Thread by @MVM_Lewes

In last week's local elections, just over 1-in-5 voters (21.9%) across Lewes District voted Conservative - yet @LewesCons won 0% of the council seats... Conservative voters across the @LewesDC District now find themselves unrepresented politically on the council.

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2/ If this outcome bothers you, you might want to know that this is the result of the very electoral system the Conservative Party leadership currently supports - First Past The Post (FPTP) - and that it's a system so bizarre that it can even lead to wrong result elections...

3/ FPTP leaves swathes of the electorate voiceless - at #GE2019, 71% of votes cast made no difference to the overall result. It undermines trust in politics & faith in British democracy. When voters realise this, they wonder why they're being denied a fair system & equal voice...

4/ An increasing number of Conservatives are joining calls for reform - to replace the outdated First Past The Post method with a system of Proportional Representation (PR) so the number of seats in parliament match the number of votes cast, and votes count equally...

5/ These @Conservatives - including MPs Dan Poulter & Derek Thomas - think it's important to be in the vanguard for reform & included in the cross-party effort to install a better system. They recognise benefits to the whole nation in having the full range of voices represented.

6/ @MakeVotesMatter is a cross-party campaign calling for #ProportionalRepresentation to be used to elect MPs to the House of Commons. You can get involved in the national campaign and also in the local constituency @MVM_Lewes group, where you would be immensely welcome.

7/ Give us a follow and/or get in touch via [e-mail] .

You can find out more about Proportional Representation here: makevotesmatter.org.uk

And...

8/ you might be interested in this blog from @ConHome exploring Conservative support for PR.
conservativehome.com/2023/04/05/emm…

It's time for #ProportionalRepresentation . We'd love you to join us!