Our voting system needs reforming to make sure democracy does not suffer from the multitude of parties we have now

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Dear 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...

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...

Labour is right to start asking what comes next, writes Alberto Smith

Alex Sobel's amendment (NC31) to Representation of the People Bill, proposed during Report stage

Campaigners from Make Votes Matter marched from the Southbank in the north of the borough across Westminster Bridge on Sunday, as part of a nationwide weekend of action calling on politicians to &#…

The British public has moved on from the old way of doing politics. Now it’s time for our voting system to catch up.

The First Past the Post voting system is not working. This has never been clearer than after these local elections. We now have more than five parties attracting significant support under a system d...

The First Past the Post voting system is not working. This has never been clearer than after these local elections. We now have more than five parties attracting significant support under a system d...

With trust falling and fragmentation rising, Labour must lead o electoral reform before Britain’s democratic crisis worsens.

The Gorton and Denton by-election confirmed just how capricious our electoral system has become

When out campaigning, especially in the run up to elections I often encounter women who say they do not vote. This is one area of life where socio-economic status does not seem to be a factor, with mu...

By Livvy Gibbs, Young Make Votes Matter Coordinator.

First 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...

Dozens of academics have written to the government to warn that the current voting system risks producing distorted results on an 'unprecedented' s...

First 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...

First 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...

By Make Votes Matter Chair of the Board Susanna Dammann.

From Peter Norris and others

From Peter Norris and others

From Peter Norris and others

An economic recovery could still change the parties’ fortunes. But the days when only two parties were licensed to supply Britain with prime ministers are gone, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr