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APPG for Fair Elections

@fairelectionsuk

All Party Parliamentary Group for Fair Elections | Chair: @alexsobel | Secretariat: @fairvoteuk

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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

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💪 “We need to look across the board at how we make our democracy more resilient”. 🗣 Blair McDougall discusses the need for Britain to strengthen its political system against the rising threat of authoritarianism.

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🎥 "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.

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💷 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…

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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!

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 <a href="/sxswlndn/">sxswlondon</a> with <a href="/Guto_Harri/">Guto Harri</a>,  <a href="/josephpowell/">Joe Powell MP</a> and <a href="/MakeVotesMatter/">Make Votes Matter</a> to make democracy work!
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💷 “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.

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Stronger regulation preventing bad actors from buying our elections is essential to our democracy. Don’t think this couldn’t happen here.

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🗳️ “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.

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💤🚨 “We are sleepwalking into a crisis… We should not be sitting here going: ‘well it’s great that we managed to get to a massive majority on 33% of the vote’”. 🌹 Chris Curtis MP calls for a move towards a fair voting system, and warns Labour must not defend FPTP. IPPR

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🚀 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

🚀 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 <a href="/FairElectionsUK/">APPG for Fair Elections</a>, Labour MP <a href="/alexsobel/">Alex Sobel MP for Leeds Central and Headingley</a>, welcomes the news

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💥 At 60%, support for electoral reform is the highest it's ever been 📊 A majority of supporters of each of the parties - including Conservatives - support change ⚠️ Those who are most mistrustful of government are more likely to support voting reform NatCen's Alex Scholes

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"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.

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"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.…