🌹🗳 STATEMENT:
One thing is clear from today’s vote – Labour Party members are overwhelmingly in support of proportional representation.
One thing is clear from today’s vote – Labour Party members are overwhelmingly in support of proportional representation.
After unprecedented support from local parties in backing motions calling for reform now we see that 80% of local party delegates backed reform on conference floor. This in itself is a historic victory for equal votes – and now the Labour Party leadership must listen.
We have won the argument with the Labour membership – both the debate and the result showed almost no support for the broken status quo.
But we can also see we have not yet won the argument elsewhere in our movement. Rank and file trade unionists play a key role in our campaign, but despite this most unions do not yet back reform.
The truth is, if the Leadership had engaged with this unifying policy as intensively as they pushed their own proposed rule changes, PR would now be Labour policy.
The Labour Party membership is united behind the drive to make votes count for all. It is unsustainable for any party to have policy at odds with the values of its members. Our campaign will continue.
We are determined Labour must go forward to the next General Election with a firm promise that it will support PR, replace our rotten electoral system and mend our broken democracy. 💥 🌹
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