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.
Read full response - 25 NOV 202410,000 signatures reachedEligible for a government response
- 06 NOV 2024Petition opened for signatures
Background
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.