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Letter to Labour MPs – Unite votes for PR at Policy Conference

Get PR Done! worked hard to support the PR motion at the recent Labour Party Conference. While that motion gained huge support from CLP’s it was defeated by the Union block vote. However, the Unite union which voted against the PR motion has now adopted a new policy in favour of PR. We want to get the message through to Labour that if the conference vote were held again today, the motion would be carried. So we would like every Get PR Done! supporter who has an elected Labour MP (or Councillor) to write to their representative and outline the case for PR.

Some of you may have an MP who is already in favour of PR (there is a handy list of those MP’s at the bottom of this page where you can check). If you do that’s great, but please still write to them regardless to let them know that you are right behind them when it comes to PR.

For those have an MP who is either against, or who has yet to publicly state a view, we need them to hear our voices in favour of PR. We know that you are all really busy people, so if you don’t have time to write your own letter, we have made it really easy for you.

  • Go to https://www.writetothem.com/ (opens in a new tab)
  • Enter your post code.
  • Choose your Labour MP (and other representatives as well if they are Labour).
  • Copy and paste the text below (feel free to edit to include your own thoughts).
  • Enter your details.
  • Click to send.
  • Watch out for a confirmation email from “WriteToThem” in your inbox and click the link.
Dear Labour MP,

At your party conference on 27 Sept., the motion for electoral reform was overwhelmingly supported by CLP’s, but was not carried as a result of the union block vote. ( A copy of that motion can be found in this ‘Labour List’ article https://labourlist.org/2021/09/conference-rejects-motion-committing-labour-to-proportional-representation/ ) However, a large and in fact, decisive component of that block vote, the UNITE union, has now changed its policy.As new UNITE secretary general Sharon Graham said on 22nd October: “Today, Unite policy conference voted to support proportional representation for the first time in our history.”

“Our members across this union already use PR to elect their representatives – it is high time that Westminster caught up. Our political class has failed working people and our system is broken. It is time to change our democracy.”

Since the Unite policy conference would normally have taken place prior to the Labour Conference — but did not due to the pandemic — it is quite clear to me that the electoral reform motion should have been carried. The consequence is that the leadership would now be considering the adoption of PR as party policy for the next election. I would therefore urge you to pressure the leadership to include the proportional representation in the next manifesto.

Above all, the Labour Party stands for fairness and proportional representation is about giving the people of this country fair representation in parliament. If Labour won’t stand for fairness in our democracy, then how can it claim to stand for fairness in any other matter? Democracy is the foundation of government. That foundation is badly broken and it needs to be fixed in order to allow better government to flourish in the future.

Kind Regards, Your Constituent


Labour MPs who support PR

  • Abaeravon, Stephen Kinnock
  • Barking, Dame Margaret Hodge
  • Battersea, Martha De Cordova
  • Bermondsey & Old Southwark Neil Coyle
  • Birmingham , Yardley Jess Phillips
  • Bootle Peter Dowd
  • Brenford & Isleworth, Ruth Cadbury
  • Brent Central, Dawn Butler
  • Brighton, Kemptown Lloyds Russell Moyle
  • Bristol East, Kerry McCarthy
  • Bristol North West, Darren Jones
  • Caerphilly, Wayne David
  • Cambridge, Daniel Zeichner
  • Canterbury, Rosie Duffield
  • Cardiff West, Kevin Brennan
  • Cardiff North, Anna McMorrin
  • Coventry North West, Taiwo Owatemi
  • Croydon Central, Sarah Jones
  • Croydon North, Steve Reed
  • Dagenham & Rainham, Jon Cruddas
  • Helen Hayes, Dulwich & West Norwood
  • Ealing , Southall, Ms Virendra Sharma
  • Ealing Central & Acton, Rupa Huq
  • Easington, Graham Morris
  • Edinburgh South, Ian Murray
  • Ellsmere Port & Neston,Justin Madders
  • Enfield Southgate, Banbos Charalambous
  • Exeter, Ben Bradshaw
  • Gower, Tonia Antoniazzi
  • Hammersmith, Andy Slaughter
  • Hampstead & Kilburn, Tulip Siddiq
  • Hayes & Harlington, John McDonnell
  • Huddersfield, Barry Sherman
  • Ilford North, Wes Streeting
  • Ilford South, Sam Tarry
  • Lancaster & Fleetwood, Cat Smith
  • Leeds North West, Alex Sobel
  • Lewisham Depford, Vicky Foxcroft
  • Manchester Central, Lucy Powell
  • Newcastle upon Tyne North, Catherinne McKinnell
  • Norwich South, Clive Lewis
  • Oldham East & Saddleworth, Debbie Abrahams
  • Oxford East, Anneliese Dodds
  • Plymouth, Sutton & Devonport, Luke Pollard
  • Poplar & Limehouse, Apsana Begum
  • Portsmouth South, Stephen Morgan
  • Putney, Fleur Anderson
  • Reading East, Matt Rodda
  • Rhondda, Chris Bryant
  • Rochdale, Tony Llyod
  • Sheffield Central, Paul Bloomfield
  • Sheffield Hallam, Olivia Blake
  • Sheffield Heeley, Louise Haig
  • Slough, Tan Dhesi
  • Stalybridge & Hyde, Jonathan Reynolds
  • Streatham, Bell Ribeiro Addy
  • Swansea West, Geraint Davies
  • Tooting, Rosena Allin-Khan
  • Tottenham, David Lamy
  • Tynemouth, Sir Alan Campbell
  • Vauxhall, Florence Eshalowi
  • Walthamstow, Stella Creasy
  • Weaver Vale, Mike Amersbury
  • Westminster North, Karen Bush
  • Wirral West, Margaret Greenwood
  • York Central, Rachel Maskell

ABOUT GET PR DONE!

GET PR DONE! is a cross party/no party campaigning group that is working to bring in a proportional representation voting system in the UK.

“We set up the GET PR DONE! project for three reasons:
1) the current voting system is fundamentally undemocratic; it leads to minority rule;
2) the best alternative is proportional representation (PR) voting. With PR, every vote counts;
3) a FIRST STEP on the road to PR is an energetic cross party/ no party campaign to win Labour Party support.”

ABOUT THIS WEBSITE

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