The UK is the most centralised country in Western Europe, and First Past the Post is not helping.
FPTP’s ‘winner takes all’ culture draws power further into Westminster, and incentivises those wielding that power to keep it with themselves.
‘Levelling up democracy’ is therefore increasingly becoming a part of discussions of how we address regional inequalities.
Democracy Loves Local Power is the latest event in Make Votes Matter’s ‘Democracy Loves’ series, designed to showcase how we can use PR to build a better society.
In this event, we highlight how PR can help rebalance power across the UK, and how countries with Proportional Representation have often been more effective at levelling up.
Many thanks to our cross-party panel of speakers:
Jane Dodds, Liberal Democrat leader and MS
David Ford, former Alliance Party leader and MLA
Zack Polanski, Green Party London AM
Tommy Sheppard, Scottish National Party MP
Paul Sweeney, Labour Party MSP
Jackie Weaver (chair)
