Make Votes Matter
@makevotesmatter.bsky.social
The campaign for Proportional Representation at UK general elections. Promoted by Make Votes Matter, 27 Old Gloucester Street, WC1N 3AX.
In the latest episode of @newstatesman1913.bsky.social podcast, @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social argues in favour of the UK adopting a form of PR - similar to the one used in Germany.
He's right. The country needs fundamental democratic reform: starting with giving everyone a vote that truly counts.
He's right. The country needs fundamental democratic reform: starting with giving everyone a vote that truly counts.
November 25, 2025 at 1:18 PM
In the latest episode of @newstatesman1913.bsky.social podcast, @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social argues in favour of the UK adopting a form of PR - similar to the one used in Germany.
He's right. The country needs fundamental democratic reform: starting with giving everyone a vote that truly counts.
He's right. The country needs fundamental democratic reform: starting with giving everyone a vote that truly counts.
"Is it not time that we had a proper consideration in this House of changes to the voting system, so that the next election is not a disaster for democracy?"
Great question by @maxwilkinson.bsky.social
The Government must wake up and get to grips with First Past the Post before it’s too late.
Great question by @maxwilkinson.bsky.social
The Government must wake up and get to grips with First Past the Post before it’s too late.
November 21, 2025 at 2:23 PM
"Is it not time that we had a proper consideration in this House of changes to the voting system, so that the next election is not a disaster for democracy?"
Great question by @maxwilkinson.bsky.social
The Government must wake up and get to grips with First Past the Post before it’s too late.
Great question by @maxwilkinson.bsky.social
The Government must wake up and get to grips with First Past the Post before it’s too late.
"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.
- 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.
November 19, 2025 at 4:40 PM
"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.
- 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.
“If you had electoral reform... people could feel confident that, wherever they are, they could vote in a way that makes sense.”
In a recent episode of @ohgodwhatnow.bsky.social @dmk1793.bsky.social discusses the problems with FPTP and alternatives to it.
🎧LISTEN open.spotify.com/episode/37ZJ...
In a recent episode of @ohgodwhatnow.bsky.social @dmk1793.bsky.social discusses the problems with FPTP and alternatives to it.
🎧LISTEN open.spotify.com/episode/37ZJ...
November 18, 2025 at 11:55 AM
“If you had electoral reform... people could feel confident that, wherever they are, they could vote in a way that makes sense.”
In a recent episode of @ohgodwhatnow.bsky.social @dmk1793.bsky.social discusses the problems with FPTP and alternatives to it.
🎧LISTEN open.spotify.com/episode/37ZJ...
In a recent episode of @ohgodwhatnow.bsky.social @dmk1793.bsky.social discusses the problems with FPTP and alternatives to it.
🎧LISTEN open.spotify.com/episode/37ZJ...
💥 For a new report, @demos-uk.bsky.social interviewed 700+ teenagers.
72.8% agreed: democracy must be defended at all costs. But many weren't happy with the way it currently works.
"Change the voting system" was proposed as one of the solutions. We agree.
Read more: demos.co.uk/research/ins...
72.8% agreed: democracy must be defended at all costs. But many weren't happy with the way it currently works.
"Change the voting system" was proposed as one of the solutions. We agree.
Read more: demos.co.uk/research/ins...
November 13, 2025 at 12:21 PM
💥 For a new report, @demos-uk.bsky.social interviewed 700+ teenagers.
72.8% agreed: democracy must be defended at all costs. But many weren't happy with the way it currently works.
"Change the voting system" was proposed as one of the solutions. We agree.
Read more: demos.co.uk/research/ins...
72.8% agreed: democracy must be defended at all costs. But many weren't happy with the way it currently works.
"Change the voting system" was proposed as one of the solutions. We agree.
Read more: demos.co.uk/research/ins...
Proportional Representation is an idea whose time has come.
60% of the public agrees.
More MPs than ever agree.
Supporters of all parties agree.
Now let's make the government listen. Join us today: makevotesmatter.org.uk/join-the-mov...
60% of the public agrees.
More MPs than ever agree.
Supporters of all parties agree.
Now let's make the government listen. Join us today: makevotesmatter.org.uk/join-the-mov...
November 10, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Proportional Representation is an idea whose time has come.
60% of the public agrees.
More MPs than ever agree.
Supporters of all parties agree.
Now let's make the government listen. Join us today: makevotesmatter.org.uk/join-the-mov...
60% of the public agrees.
More MPs than ever agree.
Supporters of all parties agree.
Now let's make the government listen. Join us today: makevotesmatter.org.uk/join-the-mov...
"Proportional Representation [is] no longer the subject of an abstract discussion on the margins, but an urgent and compelling proposition supported across our party."
Great piece in @renewaljournal.bsky.social by Labour MP @annadixonmp.bsky.social.
Read in full: renewal.org.uk/blog/eletc/
Great piece in @renewaljournal.bsky.social by Labour MP @annadixonmp.bsky.social.
Read in full: renewal.org.uk/blog/eletc/
November 7, 2025 at 11:19 AM
"Proportional Representation [is] no longer the subject of an abstract discussion on the margins, but an urgent and compelling proposition supported across our party."
Great piece in @renewaljournal.bsky.social by Labour MP @annadixonmp.bsky.social.
Read in full: renewal.org.uk/blog/eletc/
Great piece in @renewaljournal.bsky.social by Labour MP @annadixonmp.bsky.social.
Read in full: renewal.org.uk/blog/eletc/
We deserve better than governments that 2/3 of the public voted against, or MPs that 3/4 of their constituents didn't choose.
We deserve better than to be ignored over and over again, because of where we live or who we support.
We all deserve better than First Past the Post.
We deserve better than to be ignored over and over again, because of where we live or who we support.
We all deserve better than First Past the Post.
November 6, 2025 at 11:13 AM
We deserve better than governments that 2/3 of the public voted against, or MPs that 3/4 of their constituents didn't choose.
We deserve better than to be ignored over and over again, because of where we live or who we support.
We all deserve better than First Past the Post.
We deserve better than to be ignored over and over again, because of where we live or who we support.
We all deserve better than First Past the Post.
It's Halloween and Westminster is looking spooky... 🎃💀
Here are some of the creatures haunting the House of Commons under First Past the Post:
Here are some of the creatures haunting the House of Commons under First Past the Post:
October 31, 2025 at 11:20 AM
It's Halloween and Westminster is looking spooky... 🎃💀
Here are some of the creatures haunting the House of Commons under First Past the Post:
Here are some of the creatures haunting the House of Commons under First Past the Post:
"I wonder how many people are prepared to play by the system in the future, when you take into account that (...) 1 in 5 of the nation actually voted for the government."
It was great to speak to Nigel Evans about why he changed his mind about electoral reform, and how FPTP undermines trust.
It was great to speak to Nigel Evans about why he changed his mind about electoral reform, and how FPTP undermines trust.
October 30, 2025 at 4:19 PM
"I wonder how many people are prepared to play by the system in the future, when you take into account that (...) 1 in 5 of the nation actually voted for the government."
It was great to speak to Nigel Evans about why he changed his mind about electoral reform, and how FPTP undermines trust.
It was great to speak to Nigel Evans about why he changed his mind about electoral reform, and how FPTP undermines trust.
"We have a five- or six-party-system trapped in the body of a two-party electoral system."
@timbale.bsky.social explains why multi-party politics is here to stay 👇
Voters want real choice. We need a proportional voting system that makes it possible.
@timbale.bsky.social explains why multi-party politics is here to stay 👇
Voters want real choice. We need a proportional voting system that makes it possible.
October 28, 2025 at 1:08 PM
"We have a five- or six-party-system trapped in the body of a two-party electoral system."
@timbale.bsky.social explains why multi-party politics is here to stay 👇
Voters want real choice. We need a proportional voting system that makes it possible.
@timbale.bsky.social explains why multi-party politics is here to stay 👇
Voters want real choice. We need a proportional voting system that makes it possible.
❗️TONIGHT ❗️
Don't miss this event with former Conservative MP Nigel Evans 👇
Sign up to take part: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Don't miss this event with former Conservative MP Nigel Evans 👇
Sign up to take part: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
October 27, 2025 at 12:15 PM
❗️TONIGHT ❗️
Don't miss this event with former Conservative MP Nigel Evans 👇
Sign up to take part: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Don't miss this event with former Conservative MP Nigel Evans 👇
Sign up to take part: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
WATCH @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social @rory-stewart.bsky.social discuss the absurdity of our voting system.
FPTP silences smaller parties while giving full power to the biggest one -even if it only wins 1/3 of the vote.
Last time it was Labour, next it could be Reform. Whoever wins, the voter loses
FPTP silences smaller parties while giving full power to the biggest one -even if it only wins 1/3 of the vote.
Last time it was Labour, next it could be Reform. Whoever wins, the voter loses
October 20, 2025 at 12:22 PM
WATCH @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social @rory-stewart.bsky.social discuss the absurdity of our voting system.
FPTP silences smaller parties while giving full power to the biggest one -even if it only wins 1/3 of the vote.
Last time it was Labour, next it could be Reform. Whoever wins, the voter loses
FPTP silences smaller parties while giving full power to the biggest one -even if it only wins 1/3 of the vote.
Last time it was Labour, next it could be Reform. Whoever wins, the voter loses
For the first time ever, a majority of supporters of all parties support changing the voting system. This includes Conservative supporters.
Join our call on the 27 of October to hear Nigel Evans talk about why FPTP no longer delivers for the British public: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Join our call on the 27 of October to hear Nigel Evans talk about why FPTP no longer delivers for the British public: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
October 17, 2025 at 3:23 PM
For the first time ever, a majority of supporters of all parties support changing the voting system. This includes Conservative supporters.
Join our call on the 27 of October to hear Nigel Evans talk about why FPTP no longer delivers for the British public: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Join our call on the 27 of October to hear Nigel Evans talk about why FPTP no longer delivers for the British public: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
"When we're working best as the Assembly, it's when we work together cross-party."
At our event with the London Assembly yesterday, @carolinerussell.bsky.social shared her experience of working across political divides under a proportional system.
Watch in full: www.youtube.com/live/BDnIo7W...
At our event with the London Assembly yesterday, @carolinerussell.bsky.social shared her experience of working across political divides under a proportional system.
Watch in full: www.youtube.com/live/BDnIo7W...
October 15, 2025 at 12:43 PM
"When we're working best as the Assembly, it's when we work together cross-party."
At our event with the London Assembly yesterday, @carolinerussell.bsky.social shared her experience of working across political divides under a proportional system.
Watch in full: www.youtube.com/live/BDnIo7W...
At our event with the London Assembly yesterday, @carolinerussell.bsky.social shared her experience of working across political divides under a proportional system.
Watch in full: www.youtube.com/live/BDnIo7W...
Our Young Make Votes Matter event with the London Assembly is starting now!
Watch the livestream here: www.youtube.com/live/BDnIo7W...
Watch the livestream here: www.youtube.com/live/BDnIo7W...
October 14, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Our Young Make Votes Matter event with the London Assembly is starting now!
Watch the livestream here: www.youtube.com/live/BDnIo7W...
Watch the livestream here: www.youtube.com/live/BDnIo7W...
There are dozens of safe seats in the UK that have been held by the same party for 100+ years.
There are millions of voters who've never had the representation they asked for.
We can keep waiting. Or we can change our Victorian voting system. What do you prefer?
There are millions of voters who've never had the representation they asked for.
We can keep waiting. Or we can change our Victorian voting system. What do you prefer?
October 14, 2025 at 11:23 AM
There are dozens of safe seats in the UK that have been held by the same party for 100+ years.
There are millions of voters who've never had the representation they asked for.
We can keep waiting. Or we can change our Victorian voting system. What do you prefer?
There are millions of voters who've never had the representation they asked for.
We can keep waiting. Or we can change our Victorian voting system. What do you prefer?
Under First Past the Post, an extreme, even anti-democratic party can take full power on a fraction of the vote - without the consent of the majority.
In these troubled times, we shouldn't take our rights and freedoms for granted.
That's another reason why we need Proportional Representation.
In these troubled times, we shouldn't take our rights and freedoms for granted.
That's another reason why we need Proportional Representation.
October 8, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Under First Past the Post, an extreme, even anti-democratic party can take full power on a fraction of the vote - without the consent of the majority.
In these troubled times, we shouldn't take our rights and freedoms for granted.
That's another reason why we need Proportional Representation.
In these troubled times, we shouldn't take our rights and freedoms for granted.
That's another reason why we need Proportional Representation.
Could First Past the Post soon work against the very party that has long defended it?
Join us and Nigel Evans to explore what electoral reform could mean for the future of the Conservatives, the centre-right and the health of British democracy.
Sign up: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Join us and Nigel Evans to explore what electoral reform could mean for the future of the Conservatives, the centre-right and the health of British democracy.
Sign up: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
October 7, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Could First Past the Post soon work against the very party that has long defended it?
Join us and Nigel Evans to explore what electoral reform could mean for the future of the Conservatives, the centre-right and the health of British democracy.
Sign up: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Join us and Nigel Evans to explore what electoral reform could mean for the future of the Conservatives, the centre-right and the health of British democracy.
Sign up: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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...
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...
October 6, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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...
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...
"I'd love to throw it in the bin."
At #LabourConference2025, Livvy from Young Make Votes Matter asked Labour members about their opinions on the First Past the Post voting system.
Here's what they had to say 👇
At #LabourConference2025, Livvy from Young Make Votes Matter asked Labour members about their opinions on the First Past the Post voting system.
Here's what they had to say 👇
October 2, 2025 at 11:19 AM
"I'd love to throw it in the bin."
At #LabourConference2025, Livvy from Young Make Votes Matter asked Labour members about their opinions on the First Past the Post voting system.
Here's what they had to say 👇
At #LabourConference2025, Livvy from Young Make Votes Matter asked Labour members about their opinions on the First Past the Post voting system.
Here's what they had to say 👇
"As Reform climb in the opinion polls, it is evident that they, like the Labour Party, could win on 34% of the vote," warns our CEO Emma Harrison at the @labour4pr.bsky.social rally.
Or less - recent polls show them winning on as little as 25% of the vote.
We have no time to waste. We need PR now.
Or less - recent polls show them winning on as little as 25% of the vote.
We have no time to waste. We need PR now.
October 1, 2025 at 12:06 PM
"As Reform climb in the opinion polls, it is evident that they, like the Labour Party, could win on 34% of the vote," warns our CEO Emma Harrison at the @labour4pr.bsky.social rally.
Or less - recent polls show them winning on as little as 25% of the vote.
We have no time to waste. We need PR now.
Or less - recent polls show them winning on as little as 25% of the vote.
We have no time to waste. We need PR now.
"Keir Starmer said that the sky didn't fall in when we introduced votes at 16 in Wales and Scotland.
And I say to you, Sir Keir, that when you introduced PR, the sky didn't fall in there either."
Our CEO Emma Harrison speaking at @labour4pr.bsky.social rally at #LabourConference2025 💯🔥
And I say to you, Sir Keir, that when you introduced PR, the sky didn't fall in there either."
Our CEO Emma Harrison speaking at @labour4pr.bsky.social rally at #LabourConference2025 💯🔥
October 1, 2025 at 10:41 AM
"Keir Starmer said that the sky didn't fall in when we introduced votes at 16 in Wales and Scotland.
And I say to you, Sir Keir, that when you introduced PR, the sky didn't fall in there either."
Our CEO Emma Harrison speaking at @labour4pr.bsky.social rally at #LabourConference2025 💯🔥
And I say to you, Sir Keir, that when you introduced PR, the sky didn't fall in there either."
Our CEO Emma Harrison speaking at @labour4pr.bsky.social rally at #LabourConference2025 💯🔥
We're at #LabourConference2025 in Liverpool, asking party members about their views on our democracy.
The message is pretty clear: our voting system is long past its sell-by date.
It’s time to take action: it’s time for Proportional Representation 💪 #Lab25
The message is pretty clear: our voting system is long past its sell-by date.
It’s time to take action: it’s time for Proportional Representation 💪 #Lab25
September 29, 2025 at 3:38 PM
We're at #LabourConference2025 in Liverpool, asking party members about their views on our democracy.
The message is pretty clear: our voting system is long past its sell-by date.
It’s time to take action: it’s time for Proportional Representation 💪 #Lab25
The message is pretty clear: our voting system is long past its sell-by date.
It’s time to take action: it’s time for Proportional Representation 💪 #Lab25
We agree @andyburnham.bsky.social 💯💯
With record support for PR - in Westminster and among the public - a fairer democracy feels firmly within our reach.
With election results being less representative than ever, it's never been more urgent.
The time for PR is now. #Lab25 #LabourConference2025
With record support for PR - in Westminster and among the public - a fairer democracy feels firmly within our reach.
With election results being less representative than ever, it's never been more urgent.
The time for PR is now. #Lab25 #LabourConference2025
September 29, 2025 at 12:19 PM
We agree @andyburnham.bsky.social 💯💯
With record support for PR - in Westminster and among the public - a fairer democracy feels firmly within our reach.
With election results being less representative than ever, it's never been more urgent.
The time for PR is now. #Lab25 #LabourConference2025
With record support for PR - in Westminster and among the public - a fairer democracy feels firmly within our reach.
With election results being less representative than ever, it's never been more urgent.
The time for PR is now. #Lab25 #LabourConference2025