Referendum on changing the Electoral System To Proportional Representation (PR)
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”.
Signatures
42,329
signatures
Government response threshold (10,000) · 10,000/10,000 · reached
Debate threshold (100,000) · 42,329/100,000
- 06 MAY 2025Petition closedFinal total: 42,329 signatures
- 06 DEC 2024Government respondedMinistry of Housing, Communities & Local GovernmentGovernment reply
The Government has no plans to change the voting system for UK Parliamentary elections.
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