Petition · past parliament

Change the whole UK voting system to Proportional Representation.

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Proportional Representation would mean that the number of seats matches the number of votes, and creates greater voter choice, and gives a voice to more parties. In a modern democracy PR is far more representative of the people than First Past the Post.
First Past the Post is an archaic system, one that creates minority governments ruling a majority and in a modern democracy this is not acceptable. Under the current FPTP system smaller parties have no voice; the seats a party gets do not reflect the number of votes. PR would give greater voter choice, would make every vote count, instead of wasting millions of votes, and ensure that everyone in the UK had their voice say. PR is more democratic than FPTP

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

You may wish to sign this petition which calls for the same action: Change our electoral system to Proportional Representation for true democracy.

Timeline

31 Oct 2020 Petition opened for signatures
5 Nov 2020 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 5 Nov 2020

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.