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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
🏛️ "Changing the voting system is how the Government will “underpin our plan for Britain with a new politics”." 🌹 "The Labour Party stands with the Prime Minister on this." Our National Coordinator Joe Sousek in @labourlist.bsky.social labourlist.org/2026/10/chan...
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'Changing our voting system is fundamental to Burnham’s agenda' - LabourList
For everyone in the Labour movement who has fought for electoral reform, Andy Burnham’s announcement during his Leader’s…
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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
“I welcome the Prime Minister’s commitment to a National Commission.” “We need to restore trust in our politics, and this is an important step in doing that.” ✍️ @andrewranger-mp.bsky.social #Labour4PR 🌹 www.leaderlive.co.uk/news/2660632...
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Andrew Ranger MP on attending Labour Party Conference in Liverpool
I attended the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool last week, where the Prime Minister delivered a powerful speech which set out a clear vision for the UK, for all four nations, to rewire the country...
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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
📌 The Prime Minister says electoral reform will "underpin our plan for Britain with a new politics" 🗳️ He has been clearly “every vote must count” 🌹 Laura Parker discusses the National Commission on Electoral Reform on Times Radio #Labour4PR
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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"We've had a decade of turbulence in our politics and I think that has stopped Britain moving forward. If we look to the next decade I think we need to show that we can have a better politics, more about problem solving than point scoring" 🎙️ @andyburnham.bsky.social 🌹 #Labour4PR #R4Today
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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"This is a historic moment in British politics. This is the start of something very, very different" 💬 Laura Parker responding to today's announcement of a National Commission on Electoral Reform on behalf of the campaign 🌹 #Labour4PR #Lab26
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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“Today I am announcing a new National Commission on Electoral Reform. I invite all the political parties to be part of its work. We will contest the next election with a manifesto commitment to change the electoral system” 💬 @andyburnham.bsky.social 🌹 #Labour4PR
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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
💥 BREAKING: @andyburnham.bsky.social just announced that the Government will launch a National Commission on Electoral Reform 📰 Press release: www.labourforanewdemocracy.org.uk/news/burnham... 🌹 #Labour4PR #Lab26
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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
“The Government’s priority is a politics that works for all people in all places, not some people in some places. The Prime Minister remains committed to electoral reform as a way of supporting that objective.” 💬 @florenceeshalomi.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social bylinetimes.com/2026/09/07/a...
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Andy Burnham Insists He Still Backs Electoral Reform After Amendment Blocked
Ministers offer cross-party talks on changing Westminster's voting system as bid for speedy reform stalls
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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
💥 “The Prime Minister remains committed to electoral reform” 💡 The Democracy Minister confirms that Government is seeking views and proposals to inform the next steps 🎯 As is clear from the debate in Parliament, that means a National Commission on Electoral Reform
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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
“This is about bringing forward a commission to look at electoral reform... the Prime Minister recognises that there will need to be a manifesto commitment to make the final change, but a National Commission now will help to shape that thinking.” 🌹 @mike-reader.bsky.social #Labour4PR
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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
👍 Great to hear the Prime Minister confirm that he wants to look at the UK voting system 🎯 That's why we need a National Commission on Electoral Reform
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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
📻 Great discussion of the need for a National Commission on Electoral Reform on the BBC's #WestminsterHour Starting by quoting @andyburnham.bsky.social: “It is dangerous to continue with an electoral system that can elect a majority government on a minority of the vote” 🌹 #Labour4PR 1/3
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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
“If democracy is a problem-solving vehicle, then First Past the Post is increasingly starting to seem like sand in the engine... I hope the Prime Minister will lead this change and change politics for good by launching a National Commission on Electoral Reform” 💬 @rachelblakemp.bsky.social
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The time has come for electoral reform
“PR’s time has definitely come – because I think the world we are in now demands a new politics. It demands a new approach.” That was Andy Burnham ...
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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
“More PR would stabilise British democracy. Andy Burnham has made clear that he is a dedicated pragmatic reformer. A National Commission on Electoral Reform now would put that enlightened purpose into practice” Neil Kinnock in the @observeruk.bsky.social 🌹 #Labour4PR
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Neil Kinnock: First past the post is no longer fit for pu...
Westminster’s voting system has led to just one in 10 voters believing politicians put the country first. The call for electoral reform has never been louder, says the former Labour leader
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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
“We think it's the right time now for the Government to commit to a National Commission to look at electoral reform... to make sure that people feel like their vote counts and to make sure people don't feel disenfranchised by the political system” 🎙️ @mike-reader.bsky.social 📺 1 of 2 🌹 #Labour4PR
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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
“Burnham, a longtime advocate of electoral reform, will be asked to support the new commission into ditching First Past the Post in his first 100 days as Prime Minister. MPs have said the National Commission on Electoral Reform must report before the next election” #Labour4PR🌹
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Labour MPs will push Burnham to back voting reform in first 100 days
Exclusive: Nearly 100 Labour MPs support commission on changing the system used for Westminster election
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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
📈 Two-thirds of Labour members want a National Commission on Electoral Reform - with just 16% against the idea 🌹 “Andy Burnham agrees, almost 100 Labour MPs agree, and now a majority of Labour members polled agree this is the best way forward” - @alexsobel.co.uk
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Two-thirds of Labour members want electoral reform commission - poll - LabourList
Almost two-thirds of Labour members want to see the government hold a National Commission on electoral reform, exclusive polling for LabourList reveals.
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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
“The much-needed new election system coming our way needs to be as good as we can make it. This requires both expert design and public legitimacy. If Andy Burnham is as good as his word, he will set up a National Commission on Electoral Reform, as proposed by the @appgfairelections.bsky.social”
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Making proportional representation work in Britain | Letters
Letters: Readers respond to Guardian analysis examining what Britain would look like under an electoral system of PR
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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
“Andy Burnham will be the first prime minister in our history to have made such a direct commitment to electoral reform. The popularity of Sobel’s amendment – and the sense that British democracy is stretched in its new five-party context – means that the issue could arise soon into his premiership”
newstatesman.com
Andy Burnham is already under pressure over electoral reform
The incoming prime minister is publicly committed to change. Will he follow through?
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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
“Andy should commit to launching a National Commission within his first 100 days. If Labour are to deliver “good growth in every postcode and hope in every heart”, we must rewire Westminster.” ✍️ @annadixonmp.bsky.social MP & @patrickhurley.bsky.social MP www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/andy-b...
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'Andy Burnham Must Take This Chance To Rewire Westminster And Change The Way Brits Vote'
Writing for HuffPost UK, Labour MPs Anna Dixon and Patrick Hurley make the case for proportional representation.
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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
"Three quarters of unions, two-thirds of members and a new generation of Labour MPs support electoral reform." 🌹Labour MPs @andymacnaemp.bsky.social & @lizzicollinge.bsky.social call on @andyburnham.bsky.social to launch a Commission in @thehousemag.bsky.social www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...
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The country needs electoral reform – and Labour has the chance to be on the right side of this argument
First-past-the-post is failing. Representatives are being elected on 20 per cent of the vote and less. That is not a democratic mandate.
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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Chris Curtis MP calls on Andy Burnham to launch a National Commission on Electoral Reform within his first 100 days as Prime Minister 👇 @chriscurtis94.bsky.social @andyburnham.bsky.social 🌹 #Labour4PR
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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Beccy Cooper joins Labour MPs encouraging Andy Burnham to launch a National Commission on Electoral Reform within his first 100 days as Prime Minister 👇 @drbeccycoopermp.bsky.social @andyburnham.bsky.social #Labour4PR 🌹 #ProportionalRepresentation #FPTP
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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Over one in four MPs are calling for a National Commission on Electoral Reform 🚀 With 166+ signatories, the amendment is the biggest since the 2024 election 🌹 Signatories include 88 Labour MPs, over 1/3 of backbenchers www.politics.co.uk/news/2026/07...
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One in four MPs demand electoral reform commission in ‘open goal’ for Burnham - Politics.co.uk
More than a quarter of the House of Commons has signed an amendment calling for a national commission on electoral reform, in what backers are describing as an “open goal” for Andy Burnham, the likely...
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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
WATCH: @alexsobel.co.uk encourage Angela Rayner to join the many dozens of Labour MPs backing a National Commission on Electoral Reform 👇
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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
“The success of the Burnham project will depend on changing our politics, bringing good growth to all of Britain & delivering this as a long-term project with time enough to succeed. First Past the Post, if retained, threatens to scupper these conditions.” 🌹 Great article by Samuel Kind #Labour4PR
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'Burnham's vision needs a new voting system' - LabourList
If Burnham is going to reshift the balance of power in the UK he will need to change the voting system first.
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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
“Things change in this country when ordinary people say 'we demand change'. This is one of the issues that is starting to feel louder and louder at the moment. I think there is that level of consensus that we can't carry on with the system we currently have.” 🗨️ Angela Rayner on LBC this morning
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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
We’re delighted that Dr Beccy Cooper MP @drbeccycoopermp.bsky.social is among the over 80 Labour MPs signed up in support of a National Commission on Electoral Reform 👇 🌹 #Labour4PR #ProportionalRepresentation #ElectoralReform
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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
💥 150 MPs have now signed the amendment calling for a National Commission on Electoral Reform 🌹 Over 80 of them are Labour MPs - and counting ⏰ It's time for Proportional Representation
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Amendment NC31 to Representation of the People Bill to Representation of the People Bill - Parliamentary Bills - UK Parliament
Alex Sobel's amendment (NC31) to Representation of the People Bill, proposed during Report stage
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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
🚀 Brilliant that Polly Billington MP has joined the almost 1/3 of Labour backbench MPs calling for a National Commission on Electoral Reform @pollybillington.bsky.social #ProportionalRepresentation #Labour4PR 🌹
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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Great speech from @andyburnham.bsky.social on the "need to change politics"! 🤝 Proportional Representation is key to “reaching across Parliament to find common ground" & mending Westminster’s broken culture 📌 Britain needs a National Commission on Electoral Reform www.youtube.com/live/j9Snx_B...
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LIVE: Watch Andy Burnham give major policy speech as he bids to become UK prime minister | BBC News
YouTube video by BBC News
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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
We're delighted that Dr Zubir Ahmed MP has joined calls from now over 80 Labour MPs for the government to establish a National Commission on Electoral Reform 👇 @zubirahmed.bsky.social #Labour4PR 🌹 #ProportionalRepresentation #Westminster #Democracy
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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
📺 TODAY: Labour MPs debated Proportional Representation and called for a National Commission on Electoral Reform. 👇Watch Euan Stainbank, @gordonmckee.bsky.social & @drscottarthurmp.bsky.social discuss how a fair elections are key to strengthening public trust, policymaking and political culture.
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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
🌹 81 Labour MPs - 20% of the PLP - have now signed @alexsobel.co.uk's amendment calling for a National Commission on Electoral Reform. ⚖️ First Past the Post is not fit for purpose. We need Proportional Representation for fair Westminster elections. bills.parliament.uk/bills/4080/s...
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Amendment NC31 to Representation of the People Bill to Representation of the People Bill - Parliamentary Bills - UK Parliament
Alex Sobel's amendment (NC31) to Representation of the People Bill, proposed during Report stage
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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Today one of Labour’s strongest supporters of Proportional Representation takes his place in Parliament. Welcome, Andy Burnham! Now let’s rewire Westminster together so that every voter is fairly heard. #Labour4PR 🌹 @andyburnham.bsky.social
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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
💥 140 MPs have now signed this amendment - most of them Labour MPs 🎯 We urgently need a National Commission on Electoral Reform ⏰ It's time for Proportional Representation
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Amendment NC31 to Representation of the People Bill to Representation of the People Bill - Parliamentary Bills - UK Parliament
Alex Sobel's amendment (NC31) to Representation of the People Bill, proposed during Report stage
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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
⏰ The time for Proportional Representation has come 🚀 Today, we're launching a new Labour members and affiliates campaign to push for action on electoral reform 🌹 Sign the launch statement 👇
labourforanewdemocracy.org.uk
Labour: it's time for Proportional Representation — Labour For A New Democracy
We we urgently need a fair, modern voting system
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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
🚀 120 MPs have signed the amendment calling for a National Commission on Electoral Reform 🌹 Two thirds of them are Labour MPs 🗳️ Labour's official policy already recognises First Past the Post creates distrust & alienation ⌛ Now it's time to act
bills.parliament.uk
Amendment NC31 to Representation of the People Bill to Representation of the People Bill - Parliamentary Bills - UK Parliament
Alex Sobel's amendment (NC31) to Representation of the People Bill, proposed during Report stage
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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
🗯️ @samanthaniblett.bsky.social MP on her support for the Electoral Reform amendment 👇 #Labour4PR 🌹 #FirstPastThePost #ProportionalRepresentation
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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
💥 113 MPs have now signed the amendment tabled by @alexsobel.co.uk calling for a National Commission on Electoral Reform ⚠️ First Past the Post is broken. Ask your MP to sign amendment NC31 of the Representation of the People Bill
bills.parliament.uk
Amendment NC31 to Representation of the People Bill to Representation of the People Bill - Parliamentary Bills - UK Parliament
Alex Sobel's amendment (NC31) to Representation of the People Bill, proposed during Report stage
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Electoral Reform Society @electoralreform.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Support for proportional representation in the Labour Party is no longer confined to the margins. With leadership frontrunners backing electoral reform, the debate has moved firmly into the mainstream.
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Frontrunners declaring for proportional representation crystallises the growing support in the Labour Party
We have seen a number of events in recent days that have crystallised the long build-up of momentum in the Labour Party’s for proportional representation. Firstly, over the weekend, An
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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
“Establishing a commission to examine the options is a sensible, proportionate first step and a way to restore trust in politics.” ✍️ @ruthcadbury.bsky.social MP on her support for electoral reform #ProportionalRepresentation #FPTP #Labour4PR 🌹 hounslowherald.com/bi-mp-backs-...
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Brentford & Isleworth MP backs independent commission on electoral reform
Brentford and Isleworth MP Ruth Cadbury calls for democratic renewal, backing a national commission to review the UK's fragmented electoral system.
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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
“I used to be in favour of First Past the Post… But I had a major change of heart after I listened to a fantastic debate at the October 2021 Unite policy conference when our union voted to support PR.” ✍️ Tony Burke, @unitetheunion.bsky.social morningstaronline.co.uk/article/call...
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Calling time on first past the post
WHEN you move into a position of power and responsibility, whether elected or appointed, it becomes incumbent on you to know a bit about everything.You receive a mass of information, more than you can...
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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
💥 102 MPs have now signed the amendment 🌹 Three quarters of them are Labour MPs ⏰ The Government needs to wake up: it's time for Proportional Representation #FirstPastThePost #FPTP #PR #Democracy
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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” 🌹 #Labour4PR
inews.co.uk
Leadership rivals back revolution in UK voting system
Both Andy Burnham and Wes Streeting are expected to support electoral reform
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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
“Things have shifted. The public already know that the current system doesn’t work and the overwhelming majority of Labour members agree. It’s great that we now have a very serious prospect of updating the way we vote.” 🌹#Labour4PR
observer.co.uk
Andy Burnham: ‘I am committed to proportional representat...
Greater Manchester mayor and potential Labour leadership challenger vows overhaul of electoral system to transform British democracy if he gets into No 10
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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
“If we want voters to have faith in and trust politics again, we need a system that can truly reflect their views. I call on all MPs in Parliament to show that we are ready to be much more radical in reforming our elections” @annadixonmp.bsky.social MP www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/opinion...
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I'm a Labour MP - two-party politics is dead so we need a new voting system: Anna Dixon
The dust has finally settled after the local elections in Yorkshire, with councillors new and old taking their seats. There are differing views about why voters rejected the traditional parties, but c...
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