Petitions/Hold a Royal Commission on reform of the Westminster voting system
StatusClosed
Opened22 Jan 2025
Closes22 Jul 2025
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Parliamentary debateNot eligible
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Establish a Royal Commission immediately on the voting system to recommend changes be introduced at the next General Election.

We feel we need a cross-party effort to increase voter participation, to get a Commons that more accurately reflects public opinion, and to improve democratic legitimacy & law-making. The UK government has full executive power. But only around one in five voters voted for the current government. Around two in five didn’t vote, in some cases because they feel their vote doesn't count. We believe more voter participation and fairer Commons representation for all shades of opinion would generate more democratic legitimacy, improve law-making, and reduce group-think policy errors we feel have been seen in the last decade by enabling more effective Commons scrutiny.

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Constituency engagement ranking

Jenny Riddell-Carpenter
1Jenny Riddell-Carpenter MP
Suffolk Coastal
125
Patrick Spencer
2Patrick Spencer MP
Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
41
Jack Abbott
3Jack Abbott MP
Ipswich
23
Dr Peter Prinsley
4Dr Peter Prinsley MP
Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket
15
Olly Glover
5Olly Glover MP
Didcot and Wantage
11
Tom Rutland
6Tom Rutland MP
East Worthing and Shoreham
11
Connor Naismith
7Connor Naismith MP
Crewe and Nantwich
10
Simon Hoare
8Simon Hoare MP
North Dorset
10
Andrew George
9Andrew George MP
St Ives
10
Jessica Morden
10Jessica Morden MP
Newport East
10
Hold a Royal Commission on reform of the Westminster voting system — Petitions