📊 New research by @MakeVotesMatter shows there's no evidence that Proportional Representation leads to political instability.

In fact, on 8 out of 10 measures of stability, democracies with PR outperform those with First Past the Post.

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theguardian.com/politics/2024/… ⌛️ The UK has amongst the shortest length of tenure for cabinet ministers.

⚖️ Many other poor performers also use flawed FPTP-style systems.

❗️ None of the top performers use FPTP.

📉 And it's getting worse. Since 2019 the average UK minister lasted just eight months.

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The Brown review is rightly scathing about the failings of our political system but there’s a huge hole in its response.

Here's why we won't renew trust in our democracy without PR 🧵☕️

The report mentions the electoral system only once…

(1/24) It says:

"We recognise that a well-functioning electoral system is vital to the health and defence of our democracy".

Now, you might think a report literally about the health and defence of our democracy would actually examine how well our electoral system functions.

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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

🌹🗳 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.

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

💥 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 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.