right populists. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

“Revive our decrepit democracy with proportional representation to prevent any repeat of Labour’s 2024 landslide on just a 34% vote, or Clement Attlee’s 1951 defeat despite winning the most votes. Reform the House of Lords” says @pollytoynbee.bsky.social 👍 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Local campaign organiser Neil Mann said: “Many of our councillors could be elected with as few as 25% of the votes. We have to look again at our electoral system and acknowledge that First Past the Post is no longer fit for purpose”. 💯💯

🔔 We now have 5+ major parties under a system built for two. The May local elections will, yet again, deliver chaos. We can't afford more of this mess in 2029. This must be a wake-up call. Support our crowdfunder to help send a clear message to MPs and the media: FPTP must go.

Some things just don't fit: A square peg in a round hole. The jeans you wore in high school. First Past the Post when there are more than two parties. It's time to stop trying to force it and move on. It's time for Proportional Representation.

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Do you like living on the edge? Do you think a little danger (or a lot...) makes politics more exciting? Then you will LOVE First Past the Post. Tiny shifts in the polls can mean drastically different results. Any party can win a majority on as little as 25% of the vote. How fun is that? Oh...

🚨 Experts warn Select Committee that First Past risks an election that is "simply indefensible". Speaking to the Housing, Communities & Local Government Committee, Professors Toby James, Maria Sobolewska and Alan Renwick say government should now be looking seriously at electoral reform.

🚨"We do risk having an election next time round that is simply indefensible." The flaws of FPTP are becoming impossible to ignore. @profsob.bsky.social & @alanrenwick.bsky.social give evidence to the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee as part of its modernising elections inquiry 👇