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Following the Prime Minister's announcement of a national commission on electoral reform, the UK's voting system is once again under scrutiny.
NatCen's British Social Attitudes data shows support for electoral reform remains higher than at any point before 2021. Support peaked at 60% in 2024, in the immediate aftermath of the most disproportionate election result in modern British history, before easing to 53% in 2025.
While opinion has cooled slightly over the last year, a majority of the public still favour changing the voting system, compared with 40% who support retaining First Past the Post.
As the debate continues, the data offers an important benchmark for understanding how public attitudes towards electoral reform are evolving.
Read the full report here: natcen.ac.uk/publications/bs…
#BritishSocialAttitudes #ElectoralReform #Democracy #PublicOpinion #SocialResearch
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Brilliant to see the Prime Minister announcing a National Commission on Electoral Reform!
Too many voters feel like politics does not speak for them.
Fully behind the PM on this as a strong supporter of Proportional Representation. Westminster needs fair elections.
“Today I am announcing a new National Commission on Electoral Reform. I invite all the political parties to be part of its work. We will contest the next election with a manifesto commitment to change the electoral system”
💬 @andyburnham
🌹 #Labour4PR
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Brilliant to see the Prime Minister announcing a National Commission on Electoral Reform!
Too many voters feel like politics does not speak for them.
Fully behind the PM on this as a strong supporter of Proportional Representation. Westminster needs fair elections.
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Really good news that the Prime Minister has announced a National Commission on Electoral Reform.
Too many voters feel like politics does not speak for them.
I'm fully behind the PM on this as a strong supporter of Proportional Representation.
Westminster needs fair elections.
“Today I am announcing a new National Commission on Electoral Reform. I invite all the political parties to be part of its work. We will contest the next election with a manifesto commitment to change the electoral system”
💬 @andyburnham
🌹 #Labour4PR
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PCS General Secretary Fran Heathcote has given her response to PM Andy Burnham's plans for a new national commission on electoral reform #Labour2026
ALT The graphic comprises a photograph of PCS General Secretary Fran Heathcote alongside the text: Electoral reform "PCS has long supported electoral reform, it has been national policy for a number of years, so hearing the PM today confirm that he will establish a national commission is a positive step, our democracy needs to be reflective of our voting intentions, PR will ensure that is the case."
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A new National Care Service. Greater public control of water, energy, and housing. A National Commission on Electoral Reform. Strengthening our relationship with Europe. Reforming the education and welfare system.
Today I set out a different path for Britain.
You may disagree with some or all of what I have said today. But I have given you what you often say is missing from politics.
Honesty, ideas and a clear direction for the country we all love.
If you agree with enough of what I have said, get behind this plan. And get behind each other.
It's time to draw a line.
To move beyond a decade of drift and division.
To bring a spirit of unity and positivity back to our country.
To unlock the working-class aspiration that is still there in every postcode.
To hope again.
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I have long campaigned for this day
I want to thank all who campaigned for this. All the MPs who signed the amendment
We always said the PM could just announce it
Mandela said ‘It seems impossible until its done’
Rarely is a political moment so clear cut and so consequential
“Today I am announcing a new National Commission on Electoral Reform. I invite all the political parties to be part of its work. We will contest the next election with a manifesto commitment to change the electoral system”
💬 @andyburnham
🌹 #Labour4PR
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Join us for the next edition of LFF Live, where we'll be speaking to @Labour4PR chair Sandy Martin about the Labour case for electoral reform.
6pm September 7 - sign up here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/lff-live-…
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Neil Kinnock: First past the post is no longer fit for purpose. Burnham must lead the way bit.ly/4zNdJ2b
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Analysis shows that proportional representation produces more stable and trusted governments than those produced by FPTP
At the same time, more and more people are being shut out from the UK's increasingly unfair and disproportionate electoral system
The time has come for electoral reform, writes Labour MP @RNBlake
politicshome.com/opinion/art…
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"For perhaps the first time in postwar history, all the conditions for [electoral] reform are now in place." 💯
✅ Majority public support
✅ Increasingly chaotic elections
✅ Growing support in Westminster
✅ A pro-PR Prime Minister
This could be the moment that changes UK politics for good.
@robfordmancs in @ArguablyMag
arguably.uk/p/electoral-refo…
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Under First Past the Post, some seats are seen as "battlegrounds" and others as ones that can be safely ignored.
To really "put power in every postcode", Andy Burnham needs to address this fundamental injustice.
New article in @LeftFootFwd by our CEO @Emma_Campaigner 👇
leftfootforward.org/2026/07/…
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Andy Burnham supports electoral reform, but how does this fit his broader agenda? Clues may lie in 'Head North', his 2024 book with Steve Rotherham. Politics for the Many’s Vice-Chair John Doolan reviews it for us. #TimeForPR politicsforthemany.co.uk/wha…
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"This is the most supported amendment in this Parliament by a distance."
Our Chair @alexsobel spoke to @HansardSociety's podcast about ways to strengthen the Representation of the People Bill, including his amendment on electoral reform.
🎧 Full episode: open.spotify.com/episode/0Al…
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We need a different type of politics. Glad to join the growing number of Labour colleagues calling for a National Commission on Electoral Reform.
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Over one in four MPs are calling for a National Commission on Electoral Reform
🚀 With 166+ signatories, the amendment is the biggest since the 2024 election
🌹 Signatories include 88 Labour MPs, over 1/3 of backbenchers
politics.co.uk/news/2026/07/…
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🚨 NEW: One in four MPs demand electoral reform commission in ‘open goal’ for Burnham
The amendment to the Representation of the People Bill, tabled by Labour MP @alexsobel, is now the most-signed amendment since the 2024 general election
Full story ⤵️
politics.co.uk/news/2026/07/…
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🚨NEW: Calls for electoral reform are growing in the Labour Party, with more than 20% of Parliamentary Party now signing an amendment calling for a National Commission on Electoral Reform-largest ever call for voting system change by Labour backbenchers.
leftfootforward.org/2026/06/…
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New: 20 per cent of the Parliamentary Labour Party (81 MPs) have signed an amendment to the Representation of the People Bill calling for a national commission on electoral reform. Latest signers include Polly Billington, Justin Madders and Zubir Ahmed.
140 MPs cross-party have now signed chair of the APPG for Fair Elections, Alex Sobel's amendment.
(Should be noted that 81 MPs is the nomination threshold needed for Labour MPs to get on the leadership ballot!)
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🚀134 MPs have now signed @alexsobel’s NC31 amendment calling for a National Commission on Electoral Reform.
📊The amendment is now backed by more than 1/5 of the Commons.
And by MPs from 7 parties.
It’s time to address the broken First Past the Post voting system.
Full list of signatories 👇
bills.parliament.uk/bills/40…