Thread by @Labour4PR

Caroline Osborne of Gosport CLP comes to the podium to move the PR motion! #Labour4PR

Caroline Osborne Vice chair of Gosport CLP and proud member of Unite

Proud to represent the 323 CLPs across the U.K. who have passed PR policy - and the over 150 CLPs who prioritised PR for debate

This is an unprecedented level of support for any issue -

We’re ALL here today with the same clear demand: a commitment to introduce PR for Westminster elections in Labour’s next manifesto

We need to be united as a party to win the next election - and the membership IS united on PR. PR is not a left issue, it’s not a right issue, IT’S A LABOUR issue!

We need an electoral system which fairly represents all people

FPTP IS BROKEN and only Labour can fix it. And we must.

We are the party of the Equal Pay Act, the Sex Discrimination Act, the Human Rights Act. We must now be the party of equal votes

The Tories don’t want to redistribute power any more than they want to redistribute wealth

And so it falls to us, to Labour, to bring Westminster elections into line with the rest of the UK - and the modern world

People who live in towns like mine - Gosport - which has only ever had a Tory MP deserve a voice.

How many of us are sick of having to go and campaign away from home - because we know it makes no difference to campaign where we live?

Labour voters everywhere have a right to a voice.

This is why it’s so important that we, as a party, have this debate.

But we need to be clear: among experts, there is no debate. First Past the Post has a right-wing bias in every country that uses it - without exception.

The Tories know this system works for them - that is why now, along with wanting voter ID and reducing the right to protest - they are trying to introduce more FPTP

When the Tories win successive parliamentary majorities on a minority of the vote share we all pay.

The issues which we care about - like housing, climate action, the NHS - all of these would be better protected under a better voting system.

THINGS COULD BE SO DIFFERENT

All the most equal societies in the world - and the ones with fewest violations of workers rights - use some form of PR.

They don’t spend decades being governed by a right-wing minority.

We do not claim PR advantages Labour - it simply levels the playing field.

I am proud to be a Labour member and I’m proud to fight as part of our party against the injustices faced by so many.

As a mother to 3 young children I feel it is my duty to leave the world in a better state for them

I joined the campaign for equal votes because I know that if the foundations of our democratic system are unequal - we cannot build a more equal society.

Vote for the PR motion

Conference I move!

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