Make Votes Matter

02/06/2026

💥 The pressure for a fair voting system is growing inside Westminster.

More than 100 MPs have already signed an amendment to the Representation of the People Bill, calling on the government to get to grips with Britain's dysfunctional voting system.

Tabled by , the amendment calls for an independent National Commission on Electoral Reform, which could recommend an alternative to First Past the Post.

It's becoming more and more clear that Britain's democracy is in crisis. Most of the public knows that the way we do politics in this country is not working.

This amendment is an opportunity to make the government listen.

✅ Click here to see if your MP has already added their name: https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/4080/stages/20676/amendments/10035247

✅ If not, use our simple tool to contact them today: https://actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-your-mp-to-back-the-amendment-to-fix-our-broken-voting-system/

There's still time to make that number even bigger, so that it's impossible to ignore.

27/05/2026

🚨This could be our moment.

So far, 70 MPs have signed the amendment for a National Commission on Electoral Reform. Can we make it 100?

Thousands of you have already used our tool to contact your MP and ask them to add their name.

If you haven't, do it now - here 👇

https://actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-your-mp-to-back-the-amendment-to-fix-our-broken-voting-system/

26/05/2026

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22/05/2026

"It feels like all we're doing is rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic whilst ignoring the huge iceberg that's actually causing it to sink." 🚢

British politics is broken. It's been broken for a long time.

Replacing this or that politician won't fix it unless we address the underlying cause of so many of our problems: our ridiculous voting system.

Young Make Votes Matter campaigner Livvy explains.

22/05/2026

A warning to all political parties from Sir John Curtice:

“If your vote goes down and becomes more geographically spread, the system will murder you."

This week we were in Parliament for the APPG for Fair Elections event analysing the local election results.

Read our blog 👇

By Emma Harrison, CEO of Make Votes Matter. Last night I attended the APPG on Fair Elections panel discussion: “Do the local elections strengthen the case for electoral reform?” It was one of the most serious and revealing conversations about the future of British politics I’ve heard in some t...

22/05/2026

💥 Great to see this from Andy Burnham:

" I do think there needs to be reform to the electoral system to enable less point-scoring, more problem-solving. Less short term, more long term.”

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Labour’s Makerfield byelection candidate wants to make politics ‘less point-scoring, more problem-solving’

21/05/2026

❓"When winning on votes fails to get you elected, is it still democracy?"

In several councils, the biggest party is not the one that got the most votes. That's how broken Britain's voting system is.

Unless we fix it, the general election could look the same.

The New Statesman writes about our new report👇

When winning on votes fails to get you elected, is it still democracy?

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 now using our tool 👇

https://actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-your-mp-to-back-the-amendment-to-fix-our-broken-voting-system/

20/05/2026

📺 Today at Olly Glover MP asked Keir Starmer about the UK's broken voting system.

"Does the Prime Minister still have full confidence in the First Past the Post system to deliver strong and stable government?"

"Yes I do," responded our 6th Prime Minister in 10 years 👀