The Temper Trap
Compass Politics for the Many recommends Compass’ research report How Proportional Representation Tames the Populist-Right Compass have prepared a two-page briefing from the report, which you can read here.
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For unions not affiliated to the Labour Party
The Government has announced plans to scrap First Past the Post for mayoral and PCC elections in England and we support this renewal of our democracy. The latest British Social Attitudes survey shows that 60% of the British public now support proportional representation (PR) There has never been a clearer need to change the First Past the Post (FPTP) voting …
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There is evidence from academic research that First Past the Post has a right wing bias wherever it is used, leading to parliaments and governments that are on average significantly more right wing than the voters.
Continue readingThe Trade Union Case for Political Reform
“Our trade union rights get ripped up every time the Tories get in. We urgently need this government to bring in proportional representation to enable us to secure newly won rights for unions and working people over the long term.” Mick Whelan, ASLEF General Secretaryand Chair of Labour Unions. Introduction The trade union movement has always led demands for greater …
Continue readingVoting systems in the UK
House of Commons Library Politics for the Many recommends the House of Commons Library’s research briefing Voting Systems in the UK
Continue readingFree But Not Fair
British elections and how to restore trust in politics Politics for the Many recommends The All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Fair Elections’ report Free But Not Fair: British elections and how to restore trust in politics, published in November 2025
Continue reading‘Progressive vote’ to be more split than the right in 69% of England’s council wards
Campaigners warn of vote-splitting as new analysis finds that the average number of ‘progressive candidates’ per seat outnumber right-wing candidates by almost two to one in Thursday’’s elections. The progressive vote will be systematically ‘split’ in this week’s council elections – with on average 1.9 candidates from Labour, the Liberal Democrats and the Greens running against just one right-wing candidate …
Continue readingUSDAW vote to back proportional representation
This week, the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers (USDAW) joined the growing list of trade unions that back proportional representation. USDAW voted in favour of a motion committing it to support a change in the electoral system at its 76th Annual Delegate Meeting (ADM) on the 25th April. The motion was moved by Phil Crooks from the Home …
Continue readingLabour Conference backs scrapping first past the post
We did it! This week Labour conference voted to back a motion calling on the Party to scrap Westminster’s failing First Past the Post system and to introduce a fair, proportional voting system instead. Support was overwhelming not just amongst Labour members but, thanks to the work of hundreds of activists across the country, with the support of the Trade …
Continue readingUNISON just passed a motion in support of proportional representation
Delegates at UNISON’s National Delegate Conference have just backed a motion calling on the UK’s biggest union to ‘reject First Past the Post’ and for the adoption of PR for UK general elections. The vote, which saw an overwhelming majority of delegates back the motion, marks a significant moment for the Labour movement, as Unite the Union, the UK’s second …
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