
APPG for Fair Elections
@fairelectionsuk
All Party Parliamentary Group for Fair Elections | Chair: @alexsobel | Secretariat: @fairvoteuk
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http://www.fairelections.uk 08-08-2024 18:24:53
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💷 "Our system of political donations is in urgent need of reform" 📢 Great to hear from Manuela Perteghella MP 🔶 at our event last month 🗓️ Looking forward to our joint event this afternoon with Transparency International UK & APPG Anti-Corruption on the urgent need to tackle money in politics

Stopping US-Style Oligarchy through Political Finance Reform! Great to be in Parliament this afternoon with APPG for Fair Elections & APPG on Anti-Corruption & Responsible Tax APPGs! 🔑 Rushanara Ali MP 💙 MP 🪑 Cat Neilan 🗣️ Joe Powell MP MP Lisa Smart MP Dame Margaret Hodge Duncan Hames of Transparency International UK



🎥 "It should be that people have the power, and that means making sure that people can't buy elections." At our event in Parliament this week, APPG for Fair Elections Vice Chair, Lisa Smart MP called for action to stop the power of big money in our politics.


💷 On Monday, we teamed up with Transparency International UK & the APPG on Anti-Corruption & Responsible Tax APPG for a panel discussion on money in politics 🙏 We're pleased to work alongside other parliamentary groups & organisations to push for stronger rules governing political donations fairelections.uk/stopping-us-st…

A full house for our sxswlondon panel in partnership with APPG for Fair Elections. Emma 🧡 chaired an exciting conversation on how we can counter growing polarisation in our politics alongside Jovan Owusu-Nepaul, Joe Powell MP & Guto Harri.


Politics is breaking and our electoral system is broken. People young and old are being pushed to the extremes and votes seem to matter less and less. It was great to speak at Europes first sxswlondon with Guto Harri, Joe Powell MP and Make Votes Matter to make democracy work!


💷 “Only 13% of people view campaign finance as sufficiently transparent - that is a woeful number.” 🟠🕊️ Lisa Smart MP discusses the need for tighter campaign finance laws, within wider electoral reform, at an event co-hosted with Transparency International UK and APPG on Anti-Corruption & Responsible Tax.


🗳️ “Voters aren’t stupid, voters know that their vote so rarely makes a difference.” 🟢 Ellie Chowns emphasises why Britain can only resolve its democratic deficit by implementing a proportional electoral system, at an event hosted by IPPR, chaired by Parth Patel.



🚀 Public support for electoral reform is the highest it's been since records began 💥 60% now want to change to a fair, proportional voting system... including a majority of supporters of every party 🌹 Chair of APPG for Fair Elections, Labour MP Alex Sobel MP for Leeds Central and Headingley, welcomes the news 🧵 1/3



"Let's work together to make votes matter and get electoral reform." Olly Glover MP 🔶 comments on the latest British Social Attitudes survey results, published today. 👇 Support for a fairer voting system is higher than ever. It's time for the government to listen.

"This isn’t a side issue — it goes to the heart of the public’s faith in democracy. When millions of people feel their voices haven’t been heard it’s no surprise trust in politics continues to decline." ✍️ APPG Vice Chair Ellie Chowns ledburyreporter.co.uk/news/25290902.…