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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics

We need a voting system that serves citizens first and foremost

Polling station sign outside Manchester Central library
‘It is vital that the commission should consult widely with voting system experts and with a forum of voters.’ Photograph: Gary Roberts/SOPA Images/Shutterstock

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.

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