🎄And we're now on Day 9 of 12 Days of Democracy! Today's Santa - @femi-oluwole.bsky.social - will reveal another reason why we need a fair voting system in 2026. Let's talk about... Hope. ⭐️

✉️ 100+ activists wrote personal Christmas cards to the Democracy Minister @samanthadixonmp.bsky.social, asking her to support a fairer voting system. So we went to her office in Chester to deliver them. Watch the video to hear some of the messages we sent + see thread for press coverage! 👇🧵

It starts with a resolution...and ends with fair votes. We've just delivered over 250,000 signatures calling for First Past The Post to be scrapped by next Christmas🎄 📢 Share to make the call even louder! With @makevotesmatter.bsky.social @unlockdemocracy.bsky.social @electoralreform.bsky.social

✨It's Day 4 of 12 Days of Democracy ✨ Today, Peter Tatchell opens a box and reveals another reason to support Proportional Representation: it can protect our democracy from extremism. "Our rights and freedoms are too precious..." 👇

🎁 Today is Day 1 of 12 Days of Democracy 🎁 Every day, we will be opening a present and revealing one good reason to support a fairer voting system. Let's see what we've got today - and stay tuned for more!

🎰 “When First Past the Post collides with multiparty competition, the electoral slot machine spins into operation” ⚠️ A stark warning from the @economist.com that the “unfairness of FPTP could undermine the legitimacy of the governments it produces”

💥 Excellent article in @economist.com about the absurdity of election results under FPTP - and its consequences: "When the country has lots of medium-size parties, the correlation between the number of votes in, and number of seats out, owes more to Las Vegas than to Edmund Burke." 💯💯

Every week, more voices in the media are coming out against First Past the Post. @fromtga.bsky.social is right: FPTP could allow any kind of dangerous populist to take power on a minority of the vote, or by taking over the ruling party. PR would help safeguard our democracy.

First Past the Post keeps promising stability and delivering chaos. Governments are elected on a minority of the vote. They impose their agenda without listening to or negotiating with anyone. They fail and collapse. Rinse and repeat. There is a better way. It's time for PR.

What a busy day! Thanks to everyone who visited our stall to talk about the urgent need for #ProportionalRepresentation in UK elections - including Stella Creasy MP who stopped for a quick chat on the importance of keeping local representation in the voting system. #MakeVotesMatter

We're all set up at Lewes Labour's Ideas Market #Transformations. Come and have a chat with us and add your voice to our poster on why we need #ProportionalRepresentationNow !

"The electoral system is at breaking point." - argued @alexsobel.co.uk, Chair of @appgfairelections.bsky.social, on @iaindale.bsky.social show. In our multi-party era, increasingly unrepresentative election results risk undermining trust in our very democracy. We need PR more than ever.

💯 “The electoral system is at breaking point now, because we're in this multi-party system, because of political fragmentation.” 🎙️ @alexsobel.co.uk, chair of the @appgfairelections.bsky.social on @lbc.co.uk #CrossQuestion

🚨 The government is preparing a new Elections Bill, promising to strengthen Britain's democracy. But it currently fails to address the elephant in the room: the voting system. We're asking the Democracy Minister @samanthadixonmp.bsky.social to fix this. Add your name and share ✍️

Today is the International Day of Climate Action. 🌍 Protecting the climate and fixing our democracy have far more in common than it may seem. Young MVM coordinator Livvy explains why our voting system is a barrier to effective and popular environmental policies.👇

📢 Do the Government's electoral reforms go far enough? 📺 Looking forward to this @conunitucl.bsky.social event featuring APPG member @catsmithmp.bsky.social 🎯 Ministers must go further: from a truly independent regulator, to a National Commission on Electoral Reform 🔗 ucl.ac.uk/social-histo...

Great to hear support for electoral reform, but why no mention of the @appgfairelections.bsky.social ? This (huge) APPG of MPs from all parties are already promoting a commission on Electoral Reform - even published terms of reference last month! 👉👉 www.fairelections.uk/national-com...

All set to engage with the people of Warrington on the need to change the electoral system to one where every vote counts equally. #PRnow #Warrington

Today we are engaging with the people of Chester, encouraging them to tell their local MPs, one of whom happens to be Minister for Democracy @samanthadixonmp.bsky.social they want a fairer voting system. #PRnow #Chester

Zack Polanski on PR and Farage

In 2029, more people will be eligible to vote than ever before. But it could also be the year in which more voices than ever are ignored. That is, unless we change the voting system so that everyone can be heard. Read Bertie's blog here: makevotesmatter.org.uk/news/2025/10...

Nine jobs Nigel Farage hasn't updated his ­register of interests in months. Potentially hundreds of thousands of ££££ from his many "outside interests" remain undeclared observer.co.uk/news/politic...

“There’s nothing more unstoppable than an idea whose time has come - and PR’s time has come.” 💬 @andyburnham.bsky.social 🌹 #Labour4PR #Lab25

“I'm here to endorse the Labour for a New Democracy call for a National Commission in this parliament - and a manifesto commitment to a system of Proportional Representation to be introduced into Westminster elections in the next Parliament.” 🌹 @andyburnham.bsky.social

🗳️ What’s next in the fight for fair votes? 👏 We were delighted to co-host this fringe event with @libdems4er.bsky.social, discussing how our call for a National Commission on Electoral Reform can help deliver PR 🙏 A huge thanks to our panel and audience

We are all getting set along with MVM Sefton and West Lancs and MVM Manchester to engage with the public at the Wigan Diggers Festival on Fair Votes. #PRnow #ProportionalRepresentation

It's remarkable how similar the voting patterns were in Norway's election last week and our general election in 2024. But they have a voting system that respects the voters, while we have one which warps the result. electoral-reform.org.uk/norways-elec...

🌹 The Deputy Leadership candidates on electoral reform We've contacted both of the two remaining candidates - @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social & @lucympowell.bsky.social - asking them to confirm or update their positions In the meantime, here's what we know so far... 🧵 1/3

🚨 This is a crisis for Labour, but the real crisis is the one engulfing our politics The Deputy Leadership Election is a chance to push for action on the voting system that is destroying trust in politics & threatens to hand a majority to the far right Find out more 👇

Announcing our live event in November. Featuring: George Monbiot - journalist and author Anthea Simmons - co-founder of the South Devon Primary Jonathon Porritt - former director of Friends of the Earth Klina Jordan - former CEO of Make Votes Matter mvm-totnes-time-for-real-change.eventbrite.co.uk

📢 “Isn't it also time for a National Commission on Electoral Reform?” 👏 Great to see Labour MPs like Euan Stainbank, @simonforstroud.bsky.social & Olivia Blake calling for the Government to address First Past the Post for general elections 🌹 We need Proportional Representation #Labour4PR

Today in Parliament:

Our thoughts and prayers go out to our PM during these difficult times.

“… in our first-past-the-post electoral system, voters may anyhow consider that if they want to eject the Labour party from power at the next general election, they should vote for the party best able to beat it” 👋 👋 MRS GREENING! Come and talk to us about PR www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

📜 We're pleased to publish a Terms of Reference for a National Commission on Electoral Reform ⚖️ This is a ready to go plan to independently review how Parliament is elected, promote a national conversation, and build consensus on a way forward 🧵 1/3

All set up in #Brampton. Lots of interest and some signups already 🙂. #MakeVotesMatter #ProportionalRepresentation #EqualVotesNow

🚨COMING UP: Important debate in Parliament On 2nd September, MPs will debate scrapping FPTP for Mayoral elections. The tide is turning. More and more people are starting to recognise that this voting system is not fit for purpose. Ask your MP to attend and speak out👇

⚠️ "First Past the Post is not sustainable; not for Labour, and not for the country. We must modernise Westminster and launch a National Commission on Electoral Reform." 🌹 Excellent article for @thefabians.bsky.social by @steveracemp.bsky.social #Labour4PR

We have today been present in Chester, engaging with the public and making the case for a fairer and more proportional voting system. #Chester #PRnow #ProportionalRepresentation

Why do the rich keep getting richer? Because we tax work more heavily than wealth. This explainer lays out how the UK tax system quietly helps the wealthy stay wealthy – and why that needs to change. Prof Richard Murphy reports

"You know what's going to come out of all this? - An end to the First Past the Post electoral system." 💪 #GetPRDone

Precisely. No point in having the vote if it doesn’t matter. Join us at Make Votes Matter and help that happen @makevotesmatter.bsky.social

“Excited to see we will get even MORE voters wasting their votes and have absolutely no representation in parliament”¡¡ ** What we need is: proportional representation for A REAL CHANGE. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

“Excited to see we will get even MORE voters wasting their votes and have absolutely no representation in parliament”¡¡ ** What we need is: proportional representation for A REAL CHANGE. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

💥 The Government has just published its proposals for electoral reforms 💬 Statement from our Chair, @alexsobel.co.uk: "Today’s proposals are a welcome step towards cleaner, fairer and more trusted elections, but one critical issue remains unresolved: the voting system itself."

Are politicians stupid, selfish, corrupt and all the same? Or are they just following the rules of a bad game? In a thought-provoking blog, MVM volunteer Paul Tait asks us to imagine the UK political system as a casino game. 👇

“With the Government taking aim at First Past the Post for mayors it’s hard to see how they could justify inaction on the voting system for Westminster. It would look like double standards: fairer elections for mayors, no such worry for MPs.” 🌹 #Labour4PR @labourlist.bsky.social

💥 BREAKING: the Government's English Devolution and Community Empowerment bill will scrap the First Past the Post voting system for mayor and police & crime commissioner elections 👏 This is hugely welcome recognition that First Past the Post is not fit for purpose 🧵...

"By committing to changing this, the Government has wisely taken a step in the right direction - but First Past the Post is just as flawed when it comes to general elections." 🌹 @alexsobel.co.uk #Labour4PR

"It’s hugely welcome that the Govt has listened to Labour MPs & mayors on this issue... I hope they will similarly embrace a discussion about making our general elections fair, representative & fit for the 21st century" 🌹 @andrewranger-mp.bsky.social on plans to scrap First Past the Post for mayors