We want a government elected and supported by the majority of voters, and not the few. Elections produce winners and losers. Or at least that's what First-Past-the-Post tells us. However with our politics as it is the most consistent loser in our elections is you the voter.

Unwon elections.

If you looked at our parliament after any election in the last 30 years you might assume as much as 2/3 of the British public had decided to back the government. Yet in truth First-Past-the-Post elections continue to throw up huge majorities based on a minority of the vote.

These are fake majorities - bad for government, bad for opposition and bad for the voters.  They have helped reduce the House of Commons to a rubber stamp for governments, enfeebling opposition and limiting the chance for serious debate. The system continues to have a bearing on the quality of governance we receive, and has forced parties into the kind of Punch and Judy politics voters have long grown weary of.

Supporters of third and minor parties in particular have not been able to see their candidates make the sort of contribution to our politics that their national support should warrant. But as a country we are not in the business of delivering the kind of politics the people actually vote for.

A government for the many

We believe that proportional representation is essential to ensure that any government has true legitimacy in its job working on behalf of all the British people. Quite simply the support a party receives in the country must be reflected in the seats in receives in Parliament.