Referendum 2010 Campaign

 

The campaign is now publicly launched.  A broad range of civil society organisations and individuals have come together to call for a referendum on the day of the next general election to change the way we elect our MPs.  Add your name to the list of supporters.

Our message is simple and strong: real change, not just new faces. An end to safe seats and seeming jobs for life for some MPs. Remove the power that MPs have to decide how they are elected ... and give that to the voters instead. Bring in greater accountability for those who represent us; and greater choice at the ballot box in the first place.

At the next general election, we want to give voters the chance to register their feelings twice: once to get rid of a tainted MP; and once to get rid of a rotten system and change things for good. One vote to elect a fresh face to represent them; and one vote (in a nationwide referendum) to bring a fresh start to politics.

- launch letter in The Observer - signed by a range of leading figures from across the cultural, academic, political and civil society worlds.
- accompanying article and editorial in The Observer.
- explanatory webpage on ERS site  (also see the vote for a change campaign website )
- ERS press release welcoming Alan Johnson's calls for a referendum  

Elections affect all of us; this campaign is about all of us. We want your vote to count the same wherever you live and whoever you are. A list of influential people may have been necessary to launch the campaign and get media coverage, but now it is your turn to star. 

What you can do:

1) Show your support for the campaign - add your name to the list of signatories. Sign up online now.  

2) Promote the campaign to others - via word-of-mouth, email, facebook and twitter (use hashtag #ref2010).

3) See our action updates (most recent and older) for letter-writing or emailing we need you to do to your local MP and also to several Cabinet Ministers and newspapers.  To help you we have produced campaign talking points and advice on writing to MPs.

NB. Latest Action: Bust those Daily Mail myths - respond to the Mail's editiorial which attacked electoral reform

4) Sign up to receive Make Votes Count campaign updates and action requests - use the form at the top of the page.

5) Give a  donation to MVC to enable us to more quickly push this campaign forward and get the messages out to more people.

6) Keep on spreading the word about the positives of PR elections in general; especially that your vote counts in the European Parliamentary elections on 4 June. See our dedicated website www.eurovotescount.org.uk

7) See our newly updated 'Take Action' page on our website for more suggestions; including details of our brand new activism hub.  

MVC Media Contact: Malcolm Clark - Director, Make Votes Count (m) 07733322148 /

NB: Make Votes Count is acting as one of the activism hubs of the 'Vote for a Change' campaign. The statement of support on this site is the same one as on the Vote for a Change website.  There is no need to sign up to both.  All names on here will be added to the Vote for a Change central campaign list. 

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