📢 The Representation of the People Bill is back in Parliament next week. 📝 By far the most-backed amendment is the one calling for a review of the UK's voting system, tabled by @alexsobel.co.uk. 📻 @mike-reader.bsky.social made the case for it this morning 👇

💬 "This is the most supported amendment in this Parliament by a distance." @alexsobel.co.uk spoke to @hansardsociety.bsky.social podcast about ways to strengthen the Representation of the People Bill, including his amendment on electoral reform. 🎧 Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/0Alv...

❗️More than 140 MPs now back @alexsobel.co.uk's amendment for a National Commission on Electoral Reform. 📢 Yesterday in Parliament, MPs made the case for it during a debate about the future of the UK's voting system. 👉 Full list of signatories: bills.parliament.uk/bills/4080/s...

🔉Yesterday in Parliament, our Chair @alexsobel.co.uk spoke about our amendment calling for a National Commission on Electoral Reform. 📝 We're pleased that 70 MPs have now signed it! 👉 Read more here: fairelections.org.uk/over-60-labo...

🗳️ The local election results show that the need to reform the voting system "has never been greater," says APPG member @wendychambld.bsky.social Business Questions to the Leader of the House this morning 👇

⚠️ "The winner-takes-all system means that a party can secure a huge majority of seats on a minority of votes. This poses a major democratic risk." 🔊 Our Vice-Chair @elliechowns.bsky.social during Business Questions to the Leader of the House this morning:

📣 Getting the Representation of the People Bill Right: Preventing Disinformation in UK Elections 📣 Thank you to everyone who joined our event in Parliament last night! 💬 Featuring a cross-party panel of MPs alongside @reformpoliticalads.bsky.social and @fullfact.org.

⚠️Sir John Curtice says Labour and the Conservatives can no longer rely on First Past the Post Asked by @danbloom1.bsky.social of @politico.com if Westminster's electoral system was tenable, Britain's leading polling expert said “Those who live by the sword can die by the sword” #ElectoralReform

🗳️ We welcome the recommendations of the Rycroft Review into countering foreign interference in our politics. 💷 But more needs to be done to stop the undemocratic influence of big money, not just from abroad. 💬 APPG member @shockatadam.bsky.social:

🚨"This Bill... does not stand up to the moment of crisis and the moment of peril that our democracy faces." 📣 On the Representation of the People Bill Committee, our Vice-Chair @lisasmartmp.bsky.social raised the need for a National Commission on Electoral Reform:

📑 In his speech about the Representation of the People Bill, @ollyglover.bsky.social quoted an open letter from 50+ academics, warning about the dangers of FPTP. ➡️ Read it here: www.politicshome.com/news/article...

📣 "We no longer live in a two-party system, and if we continue to have an electoral system that doesn't acknowledge that fact, we will have, as Professor @robfordmancs.bsky.social says, elections that lead to even more chaotic and unpredictable results." 👇 @chriscurtis94.bsky.social

💬 Sarah Olney MP reminded the House that MPs had voted for her Proportional Representation Bill in December 2024. ❌ Inside and outside of Parliament, there is a growing acknowledgment that our voting system is not fit for purpose. ⏰ It's time to consider the alternatives.

❗️"It's increasingly common for people to question whether their vote is meaningful in any sense at all." 📣 @patrickhurley.bsky.social speaking in the Representation of the People Bill debate:

🚨 "The government's refusal to look at Proportional Representation is dangerously short-sighted." 💬 Brendan O’Hara MP speaks during this week's Representation of the People Bill debate 👇 ❗️Increasing political fragmentation means the case for electoral reform is now stronger than ever.

🗳️"I think this Bill would have been a great opportunity to have a kind of commission... to make sure that people feel that their vote counts." 📣 @catsmithmp.bsky.social used her speech in the Representation of the People Bill debate to endorse our plan for a National Commission on Electoral Reform.

🚨 "Large groups of permanently unrepresented voters create fertile ground for anger and extremism." 🗯️ Powerful speech by @rozsavage.bsky.social about the dangers of sticking with FPTP in our current, fragmented and polarised reality. 👉 The Representation of the People Bill needs to address this.

🗳️ "We can do better than fighting elections on the basis of the best worst option." 👏 "I want to put on record my support for the work of the APPG for Fair Elections and to urge ministers to look at the call for some form of National Commission on Electoral Reform." @jamesnaish.bsky.social

⚖️ "It's the principled thing to do, to ensure every vote counts equally." 💬 Our Vice-Chair @elliechowns.bsky.social also used the Second Reading of the Representation of the People Bill to call for electoral reform. 💯 Most of the public agree: our voting system urgently needs an update.

🗳️"Our First Past the Post voting system was outdated decades ago, [it's] a millstone around the neck of our democratic life." 💬 Our Vice-Chair @lisasmartmp.bsky.social during last night's Second Reading debate of the Representation of the People Bill 👇

🗯️ "At the next election, a minority party could win a majority of seats with just a fraction of the popular vote." 🗳️ APPG member @annadixonmp.bsky.social made the case in Parliament for a National Commission on Electoral Reform. Read more about our proposal: makevotesmatter.org.uk/national-com...

📮 Full text of the letter calling on the Government to engage with the growing risks First Past the Post now presents ✍️ Signatories include leading academics, political scientists and constitutional experts - including a former Chief Executive of the UK Electoral Commission 👇 Read it in full

Can First Past the Post cope with multi-party politics? 🗒️ The APPG was delighted to host a private briefing in Parliament today with… 🗣️ Professor Sir John Curtice of @unistrathclyde.bsky.social 🗣️ Dr David Klemperer of @uniofbath.bsky.social 🪑 Emma Harrison of @makevotesmatter.bsky.social

🎲 “The case for First Past the Post absolutely breaks down... when an election result feels random, its hard for that result to feel legitimate” 🎙️ @dmk1793.bsky.social discusses our call for a National Commission on Electoral Reform on @ohgodwhatnow.bsky.social 💯 “I think this is the way forward”

Great to hear from our Vice Chair @elliechowns.bsky.social at tonight's event with @reformpoliticalads.bsky.social Cleaning up political advertising is part of our mission to deliver clean and fair elections, by: 🛡️ Countering disinformation 🗳️ Replacing First Past the Post 💷 Eliminating dark money

“Declare social media platforms to be publishers and they will be subject to the same law as all other publishers” 💬 @jennifernadel.bsky.social of @compinpolitics.bsky.social ets out a range of ways the Government could clean up election campaigns

🙃 “If you advertise a packet of crisps there’s four different sets of regulations you have to abide by. If you’re advertising for a political campaign there’s practically none.” @alextait.bsky.social sets out some of the challenges, evidence & best practice in regulating election advertising

“The truth matters. We need to challenge this now because otherwise it's only going to get worse.” Justin Madders on the need to go beyond a code of conduct for political campaigning in order to address disinformation @reformpoliticalads.bsky.social

An excellent introduction from Lord David Puttnam, one of Parliament's leading and longstanding advocates for democratic integrity and media literacy

📰 How can we tackle disinformation and misinformation in campaigning? 🚀 We'll shortly be kicking off our joint event in Parliament this evening with @reformpoliticalads.bsky.social