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Surrey Council area is planning to change to be a Unitary Authority - I'm hoping that will be a good time to press for the advantages for a truely democratic way of selecting our Councillors. Unfortunately, we get to skip this particular May's local elections because the powers that be would rather people with a stale mandate drive this massive change rather than elect new people to do it - that would be a waste, you see 😜
Anyways electoral-reform.org.uk/why-al gives a good account of the democratic deficit inherint in the current "democracy". #FPTP #MakeVotesMatter #PR

www.electoral-reform.org.ukWhy all local councils should be elected with proportional representationIf you live in England, you might be casting a vote for a councillor in a local election this May – and with your vote, expressing your desire for how you’d like your local services

Today ERS (Electoral Reform Society) has published an in-depth report on the recent election, A System Out of Step: The 2024 #GeneralElection. The 2024 General Election was unprecedented for all the wrong reasons.

The most disproportional election ever, in terms of how we voted and the parliament we got. The first UK #election where four parties received over 10% of the vote, and five parties received over 5% of the vote. The lowest combined vote share for Labour and the Conservatives in the era of universal suffrage.

It is clear from the general election that we are all voting as if we already have a proportional electoral system. Yet, Westminster's #FirstPastThePost system can't cope with this new multi-party reality.

The report cuts through the headlines on the election and looks at how Westminster's First Past the Post system blocks voters from getting the results they want.

electoral-reform.org.uk/a-syst

www.electoral-reform.org.ukA System Out of Step – New report on the 2024 General ElectionToday we have published our in-depth report on the 2024 General Election, A System Out of Step.The General Election in 2024 was not only the most disproportional election in British ele
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@v_perjorative I watched a video the other day where someone (talking head interview on the streets of the UK) said they like that Labour + Conservatives are closer aligned.

I'm not sure I agree, but I'm also not sure it would matter so much if they managed to move away from the First Past The Post system to something that gave the other parties representation that reflected the nation's vote.