= ae eS ioe , ase NV econ EN mates Peo ae oe ROCs ee Gees aoe eee omen Peete oes The time is now! cara rs TON Suse] OED eres OnE ou eee agWhat's wrong with our First Past the Post (FPTP) voting system? ‘The voting system used for UK General Elections ('FPTP”) means Parliament doesn’t reflect how we voted and most of us don't have 4 vote that matters. In the last General Election, 2 staggering 68% of votes were ‘ested Distorted votes 12017, 20-30% of voters said they planned to vote tactically for someone they didn't really "want to wi fo avoid letting in thelr least favourite party, na democracy, voters should always be able to vote for who they believe in. Distorted polities “The Conservatives and DUP recelved just 439% ofthe vate betvieen them, but now hold a ‘majority af seats in Parlament. Meanie, millons of voters are deprived of representation. The Green Party Lib Dems and UKIP received over 119% ofthe votes (3.5m) between them, but share 2% af seats, POET Atditih etem Ares como Seated as lade Seppe tama a yeas MiMice mses sat eres eer The solution is a system of Proportional Representation (PR) PRwould mean that all votes matter equally and that seats match votes, Everyone could vote for what they eally believe in without wasting thelr votes. 80% of developed democracies already use some form of PR- including all fve countries independently assessed as being the worlg’s bbest performing democracies. ‘All the forms of PR being advocated for the UK keep the local link between MPs and their constituencies. Examples of these kinds of systems are aiready used for elections to devolved assemblies in Northern Ireland, ‘Scotland, Wales and Landon, When parliaments reflect the voters, ‘they make better decisions. Political scientists have found countries with PR perform better in a wide range of ways: greater Income equality, etter onge-term planning and politcal stability, fairer representation of women and minorities higher voter turnout better environmental laws and faster action on imate change. PR countries also have a significantly lower likelihood of engaging in armed conflict -in fact, First Past the Post isthe single strongest institutional predictor that a democracy will 30 to war. To find out more got: makevotesmatter.org.uk/news/outcomes. Most people want PR! Every independent poll since 2015 has found that a large majority of people support PR. A recent poll found that 679 think seats should match votes, with ust 129 opposed. Here's how we'll win PR If we're going to fh our democracy, we need You and thousands of ethers to get involved. We all need to make fixing our broken ‘emacracy a key political issue. Local groups all ‘over the country are taking action in their ‘communities: talking to the publi, holding public meetings ancl lobbying their MPS. \We need to bring together all the partis, ‘organisations and public figures who want PR to work together. The PR Alliance already includes many parties, democracy organisations, and celebrities like Brian Eno, Carey Mulligan, Frankle Boyle, Nigel Farage and Zoe Wiliams, We also need to persuade one of the two biggest parties to back fair votes. Many senior Figures in Labour and even some Conservatives Support PR. With public pressure end through the democratic processes of these partes, we ‘need to help them win this debate. Allof this depends on volunteers taking ‘action in their communities and helping ‘organise the national campaign Visit makevotesmatter.org.uk/volunteer to get involved, or join the movernent at bielyZoinmvm for campaign updates, www.makevotesmatter.org.uk