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Sep 26 • 5 tweets • 5 min read

BREAKING: Labour conference just voted to support Proportional Representation.

Labour has committed to:

💥 PR for general elections in the next manifesto.
💥 Reform in next Labour government's first term in office.

#Labour4PR #Lab22

@DwTenterden

Thank you and congratulations to mover @DwTenterden, seconder Carissma Griffiths, and all the brilliant, passionate delegates who spoke in favour during the debate.

Thanks and solidarity also to @ASLEFunion @fbunational @WeAreTheMU @TSSAunion @unitetheunion @unisontheunion

@DwTenterden

@DwTenterden @ASLEFunion @fbunational @WeAreTheMU @TSSAunion @unitetheunion @unisontheunion Our final #Labour4PR fringe event of conference is: Labour's road to Proportional Representation... now what?

Come along, celebrate, and join the conversation about next steps for the campaign.
labourforanewdemocracy.org.uk/event-listings…

Press release from the campaign. labourforanewdemocracy.org.uk/news/labour-ba…

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@Labour4PR

Sep 27, 2021

🌹🗳 STATEMENT:

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.

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@Labour4PR

Sep 27, 2021

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

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@Labour4PR

Sep 26, 2021

@NCPoliticsUK

💥 We’ve commissioned a new poll by @NCPoliticsUK, asking the public whether they support or oppose Proportional Representation:

Support - 52%
Don’t know - 31%
Oppose - 17%

10,047 UK adults, 2nd-17th August 2021, Online

@NCPoliticsUK

@NCPoliticsUK The large sample size means we can unpack the results for different groups. Among every region and nation of the UK, supporters of PR outnumber opponents by 3 to 1.

By 2019 vote, 63% of Labour voters support PR, as well as 50% of Conservatives and 75% of Liberal Democrats.

Most of all, the results show that opposition to PR is limited to a small minority. Only 12% of Labour voters and 25% of Conservatives oppose PR.

This suggests there would be no electoral price for Labour to pay for backing PR.

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