Make My Vote Count

The campaign for voter choice and a more representative parliament

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Referendum 2010

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The expense crisis reveals a nation governed by a political elite that has stopped listening and who are accountable to no one but their party machines. Too many MPs seem more interested in changing their homes than changing the world. Our society faces real problems - mass unemployment and growing poverty, the threat of climate chaos and an erosion of our civil liberties to name but three. These all require effective government working on behalf of the popular will. Yet our whole political system is close to collapse. We demand a new electoral system that makes everyone's vote count.

On the day of the next general election, there should be a binding referendum on whether to change to a more proportional electoral system. This should be drawn up by a large jury of randomly selected citizens, given the time and information to deliberate on what voting system and other changes would make Parliament more accountable to citizens.

We demand the right to be able to vote for a change.
 

Helena Kennedy, QC; Philip Pullman, author; Damon Albarn, musician; John Sauven, Greenpeace; Martin Bell, anti-sleaze campaigner; Richard Wilson, actor; Polly Toynbee, journalist; Susie Orbach, author and psychologist; Jonathan Pryce, actor; Caroline Lucas, leader Green party; Brian Eno, musician; Neal Lawson, Compass; Ken Ritchie, Electoral Reform Society; Colin Hines, Green New Deal; Matthew Taylor (personal capacity), RSA; Hari Kunzru, author; Mark Thomas, comedian; Oona King, ex Labour MP; Michael Brown, journalist and ex-Tory MP; Pam Giddy, Power Inquiry; Salma Yaqoob, Leader Respect; Wes Streeting, President NUS; Gordon Roddick; Lisa Appignanesi, Chair of PEN; Prof James Forrester; Carmen Callil, author and publisher; Sunder Katwala, Fabians; Billy Bragg, musician; Sam Tarry, Chair Young Labour; Peter Facey, Unlock Democracy; Prof David Marquand; Dave Rowntree, musician; Richard Reeves, Demos; Ann Pettifor, Advocacy UK; Prof Richard Sennett; Sunny Hundal, Liberal Conspiracy; Anthony Barnett, openDemocracy; Richard Grayson, Social Liberal Forum; John Harris, journalist; Pete Myers, enoughsenough.org; Steve Richards, journalist; Tony Robinson, actor; Richard Murphy, Tax Justice; Jeremy Leggett, Solarcentury; AC Grayling, philosopher; Katie Hickman, author; Benedict Southworth, World Development Movement; Lance Price, journalist; Ann Black, Labour activist; Peter Tatchell, Human Rights campaigner; Hilary Wainwright, Red Pepper; David Aaronovitch, journalist; Kevin Maguire, journalist; Malcolm Clark; Paul Oldham; Mark Eaton; Jules Cousins; Biff Vernon; Lucie Middlemiss; Adam Langleben; Stuart Orford; John Franklin; Andrew Morwood; Andrea Walko; Matthew Griffiths; Andrew Dickie; Terence Turner; Helen Cross; Adrian Segens; Helen Banks; Brian Haines; Robert Phillips; Lorna Archer; Nicolas Doye; P Cattani; Hannah Lazell; Derek Law; Jeremy Wire; Ellen Dahrendorf; Cllr Romayne Phoenix; Adam Spencer; Chris Lovell; Mitchell Stirling; Natasha Lambert; Luke Dedominicis; Jane Macarthur; Jessica Moran; Gordon Hodgson; Peter Hirst; Chris Lowe; Jack Westmore; Robert Broadley; Terry Peers; Fiona Wilson; Vivien Pomfrey; Roger Creagh-Osborne; James Blair; Lee Baker; Michael Calderbank; David Holt; Andy Barclay; Callum Thomson; Gary McLachlan; Cllr Steve Munby; Paul Fox; Howard Spencer; Mark Rathbone; John Derrick; Paul Whitehorne; Matt Thompson; Thomas Holden; Frank Harasiwka; Dominic Mathon; Rosalind Harasiwka; Christine Allen; Michael Pope; Tim Baynes; Richard Ogden; Martin Kavanagh; Colin Walklin; Frank Hardee; Joanna Heselwood; Keith Wilson; Donald Cook; Neil Gall; David Cockayne; Martin Tod; Ian McNaught; Robin Thompson; Sam Coates; John Pipal; Tom Schuller; Nick Byrne; Robin Prior; Chris Townsend; Peter Roberts; Simon Radford; Frederick Holman; Erica Roberts; David England; Eryl Bassett; Vicki Perry; Laura Williams; Peter Zacaroli; Joanna Wharton; Ann Godden; Richard Taylor; Adam Mosley; James Connelly; Joseph Hopkins; Rhiannon Tricklebank-Owens; Kas Graham; James Wishart; Ricky Knight; Damian Sefton; Andrew Hudson; David Kane; Chris Dunford-Kelk; Philip Richards; Musab Younis; Mathew Wright; Andrew Packer; Matthew Roberts; Tony Kelly; Kevin Patch; Joanna Chesters; Stuart Piper; Graeme Robertson; Simon Burnton; Bill Holland; Adrian Sanders MP; Philip Ashmore; Richard Steeden; Steve Lambert; Ben Stevens; Anthony Otley; Stephen Johnson; Andrew Frew; Andrew Parrington; Terence Gilbert; Patrick Woodburn; Gary McKenna; Simon Knight; Paul Speller; Michael Carr; John Pinkerton; Paul Griffiths; Nick Tregoning; Chris Lee; J.S. Madell; Edward Maguire; Dave Gould; Toby Smith; Richard Filippi; Keith Paylor; Antony Mark Winspear; Paul Hurren; Matthew Phillips; Michael Dunne; John Marjoram - Town and District Councillor; Andrew Hatton; Thomas Hemsley; Andrew Cooley; Steven Chennells; Lee Harte; James Brown; Harry George; Stuart Charlesworth; Simon Childs; David Vatcher; Nathaniel Coleman; Gareth Robson; David Rolfe; John Ball; Roger Hicks; Steve Hindle; Graham Stewart; Peter Tinsley; Ian Campion-Smith; Simon Porter; Nigel Ramsden; Richard Norman; Adam Richardson; David Henshaw; Paul James Cowie; Stuart Jeffery; Mark Woodruff; Roland Randall; Luke Akehurst; Michael Fox; Gerry Jerome; Sophie Leighton; Neil Macmillan; Nick London; Andrew Downes; Amanda Baker; Paul James; Victoria Glover-Ward; John Ellis; Ross Milne; Cllr Philip Booth; Steve Deller; Andy Mullan; Steve Arnold; Maria Duggan; Josephine Herbert; Rob Payne; Mark Holder; Barbara Patterson; Les Jones; Ian Huntingford; Malcolm Fincken; Sharon Walsh; Jason White; Ian Wingfield; Michael Weller; Joe Lancaster; Paul Tyler; Anthony Bentley; Adam Swift; Martin Whiteside; Christopher Clegg; Richard Moorhead; Jeff Douglas; Margaret Douglas; Matthew Frost; Susan Ramm; Ian Chappell; Tony Eaves; Donald Simpson; Nicolas Ridley; Sue Ruth; Paula Hill; Darren Ward; Brevan Miles; Paul Whitehouse; Mark Holmstrom; Jeff Whitehill; Anne-Louise Robens; Adrian Richards; Tom Pullman; Stan Tennison; Alison Clarke; Stephen Henley; Owen Marshall; Christopher Willey; Chris Owen; Eamonn O'Reilly; John Shepherdson; Tony Vickers; Rowanne Smith; Tim Huckvale; John Southgate; Ian Bullock; Ed Williams; Alex Parsons; Stephen Adamson; Geoff Winkless; Tina Walker; Steven Skelton; Bryn Truscott; Jocelyn Ridley; Ted Kuness; Martin Bibby; Richard Godden; David O'Connor; Stephen Kershaw; Geoffrey Clare; Chris Fox; Chris Gerhard; Peter Smee; Philip Shaw; Kendrick Curtis; John Muir; Stephen Meigh; Stephen Howe; Alistair Balderson; Barbara White; Mary Therese Lavelle; John Baldwin; Michael Shipman; Sarah Perrigo; Rachel Smith; Malc Sharrock; Jonathan Tyler; Philip Greig; Pamela Tolladay; Jane Robins; Elizabeth Hirst; Simon Wade; Edith Glatter; Emily McIvor; Malcolm Sanders; Christopher Hanning; Kevin Brown; Neil Mather; Eric Shaw; Paul Cooney; Daniel Watkins; Lester Boxall; Lal Hussain; Richard Gilbert; Nicholas Thorn; Duncan Enright; Tony Crompton; Cynthia Phillips; Bob Nobes; Fred Foxon; Neil Wakeling; Tim Wright; Roger Willott; Chris Game; Duncan Bourne; Nicholas Reed; Paul Barker; Allan Ross; Daniel Bose; Fred Cogger; Robert Phillips; Scott Meikle; John Strafford; William Cummings; John Bartram; Mark Rogers; George Crabb; Mark Child; Anna Smart; Robert Evans; Frank Graham; Clive Woodland; Dan McIvor; Tim Williamson; Tony Hull; Richard Mann; Finlay Kerr; Sylvia & David Herriott; Professor Ron Glatter; James Marsh; Grazia Ietto-Gillies; Rob Roy; Tim Gill; Susan Murray; Stephen Hynd; Bill Kerry; Hussain Chaudhry; Ella Jensen; Fred Durman; Judy Hayman; Norman Bertram; Deryk Clarke; David Austin; Robert Jordan; David Sherlock; Madelaine Jones; Alan Matthews; Jacob Dengate; Jamie Ralston; Neil May; Mark Dunford; Ian Peacock; Rita Shaw; Glyn Roberts; Julian Huppert; Ann and Edwin Wakeling; Bob Imrie; Mark Vines-Forman; Sarah Lunnon; Nigel Metheringham; John Walton; Howard Thorp; Nicola Watkinson; Casper ter Kuile; Sue Kendrick; Rob Stuart; Nick Ray; Mark Willis; Robert Taylor; Stephen Hesford; Michael Thompson; Eliza Swinn; Alastair Wilson; Hassan Shabkhez; David Evans; Nathan Massey; Melanie Williams; Kevin Kumar; Charlie Pierce; Graham Handley; Matthew Joyce; Sandy Clyne; Fred Pollard; Jamie Griffiths; Del Hosain; Kenneth Heal; Jean Whittle; Helen Chappell; Rod Macrorie; David Turner; James Clay; Martin Browne; John Dearnley; Colin Buchanan; Michael Isserlis; Averil Margaret Ashton; Raymond Plant; Nick Cotter; Rosie Howes; Jonathan Pannell; Richard Fearn; Rick Osborn; Nigel Pavey; Eric Guy; Paul Krebs; Mike Dickens; Gordon Snow; Nicholas Peers; Peter Hore; Theodore Bacon; Cheryl Green; Andrew Wilkinson; Philip Pendered; Adrian Sinfield; Christopher Pankhurst; Andrew Hamilton; Ian O'Neill; Joss Sanglier; Richard Thomas; Celia Emmott; Lee Findell; Chris Saunders; Dilys Cluer; Mike Airey; John Thomas; Cheow-Lay Wee; Bill Richmond; Barry Rydz; Charlotte Gordon; Richard Rae; John Brumby; Dennis Warwick; Jonathan Ginzburg; Paul Goodison; Alexandra Jones; Keith Miller; Gordon McDougall; Maimie Davis; Lynne Devine; Tony Buron; David Malley; John Cochrane; Dave Phelan-Player; John Campbell; Nick Hall; Ronald Morter; William Taylor; Magaret Rose; Audrey Crane-Rowland; Magaret Rose; Brian Eastwood; Stephen Belfield; Karen Varga; Julia West; Antonia Benedek; Martin Childs; Bernard Knight; Graham Mansfield; Elisa De Vert; Liz Kampman; Roger Grimshaw; Stephen Curran; Cllr Mischa Borris; Jean Stead; Chris Parrott; Robin Evans; Iris Isserlis; Ben Hartshorn; Jennifer Duncan; Valerie Pinto; Chris Henderson; Stan Taylor; James Sommerville; Clare Clements; Claire Perrens; Charles Wicksteed; Bailey Bernie; Hazel Smith; Dominic Clouston; Michael Terwey; Richard Warren; Valerie Stuart; Matthew Summers; Mark Brown; Sophie Barton; Robert Wright; Norman Chapman; Sean Jennings; Ron Donaldson; Sheena Will; Tim Cooper; Daphne Groves; Charlie Game; Lisa Hebbard; Juliet Edgar; Dorothy Holmes; Simon Holledge; Mervyn Millar; Mike Bates; Jerry Ault; Nigel Baldwin; Mark Austin; Michael Main; John Toms; Edna Green; Desmond Campbell; John Pomeroy; Jake Dodds; Richard Gorton; Thomas Bacon; Andrew Palmer; Gavin Ellis; Alex Driver; Grzegorz Nieweglowski; Trevor Pearce; Hilary Chrusciezl; Marco Gillies; David Smith; Roderick Lawford; Kevin Winstanley; Marc Green; Chris Lord; Roger Hughes; Neil Christian; John Lipetz; Michael Swaby; Natacha Fovel; Rae Streets; Dominic Belfield; Christine Cunningham; Ken Holding; Matthew Bloomer; Jeanette Longfield; Marcus Warner; John Metcalf; James Abbott; Lee Mackey; Peter Foreman; Simon Kibble; Benjamin Black; Susan Lawrence; Jon Harvey; John Williams; Kimon Daltas; Joel Kenrick; Miki Jablkowska; Prof. Ailsa Land; Lee Standen; Michael McCarthy; Elizabeth Barraclough; Joy Drew; Richard Drew; David Hart; Ernest Wistrich; Paul Brown; Pat Brennan; Tony Kelly; Elizabeth Barraclough; Lynne Armstrong; Alexander Lewis; Thomas Torrance; Colin Wilsdon; Alison Williams; Richard Sturch; Philip Jones; Richard Bell; Olive Stedman; Peter Johnson; Brian Infield; Abigail Jackson; David Candler; Martin Dixon; Ben Christie; Colin Harbury; Delia Aldis; Martyn Forster; Jack Sturgess; Sue Prochak; Matthew Devine; Andrew Medhurst; Ronald Speirs; John Ellis; Roger Mercer; Amy Tatton-Brown; James Smith; Richard Cheney; Anthony Tuffin; Paul Reddick; Jacquie Salfield; Clive Parry; Aled Jones; Alexander Zeffertt; Sue Luxton; Tom Fleuriot; John Cross; Michael Hodge; Rosemary Mathew; Jason Kitcat; Lindsay Camp; Mike Willcox; Ian Cottrell; Craig McDermott; Levent Akbulut; Desmond Worthington; Pieter Bots; Keith Willey; Peter Challen; Oliver McWilliams; Natasha Dansey; Neil Harding; Adam Hardy; Stephen Crane; Michael Welch; George McFarlane; Mike Chappell; Lynne Temple; Francis McGonigal; Andy Jaeger; Matthew Skinner; Fiona Radic; Louise Alexander; Ian Pindar; Paul Thomas; Paul Burgess; Richard Daniels; Luke Charles; Faye Webber; John Leach; Andrew Noblet; Dylan Tynan; Mike Emmans-Dean; Bruce Meredeen; Mike Chaney; Oliver Huitson; Veronica Pasteur; Andy McGregor; Linda Lever; Christopher Hall; George Prall; Richard Milton; Prof Bill Jones; Adam Teladia; George Forsyth; Cyril Day; David Bender; Adrian Phillips; Joanie Wilkinson; Jim Fogarty; David Woodhead; Gwennan Hardy; George Apaya; Robert Cooke; Kenneth Charnock; Nicholas Brewer; Margaret Condick; Dr Kate Willshaw; Francis Brady; Kaihsu Tai; David Chedd; Alastair Gordon; John Combe; Ros Adams; Philip Revill; Paul Bailey; Daniel Flanagan; Robert Hayes; Stefan Brugger; Bill Linton; William Braham; Melanie Wilberforce; Guy Freeman; Maurice Frank; Jenna Bevan; Jo Ingold; Ben Hall; Colin A Farlow; Nigel Thomas; Roger Darke; Robert Goldspink; David Parker; Nicholas Branson; Chris Benner; Stephen Ball; Graham Bond; Barbara Ann Barrett; Martine Waltho; John Kolm-Murray; Steve Smedley; Brian O'Flynn; Vanessa Price; Tim Carroll; Steve Deacon; Ian Volante; Jonathan Hewer; Anneliese Emmans Dean; David Blundell; Gary Watts; Dr Ian McLauchlin; Harry Feather; Gordon Ross; Malcolm Dudley Naylor; Swatantra Nandanwar; Martin Kyrle; Jayne Tierney; Councillor Stan Pajak; Rebecca Seston; Gerald Morgan; Henry Tinsley; John Maxwell-Jones; Valerie Longman; Rob Hull; Michael Hinds; David Dyke; Mark Potter; Alan Ray-Jones; Kenneth Elder; Tim Perkins; Gordon Garrad; Craig Nicol; Mark Smith; Christopher Clegg; Basil Jones; David Faulkner; Rachel Brett; Niklas Smith; Roy E Palmer; David Poulter; David Hamer Lewis; Frank Willy; Angela Brodie; Darren Preedy; Frances Smith; William Watson; Paul Ruston; Peter Davidson; Susan Kay; Helen Whittle; Maggy Daniell; Alastair Fischer; David Rennie; John C Walters; Matthew Knott; Carol Flaskett; Richard Murray; Carolyn Heaps; Graham Kennard; John Moylan; Albert Hempstead; Brian Candeland; Tony Samphier; Christina Meiklejohn; Anita Swingler; Diana Kealey; Philip Denner; Ian Bunting; William Marker; Chris Drake; Sophie Franklin; Susan Zasikowski; Val Fogarty; Alex Matthews; Bob O'Mahoney; Patrick Riggs; Guy Otten; Philip Hosking; Dona Vanbloemen; Malcolm Chainey; Amyan Macfadyen; Glynn Sherston; Daniel Rees; Nick Doyle; Philip Spencer; John Headon; Garrick Stevens; Bill Winlow; Chris Dorling; Mel James; Philip Evans; Sue Kenel; Ken Smith; Sheila Smith; Alasdair Donaldson; Anthony John Manfield; Peter Rooney; Rachel Dring; Julia Ault; David Miles; Mark Willis; John White; Darren Hopkinson; Geoffrey Southall; Andrew Bull; Elinor Suter; Annabelle Harle; Andrew Thomas; Jo Shaw; Chris Jefferies; Johnnie Shannon; Sonia Gable; Aimee Middlemiss; James Masters; Felicity Paterson; David Ives; Robert Higgins; Geoffrey Payne; Edward Massey; Si Bunting; Ali Abbas; Laurence Walbrugh; Anne Logan; Tom Miller; Helen Mc Avoy; Christopher Knott; Nuruzzaman "Mukul" Hira; Hazel Smith; Victor Anderson; Duncan Keeling; Ronald Phillips; David Puckett; Philippa Norridge; Neil Hughes; M Adams; David Carter; Tim Knight; Jim King; Rod Dorling; Richard Bosworth; Mirna de Ru; Ian Nendick; Keith Woolley; Chris Halpin; Bruce Nadin; Adrian Peeler; Andrew Morrell; Peter Wade; Margaret Woolley; John Ellerby; Caritas Charles; Tom Inglis; David Steer; Charlotte Connor; Amanda Pettet; Roger Oliver; Robert Richardson; Crispin Walker; Christopher Maslen; Roy Gregg; Martin Clee; Arthur C James; James Anderson; Robin Beaven; Geoff Bunn, artist; Joe Ryan; Laura Chappell; Nick Turner; Frank Takacs; Peter Barber; Dale Askew; Stephen Lyon; Heather Martin; Nicola Ansell; Bryan Woodfield; Ann Woodfield; Colin Coe; Sean Webb; Paul Madden; Tom Johnson; Rosemary Doman; Sam Bradley; Joanna Beacroft-Mitchell; Ben Talbutt; Ian Bond; Adrian Key; Duncan Stott; Elizabeth Hunter; Tim Senior; Rupert Price; Paul Williams; Ian Vine; Steven Southerden-Dive; Michael Harrington; Sarah Waite-Gleave; Stephen Williams; Sheila Smith; Stuart Rodger; Jean Patefield; Fraser Sutherland; Ben Butterworth; Noel Nowosielski; Stephen de Winton; Peter Meehan; Patricia O'Connor; James Richardson; Jamie Woolley; Peter Jones; Alex Lee; Joanne Clark; Eddger.e. Beckford.; Alan Grey-Wilson; Jason Hughes; Fiona Millar; Jonathan Hobson; Peter Wemyss-Gorman; Ken Milward; Kim Warren; Pam Parnell; Paul Gilmartin; Margaret Parker; Conrad Bebbington; Daniel Short; Ian Woods; Jonathan Knowles; Christopher Whalen; Peter Williamson; Thomas Holroyd; Margaret Sleeman; Johnny Mooney; Andrew Tipp; Roger Bailey; Norman Sheppard; Phil Davis; Jeremy Pardoe; Charlotte Cornwell; Lisa Pearce; Robert Slinn; David James; Charlotte Keith; J R Featonby; Rowe Christopher; Simon Morton; Martin Willis; Tina Lawlor Mottram; James Brown; Julian Ware-Lane; Ruth & Derek Davenport; Justine Fernandes; Toby Smith; Charles Leek; Roger Fryatt; Morgan Finlayson; Abi Jackson; David Bailey; Mark Nightingale; Laurence Dorman; Patrick Allcorn; Charlie Harris; Qamar Zia; Suzanna Cook; Sam Wilkin; Robin Lismore; Colin Carritt; Howard Mitchell; Steven Read; Tony Ferguson; Jane Barrett; Hyacinth Hesketh; David Carver; John Volleamere; I Wallis; Martin Childs; Peter Foreman; Valerie Longman; Rob Hull; Alec Dauncey; Gladys Edmonds; Gavin Foad; Scott Edgar; Graham Peirson; Kate Harding; David Sterratt; Diana Jeuda; Geraldine O'Brien-Mead; Tim Vince; Alan Houston; Roy Soulsby; Edward Harman; Hazel Cowan; Stephen Phillips; Barbara White; Chris Sennett; B Savage; Daniel James Evans; Jeremy Corbett; Kiren Kaur; Angelica Liddell; Heather Barge; David Bowden; Veronica Zundel; Linda Eden-Ellis; Christina Shaw  (Lib Dem campaigner); eva georgiou; Elizabeth Baldwin; Paul Harris; Martin Morris; Darren Saunders; Tom Hewitson; Graeme Harker; Tony Bittan; John Shurmer-Smith; Angharad Thomas; Chris Harris; Mark Nash-Williams; Euan Wilkinson; Peter Moore; Shilpa Abrol; Stefanie Nesse; Taina Miettinen; Andrew Hicks; Alex Royden; John Parker; Philippa Jill Manasseh; Brian Furness; Dave Page; Peter Smith; Alan Kerr; ben crompton; Adrian Trett; Antony Melville; Martin Gallagher; Nicola Goodchild; Peter Fryett; Keith Bradshaw; David Griffiths; Jenny Stratton; graham johnson; Ian Frank; Sally Plummer; Mary Keynes; Robert Blakey; Jennifer Graham; tony pickett; Claire Preston; Sara Scarlett; Adam Slack; kirsty roe; John Beacroft-Mitchell; Judith Swain; Conor Murphy; John Adcock; Anna Speight; Ryan Bridgewater; John Wordsworth; Michelle Stokes; Jill Baston; Gordon Ross; Casparus Nell; Elizabeth Rose; Adam Shire; Victoria Claire Sapsed; Gavin Bennison; Colleen Gamble; Tom Barker; Martin Keats; Brenda Steel; Tina Brookes; Domingas miguel; Simon Smith; Judith Williams; Kevin Spiers; CAROL BOND; Sandra Embrey; Neil Embrey; sam windsor; Laura Givens; Fraser Kennedy; Julie Thomas; Len Underhill; June Hunt; Ellie Harrison; Richard Green; Roger Alexander; Eleanor Weeks-Bell; allan CHALLENGER; Reg Dyer; Mike Tagg; Caroline Farmer; plus another 57 people who have asked not to be listed above.

A total of 1184 people.

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