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Campaigning for a House of Commons where seats matches votes. #ProportionalRepresentation #MakeVotesMatter

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Electoral Reform Society @electoralreform.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The voting system belongs to all of us, not to whichever party is in power. This piece from the UCL Constitution Unit sets out how a National Commission on Electoral Reform can earn the public trust that lasting change needs. buff.ly/zDitfyf
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If he wants to secure legitimacy for electoral reform, Andy Burnham must stick to these rules
Involving both the public and all parties in shaping reforms on how they vote will be crucial.
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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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Mark Pack @markpackuk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
After all Labour's previous dalliances with PR for the Commons, let's hope they see this through - first past the post cannot cope with the modern state of politics.
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𝓡𝓪𝔂 𝓙 @truthfreesusall.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Big news from Labour Conference: the PM has announced the government's plan to scrap first past the post. Seats that match votes would change British politics for good, but only if it happens. I've added my name. Join me? action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/201578/...
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The PM used his big speech to promise to fix Westminster's broken voting system.
We've heard promises before. I've signed to make sure this one is kept. It takes 30 seconds
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Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Electoral reform: “I hear you, I agree with you, and today I am announcing a new national commission on electoral reform.” Biggest opportunity to reform FPP in perhaps a century has now arrived. But long way to go…
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Incidentally, Burnham referring to the two previous conference votes on proportional representation is a tribute to the diligent work of campaigners in the party. They worked extremely hard to build a base of support in Labour, against the odds.
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Make Votes Matter @makevotesmatter.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
💥BREAKING: Andy Burnham announces a National Commission on Electoral Reform. This is a historic moment. The era of First Past the Post is coming to an end. It's time to transform politics and make all votes count. It's time for Proportional Representation.
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
So pleased to hear this confirmed in the PM’s speech. Big congrats to @makevotesmatter.bsky.social and all who’ve campaigned for it! At last we have a chance to restore trust in our politics with a system where “everyone’s views count and everyone’s vote matters” 👏👏👏
theguardian.com
Andy Burnham expected to say he will push ahead with electoral reform plans
Exclusive: Labour conference speech will kick off process that could replace current system with proportional representation
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Make Votes Matter @makevotesmatter.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Today's announcement marks the beginning of the end of First Past the Post. To everyone who has contributed to our movement over the years: we can't thank you enough. Now let's push PR over the finish line 💪💯 A message from our CEO @emmacampaigner.bsky.social:
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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 · 29/09/2026
"Andy Burnham is expected to announce that he will push ahead with plans for electoral reform in his first conference speech as Labour leader" "One option open to Burnham is a new National Commission for Electoral Reform, an idea he endorsed at last year’s party conference" 🌹 #Labour4PR
theguardian.com
Andy Burnham expected to say he will push ahead with electoral reform plans
Exclusive: Labour conference speech will kick off process that could replace current system with proportional representation
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Make Votes Matter @makevotesmatter.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
📩 Yesterday we went to Number 10 with a special delivery for the Prime Minister. Andy Burnham is our first PM to openly support PR. We know he can talk the talk. Now it's time for him to walk the walk. @compassoffice.bsky.social @unlockdemocracy.bsky.social @jowusunepaul.bsky.social
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Make Votes Matter @makevotesmatter.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
"Let's make votes matter" - @alexsobel.co.uk 👏👏👏
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Make Votes Matter @makevotesmatter.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Today 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.
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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
📜 The amendment calling for a National Commission on Electoral Reform has been ruled out of scope 🙃 How absurd that the 'Representation of the People Bill' can't consider how people are represented! 💥 This was never about an amendment, but about a National Commission
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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 · 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
politicshome.com
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
observer.co.uk
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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Make Votes Matter @makevotesmatter.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
"What was once a constitutional nice-to-have, has become an essential safeguard in the face of real danger to democracy." 💯 @pollytoynbee.bsky.social is right. Electoral reform can't wait any longer. We're calling on Andy Burnham to act and announce a National Commission within his first 100 days.
theguardian.com
Burnham electrified the Labour party by talking about electoral reform – now he needs to act on it | Polly Toynbee
The prime minister has lifted the spirits of the public and party members, and must use that goodwill to push through change, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
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Graham Simpson @grahambs.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
The Guardian view on electoral reform: don’t wait for a crisis to fix a broken system. In an era of multiparty politics, first past the post risks generating perverse outcomes that delegitimise the democratic process. 👏👏👏 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The Guardian view on electoral reform: don’t wait for a crisis to fix a broken system | Editorial
Editorial: In an era of multiparty politics, first past the post risks generating perverse outcomes that delegitimise the democratic process
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Make Votes Matter @makevotesmatter.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
🚨 If the next general election is held under First Past the Post, it will deliver the most chaotic and unrepresentative results we've ever seen. By then, the damage will be done. But we can still prevent a full-blown democratic crisis. We agree with the Guardian: it's time to act.
theguardian.com
The Guardian view on electoral reform: don’t wait for a crisis to fix a broken system | Editorial
Editorial: In an era of multiparty politics, first past the post risks generating perverse outcomes that delegitimise the democratic process
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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
💥 BREAKING: A majority of MPs want a National Commission on Electoral Reform - finds @yougov.co.uk poll of MPs 🏛️ All MPs: Support: 53% Oppose 34% 🌹 Labour MPs: Support: 55% Oppose: 29% 📰 Read the full story on @labourlist.bsky.social 👇
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Majority of Labour MPs back review of voting system, poll reveals - LabourList
More than half of Labour MPs support establishing a National Commission on Electoral Reform to review Britain's electoral system, according to a poll of parliamentarians.
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Make Votes Matter @makevotesmatter.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
💥 New polling by @yougov.co.uk shows that 53% of MPs support a review of Westminster's voting system - a National Commission on Electoral Reform. First Past the Post is long past its sell-by date. The country is ready for change - it's time for PR 💪
theguardian.com
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 · 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🌹
theguardian.com
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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Compass @compassoffice.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Britain is facing a crisis of trust and power. That's why today we're launching Better! - an alliance to remove the grip on power, wealth and information by the few - and return it to the many - for a better future for all. 🧵1/4
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Make Votes Matter @makevotesmatter.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
"For perhaps the first time in postwar history, all the conditions for [electoral] reform are now in place." 💯 ✅ Majority public support ✅ Increasingly chaotic election results ✅ Growing support in Westminster ✅ A pro-PR Prime Minister This could be the moment that changes UK politics for good 👇
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Electoral reform has never been closer
The three key ingredients are now in place
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Make Votes Matter @makevotesmatter.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Important point: electoral reform could help make politics less toxic. "Research has found that democracies with Proportional Representation exhibit less severe affective polarization than those with winner-take-all. Partisans become less inclined to vilify rivals they may later need as partners."
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Britain's New Prime Minister Sees Proportional Representation as a Cure to Polarization
America needs a leader to champion similar electoral reforms in this country
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MVM North West Surrey @mvmnorthwestsurrey.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Lovely 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
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Make Votes Matter in South West London @swlmvm.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Interesting read on what Proportional Representation would look like in UK www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...
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How could Britain look under proportional representation? See the results for your area
These visualisations from exclusive polling modelling show how the UK parliament could change under different voting systems
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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...
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Make Votes Matter @makevotesmatter.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
In Richmond, the Lib Dems won every single council seat, leaving nearly half of all voters without the representation they asked for. It's great to see the council recognise that this is not what a healthy democracy looks like. Good work 💯
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Richmond Council calls for proportional representation
Richmond Council Leader Gareth Roberts urges the new Prime Minister to support electoral reform and proportional representation for fairer elections.
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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”
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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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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...
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Dear Andy Burnham: it's time for a fair voting system
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...
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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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Gren @fatkudu.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
I've just signed "Tell Andy Burnham to launch a National Commission on Electoral Reform" - Will you support the campaign too? actionstorm.org/petitions/na...
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Make Votes Matter @makevotesmatter.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
"First Past the Post has now become a chaos multiplier."
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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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Make Votes Matter @makevotesmatter.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
💥 THIS IS HUGE! The electoral reform amendment tabled by @alexsobel.co.uk is now the single biggest amendment since the general election. 166 MPs from 8 parties have added their names - a quarter of the House of Commons. The system isn't working and the new PM needs to make this a priority.
politics.co.uk
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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Make Votes Matter @makevotesmatter.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
📺 WATCH: Angela Rayner says there's a "consensus that we can't carry on with the system that we currently have". "This is one of the issues that is starting to feel louder and louder from the grassroots." PR really feels like an idea whose time has come 💪
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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
labourlist.org
'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 · 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
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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MVM Warrington @mvmwarrington1.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
We 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
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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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