Andy J Watson @andywatto.bsky.social · 06/10/2026www.theguardian.com/politics/202... #ProportionalRepresentationtheguardian.comWhy a PR voting system is the best bet for Britain | LettersLetters: Tom Walker responds to a letter that said first past the post is the lesser of two evils for voters. Plus letters from Susanna Dammann and Steve Smart 000
Reposted by Andy J Watson Make Votes Matter @makevotesmatter.bsky.social · 04/10/2026📺 Make Votes Matter in the news 📺 Our CEO @emmacampaigner.bsky.social appeared today on the BBC's Sunday Morning Live, alongside Sir John Curtice and Lord Robert Hayward. We deserve better than this broken voting system that leaves millions of people ignored. It's time for PR 💪 39345
Andy J Watson @andywatto.bsky.social · 27/09/2026www.change.org/p/stop-warri...change.orgSign the PetitionStop Warrington Borough Council cutting bus interchange security 000
Reposted by Andy J Watson Make Votes Matter @makevotesmatter.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Millions of people live in seats that have been represented by the same party since WW2. If Andy Burnham really wants to spread power evenly across the country, this must include changing the voting system so that no community is taken for granted. Our Manchester activist Abbie writes:northwestbylines.co.ukDemocracy in every postcode – Why devolution needs electoral reformOur voting system needs reforming to make sure democracy does not suffer from the multitude of parties we have now 63730
Reposted by Andy J Watson MVM Warrington @mvmwarrington1.bsky.social · 12/09/2026All set to engage with the Public at the Wigan Diggers Festival. #Wigan #ProportionalRepresentation 197
Andy J Watson @andywatto.bsky.social · 10/09/2026emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.comSheffield MPs back calls for electoral reform amid 'distorted' voting system concernsSheffield MPs back calls for electoral reform amid 'distorted' voting system concerns 000
Reposted by Andy J Watson Make Votes Matter @makevotesmatter.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Today MPs debated the Representation of the People Bill. Together with friends at @compassoffice.bsky.social and @unlockdemocracy.bsky.social, we brought 34 alarm clocks to Westminster to send them a loud message: it's time to wake up! ⏰ Our democracy is in crisis. We need fair votes now. 2137116
Reposted by Andy J Watson MVM Warrington @mvmwarrington1.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Tonight we are enjoying a "Pints for PR" Social Gathering. #ProportionalRepresentation 043
Reposted by Andy J Watson Emma @emmacampaigner.bsky.social · 14/08/2026When things are tough at work, I look at the amazing things our network does to reach across divides to talk about a fairer voting system for all and commit to working even harder for #PRNow 022
Reposted by Andy J Watson Make Votes Matter @makevotesmatter.bsky.social · 30/07/2026💬 "Putting power in every postcode means making sure that every vote counts equally, no matter where you live." Our Manchester activist Abbie responds to Andy Burnham 🔥 Our voting system means that some places get a lot more attention than others. Redistributing power means changing this. 44027
Reposted by Andy J Watson MVM North West Surrey @mvmnorthwestsurrey.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Lovely to see Aldershot MVM supporters meeting with Alex Baker MP today - great to hear of her support for PR and for @alexsobel.co.uk 's amendment to the Representation of the People's Bill. Let's keeping going to @makevotesmatter.bsky.social everywhere! @appgfairelections.bsky.social 12115
Reposted by Andy J Watson Make Votes Matter @makevotesmatter.bsky.social · 20/07/2026✉️ Our message to Andy Burnham: be remembered as the Prime Minister who had the courage to transform UK politics for good. Replace our broken, chaotic voting system with a proportional one that works. Sign our open letter to the new PM👇 actionnetwork.org/petitions/an... 15230
Reposted by Andy J Watson Make Votes Matter @makevotesmatter.bsky.social · 17/07/2026✍️ SIGN OUR LETTER TO ANDY BURNHAM: WE NEED A FAIR VOTING SYSTEM! Together with @compassoffice.bsky.social & @unlockdemocracy.bsky.social, we've written to the incoming Prime Minister, calling for urgent action to fix our broken democracy. Add your name 👇 actionnetwork.org/petitions/an...actionnetwork.orgDear Andy Burnham: it's time for a fair voting systemDear Andy Burnham: it’s time to scrap First Past the Post. Our voting system only breeds instability and chaos, and poisons our political culture. We know you agree. Now is the time to fix our demo... 04034
Reposted by Andy J Watson MVM Warrington @mvmwarrington1.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Dear Andy Burnham: it’s time to scrap First Past the Post. Our voting system only breeds instability and chaos, and poisons our political culture. We know you agree. Now is the time to fix our democracy. Sign the open letter: actionnetwork.org/petitions/an...actionnetwork.orgDear Andy Burnham: it's time for a fair voting systemDear Andy Burnham: it’s time to scrap First Past the Post. Our voting system only breeds instability and chaos, and poisons our political culture. We know you agree. Now is the time to fix our demo... 032
Reposted by Andy J Watson MVM Warrington @mvmwarrington1.bsky.social · 02/07/2026We are alongside MVM Chester and Compass Cheshire near the Chester Festival of Ideas, making the case the the time for Proportional Representation has come. #ProportionalRepresentation 0117
Reposted by Andy J Watson MVM North West Surrey @mvmnorthwestsurrey.bsky.social · 02/07/2026"there is nothing more unstoppable than an idea whose time has come, and PR's time has come" @andyburnham.bsky.social 076
Reposted by Andy J Watson Make Votes Matter @makevotesmatter.bsky.social · 24/06/2026"What principle could be more basic in a democracy than the principle that everybody's vote counts equally?" Today in Parliament, there was a debate about Britain's voting system. Here's just a few highlights. Thank you to all the MPs who spoke out for fair votes! 06341
Reposted by Andy J Watson MVM Warrington @mvmwarrington1.bsky.social · 13/06/2026It has been a productive couple of hours drawing the attention of the Chester public to the urgency of scrapping unfair First Past The Post elections. #ProportionalRepresentation 0109
Reposted by Andy J Watson Make Votes Matter @makevotesmatter.bsky.social · 13/06/2026⏰ We're kicking off our Wake Up Westminster weekend of action! In communities up and down the country, our campaigners are telling politicians to wake up to the crisis facing our democracy. Electoral reform can't wait. The time to change the system is now. 13823
Reposted by Andy J Watson MVM North West Surrey @mvmnorthwestsurrey.bsky.social · 13/06/2026@mvmnorthwestsurrey.bsky.social supporters make the call to #WakeUpWesminster ! at Sean Henry's 'Catafalque (Lying Man)' sculpture in Woking. The UK has a dysfunctional 2-party voting system in a multi-party landscape. We need to @makevotesmatter.bsky.social and @appgfairelections.bsky.social 11715
Reposted by Andy J Watson Make Votes Matter Reading @readingmvm.bsky.social · 13/06/2026Well done to MVM North West Surrey - looks splendid! #WakeUpWestminster 065
Reposted by Andy J Watson MVM - Totnes & South Devon @mvm-totnes.bsky.social · 13/06/2026We were in town this morning calling for electoral reform on a national day of action. #WakeUpWestminster 02518
Andy J Watson @andywatto.bsky.social · 04/06/2026There has been a lot of stuff in the press about too many people parking near Formby Beach. My elderly Mum lives close to there and it was very challenging on BH Monday to get my car off the drive. There needs to be a common sense approach to parking in Formby. #Formby 000
Andy J Watson @andywatto.bsky.social · 01/06/2026When there is at least one high profile case that I can think of, where a person is in prison at the moment, and a lot of people, myself included, feel they have not done what they are convicted of, the thought of the Death Penalty makes me shudder. 000
Reposted by Andy J Watson Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 31/05/2026“Wes Streeting is expected to throw his weight behind electoral reform... [he] has yet to set out his position on overhauling the voting system in the UK, but @theipaper.com understands he is supportive of changing the First Past the Post system” 🌹 #Labour4PRinews.co.ukLeadership rivals back revolution in UK voting systemBoth Andy Burnham and Wes Streeting are expected to support electoral reform 83517
Andy J Watson @andywatto.bsky.social · 22/05/2026In this week's Warrington Guardian, I warn of the current Government's legitimacy, regardless of who ends of who ends up leading it. #ProportionalRepresentation deserveanequalvote.wordpress.com/2026/05/17/s... 001
Reposted by Andy J Watson Make Votes Matter @makevotesmatter.bsky.social · 20/05/2026💥 70 MPs have backed the amendment to fix our broken voting system. This is huge - but we need many more to have a real impact and get a step closer to winning Proportional Representation. Check if your MP has signed, and if not, email them using our tool 👇actionnetwork.orgAsk your MP to back the amendment to fix our broken voting system.Last month’s elections have shown just how broken our voting system is. 70 MPs have just supported an amendment demanding a total review of this system, and a change to proportional representation. B... 27949
Reposted by Andy J Watson Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 19/05/2026🔥 Westminster's First Past the Post system is broken and unfair. 🌹 Today, 66 Labour MPs have signed an amendment, led by @alexsobel.co.uk, to mend it. 👇 Let’s make sure the “Representation or the People Bill” does what it says on the tin. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukMore than 60 Labour MPs call for review of UK voting systemThe MPs say the current first-past-the-post system for general elections is 1110966
Andy J Watson @andywatto.bsky.social · 17/05/2026Thanks to Former Southport MP John Pugh for raising Electoral Reform on BBC Politics North West. Conservative panelist wrongly suggests the electoral system has no impact on bread and butter issues. How we elect our representatives affects all policy areas! #ProportionalRepresentation 121
Andy J Watson @andywatto.bsky.social · 16/05/2026Here at Anfield to watch the final day of the WSL season. Whilst WSL is affordable, the Premier League is not! That's why we also support AFC Liverpool, the 2025/26 Macron Cup Champions! #WSL #NonLeague 000
Andy J Watson @andywatto.bsky.social · 14/05/2026deserveanequalvote.wordpress.com/2026/05/14/r... Last week's Council Elections in England produced some weird results across the country, and further evidence that First Past The Post does not reflect how we vote. #ProportionalRepresentation 000
Reposted by Andy J Watson Make Votes Matter @makevotesmatter.bsky.social · 13/05/2026"It’s easy for politicians to blame the voters for choosing irresponsibly and letting this or that party in. But the reality is, people are tired of being treated as predictable voting blocs. They want a system that reflects the complexity of their views." MVM in @left-foot-forward.bsky.social 👇leftfootforward.orgThe big lesson from the local elections? We need proportional representationThe British public has moved on from the old way of doing politics. Now it’s time for our voting system to catch up. 04524
Andy J Watson @andywatto.bsky.social · 10/05/2026A First Past The Post electoral system under strain. ##ProportionalRepresentation www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukHow the winner-takes-all voting system has turned on Labour and the ToriesThe first-past-the-post system favoured Reform in this English local elections 000
Reposted by Andy J Watson Make Votes Matter @makevotesmatter.bsky.social · 09/05/2026Absolute 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? 87652
Andy J Watson @andywatto.bsky.social · 15/04/2026I do have some sympathy with Canada's Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre over Carney's Liberals securing a House of Commons Majority, in part due defections. There is though a question to be asked of Poilievre- Does he support fair votes? #ProportionalRepresentation www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukCarney says Canadians trust his plan after he wins Liberal majorityVictory for the PM's Liberal Party in three by-elections on Monday follows a wave of defections from opposition parties. 010
Andy J Watson @andywatto.bsky.social · 03/04/2026If you are in or close to Warrington this coming Monday (Easter Monday), I go head to head with the President of the Warrington Literary and Philosophical Society on the question of whether Britain needs electoral reform at 7.30pm. I will be making the argument that we do. #ElectoralReform 000
Andy J Watson @andywatto.bsky.social · 03/04/2026Great day today, up there with the best days supporting @afcliverpool.bsky.social over the last 18 years. We beat Nelson 3-1 to progress to the Macron Cup (North West Counties League Challenge Cup) Final. ##nonleague 000
Andy J Watson @andywatto.bsky.social · 27/03/2026I took a little trip down memory lane today to Aigburth in Liverpool where my Dad grew up, and enjoyed the best that L17 has to offer including Sefton Park and Otterspool Promenade. #Aigburth 000
Andy J Watson @andywatto.bsky.social · 15/03/2026Today I am at Anfield watching Liverpool take on Spurs in the Premier League. The non-league club AFC Liverpool was founded in 2008 because for some people football is not affordable. That is why I have also supported AFC Liverpool over the last 18 years as well. #LivSpurs 001
Andy J Watson @andywatto.bsky.social · 10/03/2026One good argument against is the two-round system in action. France is not and over the course of the 5th Republic been as stable as post-1948 Germany with its PR system. A lot more harmony in the workplace in Germany compared to France's industrial relations record. 020
Reposted by Andy J Watson Make Votes Matter @makevotesmatter.bsky.social · 07/03/2026💥 Professor Vernon Bogdanor writes for @financialtimes.com: "An electoral system should do two things: ensure that the majority rules and that significant minorities are adequately represented. First Past the Post achieves neither."ft.comIt’s time to end Britain’s first-past-the-post election lotteryThe Gorton and Denton by-election confirmed just how capricious our electoral system has become 512779
Reposted by Andy J Watson APPG for Fair Elections @appgfairelections.bsky.social · 25/02/2026🗯️ "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... 35929
Reposted by Andy J Watson MVM Warrington @mvmwarrington1.bsky.social · 07/03/2026Today we are spreading the word about a fairer voting system in Stockton Heath, Warrington. #PRnow 075
Reposted by Andy J Watson Make Votes Matter @makevotesmatter.bsky.social · 27/02/2026This is Hannah Spencer MP speaking at our Manchester rally last summer ☀️ We're pleased to have another PR campaigner in Parliament - but it's still wrong that almost 6 in 10 voters in Gorton and Denton didn't get representation. Regardless of who wins, we keep campaigning for fair votes for all. 14917
Reposted by Andy J Watson MVM North West Surrey @mvmnorthwestsurrey.bsky.social · 14/02/2026MVMNWSURREY supporters of electoral reform just had a Valentine's Day meeting with Esher & Walton MP Monica Harding. 🙏Thanks @monicaharding.bsky.social🙏for your support of #fairvotes so we can @makevotesmatter.bsky.social ❤️❤️😊! 21110
Reposted by Andy J Watson Make Votes Matter @makevotesmatter.bsky.social · 14/02/2026Happy #ValentinesDay! 💘 May your love be out of proportion. But not your election results. 24419
Reposted by Andy J Watson Make Votes Matter @makevotesmatter.bsky.social · 14/02/2026You wouldn't marry someone just because they're better than your most toxic ex (well, we hope not!). So why do we have a voting system that keeps forcing us to choose the least worst option? This #ValentinesDay, let's demand a system that allows us all to vote with our 💘 13619
Reposted by Andy J Watson Make Votes Matter in South West London @swlmvm.bsky.social · 12/02/2026‘Representation of the People Bill’ without proportional representation is a joke. And not a funny one 😤 We need the National Commission on electoral reform included in the bill. 🚨Please sign petition: actionnetwork.org/petitions/th...actionnetwork.orgThe Representation of the People Bill MUST scrap First Past the PostFirst Past the Post can no longer deliver real mandates - only chaos. 60% of Brits want it scrapped. Yet the new Representation of the People Bill won’t even touch our rotten voting system, which lea... 233