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We need a voting system that serves citizens first and foremost | Letter

the Guardian·Guardian Staff·21 days ago
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Your editorial ( The Guardian view on Britain’s multiparty politics: the Westminster voting system needs to catch up, 6 May ) summarises the position perfectly. But what about a solution? Fortunately, this has been thought of by the all-party parliamentary group for fair elections . This has been Westminster’s largest APPG since its formation a few months after the 2024 general election. More than half of its 159 members are Labour MPs, but it also includes Liberal Democrats, Greens, the SNP, Plaid Cymru, an independent and a Conservative vice-chair. The APPG is calling for the government to urgently set up a national commission on electoral reform, with a ready-made terms of reference setting out how to go about it. Expectations are that the commission could report as soon as 15 months after a decision to appoint it.…

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