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Petition 700109
Referendum on changing the Electoral System To Proportional Representation (PR)
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31 October 2024
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42329 signatures
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7 July 2026
Summary
We are petitioning for a National Referendum to decide whether the current electoral system should be RETAINED or REPLACED by a system where the number of MPs each party gets reflects the proportion of votes received nation-wide. Commonly known as “Proportional Representation” or “PR”. A YouGov poll in January 2024 found that only 26% of people preferred the current FPTP system with 45% preferring PR so we think there is clearly a need for a re-evaluation of our electoral system. In the latest 2024 General Election the biggest gap on record has emerged between the share of the vote won nationally by parties and the number of seats they have. We believe most democratic way to decide this matter would be via a National Referendum on Electoral Reform.
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- Official source: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/700109
- Open data entity: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/700109.json