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⏰ Labour needs to wake up 🚨 If anything like these vote shares happened in a general election, the far right would win a landslide majority thanks to our broken voting system 🎰 First Past the Post is a gamble with Britain's future 🌹 #Labour4PR

⏰ Labour needs to wake up

🚨 If anything like these vote shares happened in a general election, the far right would win a landslide majority thanks to our broken voting system

🎰 First Past the Post is a gamble with Britain's future

🌹 #Labour4PR
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"As Labour last year won a shocking 63% of seats on 34% of votes, so could Farage win a majority on puny votes", writes Polly Toynbee "Electoral reform is now in every party’s interest, and above all, in voters'" 💯 theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

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"England today looks like a four or even five-party system. If this trend persists, pressure could become irresistible to swap Britain’s First Past the Post electoral system for something more representative." ft.com/content/dd6dff…

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⚠️ "Reform did well enough for First Past the Post to go from sandbag to springboard... This is now a Farage-friendly electoral system." 💬 Professor Rob Ford (Not the Canadian one. Or his brother.) on LBC ⏰ Labour needs to wake up & get serious about electoral reform - starting with a National Commission

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"A voting system that bins 3/5ths of all votes cast is leading to alienation & distrust, as stated in the party programme... The government must set up a National Commission to design a better electoral system for a better democracy" 🌹 Sandy Martin labourlist.org/2025/05/electo…

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First Past the Post: Bad for Tories, bad for Labour, bad for democracy. labourlist.org/2025/05/electo… If you are a Labour member, join us on labourforelectoralreform.org.uk

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"I certainly think it will make some people think about the future of First Past the Post", say Luke Tryl of More in Common "Taken together, I think we're in for a much more unpredictable period."

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'Our disproportional system could hand Nigel Farage a landslide majority on the smallest share of the vote that such a victory has ever required' ✍️ Alex Sobel MP for Leeds Central and Headingley & Lizzi Collinge MP on Westminster’s biggest APPG calling for a commission on electoral reform politicshome.com/opinion/articl…

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“We’re now the biggest APPG in Parliament and the public supports our call for a National Commission for Electoral Reform by a margin of five to one. The government should listen and act.” 💬 Alex Sobel MP for Leeds Central and Headingley, Chair of the APPG for APPG for Fair Elections 🧵 1/3 politics.co.uk/news/2025/05/0…

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"What we are calling for is a modest, first step towards addressing what everyone can see is an indefensibly broken voting system. We believe the government needs to set up a National Commission for Electoral Reform" ✍️ Alex Sobel MP for Leeds Central and Headingley & Lizzi Collinge MP politicshome.com/opinion/articl…

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BREAKING NEWS: The All-Party Parliamentary Group for Fair Elections APPG for Fair Elections 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 Alex Sobel MP for Leeds Central and Headingley and everyone involved!

BREAKING NEWS: The All-Party Parliamentary Group for Fair Elections <a href="/FairElectionsUK/">APPG for Fair Elections</a> 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 <a href="/alexsobel/">Alex Sobel MP for Leeds Central and Headingley</a> and everyone involved!
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💥 "There are more than 130 MPs in our APPG - more than the Official Opposition. It shows the strength of support across Parliament for fair elections" 🪑 A word from our Chair Alex Sobel MP for Leeds Central and Headingley 🔎 Check whether your MP is a member here: fairelections.uk/#about

💥 "There are more than 130 MPs in our APPG - more than the Official Opposition. It shows the strength of support across Parliament for fair elections"

🪑 A word from our Chair <a href="/alexsobel/">Alex Sobel MP for Leeds Central and Headingley</a> 

🔎 Check whether your MP is a member here: fairelections.uk/#about
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"The volatility we saw at the local elections adds urgency and strength to our arguments - but at the core or this is needing to ensure everyone is represented - that every vote matters." 🌹 Abtisam Mohamed

"The volatility we saw at the local elections adds urgency and strength to our arguments - but at the core or this is needing to ensure everyone is represented - that every vote matters."

🌹 <a href="/Abtisam_Mohamed/">Abtisam Mohamed</a>
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"The greatest weapon we have in this global fight against authoritarianism is that our arguments are better than theirs... It's a fight we can win." 🌹 Blair McDougall MP

"The greatest weapon we have in this global fight against authoritarianism is that our arguments are better than theirs... It's a fight we can win."

🌹 Blair McDougall MP
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🙏 Thanks to all our speakers at last night's event 📊 Most people are in favour of our call for a National Commission for Electoral Reform - the public support this proposal by 5:1 🚀 Now we need the Government to take action - and catch-up with the public and with Parliament

🙏 Thanks to all our speakers at last night's event

📊 Most people are in favour of our call for a National Commission for Electoral Reform - the public support this proposal by 5:1

🚀 Now we need the Government to take action - and catch-up with the public and with Parliament
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🚨 "Reform UK have reached a 'tipping point' where Britain's electoral system works for them rather than holding them back" ⏰ Labour needs to wake up & get serious about electoral reform - starting with a National Commission 🌹 #Labour4PR mirror.co.uk/news/politics/…

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"We have a 19th century, early 20th century system, but a 21st century electorate - and there's only so long that will hold. We are on the right side of history here." 💬 Our chair Alex Sobel MP for Leeds Central and Headingley announcing that we're now the biggest APPG in Parliament

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"It cannot accommodate fragmentation, it cannot represent parties fairly or consistently, it exacerbates chaos & it undermines mandates" - Rob Ford (Not the Canadian one. Or his brother.) "There is no longer any excuse for burying your head in the sand about what's going to happen under this electoral system."

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🚨 "So no, look, we are firmly in favour of First Past the Post", says Reform UK's Chairman ⏰ The Labour Party needs to wake up: First Past the Post is now Nigel Farage's "friend" 💣 Why risk a far fight majority government on less than 30% of the vote? spectator.co.uk/article/reform…

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🔍 “We've got to look seriously at the flaws of the current system and we've got to involve the public in the conversation” 🌹 APPG member Abtisam Mohamed calls for a National Commission for Electoral Reform 🗳️ “This has got to be about making sure that every vote counts”