Submitted by Luca Maharaj on Friday 13th February 2026
Published on Friday 20th March 2026
Current status: Open
Open until: Sunday 20th September 2026
Current Signatures: 822
(count is updated approximately hourly)
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2024 ~ Commons ~ Electing ~ Elections ~ First Past the Post ~ FPTP ~ Greens ~ House of Commons ~ Labour ~ Labour MPs ~ local ~ minorities ~ MP ~ parties ~ Proportional Representation ~ Referendum ~ Reform ~ Reform MP ~ Replace ~ STV ~ system ~ Tactical ~ The post ~ They Live ~ UK-wide ~ Unfair ~ Voters ~ Voting ~ voting system ~ Wide
Hold a referendum: Replace FPTP with Proportional Representation through STV
Legislate for a UK-wide referendum on the voting system for House of Commons elections, with two options: Replace First Past the Post with proportional representation using the Single Transferable Vote (STV) system, or keep First Past The Post. Include a potential timetable for implementation.
FPTP is an unfair voting system. It can produce large majorities in the House of Commons from a minority of votes and makes voters' influence depend on where they live. In 2024 the largest party won 63% of seats on 33.7% of votes, while smaller parties won far fewer seats than their vote shares, that meant ~24k votes per Labour MP, ~461k votes per Green MP, and ~824k per Reform MP. PR-STV makes votes count more equally, keeps local representation and reduces the need for tactical voting.
If you want to sign this petition (as opposed to merely discuss it), you need to do that on the government's e-Petitions website.
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