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constituency Labour Party delegates backed the motion, while 95.03% of affiliates – almost entirely comprising unions – voted against. This led to an overall result of 42.24% in favour of the motion and 57.76% opposed. Labour for a New
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with a proportional electoral system at the Labour Party's annual conference in
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281:. Later on in 2018, the campaign organised a nationwide day of action - Demand Democracy Day - on 30 June as a prelude to the inaugural Cabinet Office-organised National Democracy Week. The action day saw volunteers organise events in over 60 towns and cities across the UK from Truro to Aberdeen.
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215:. Make Votes Matter advocates a proportional representation system (in line with the rest of Europe), campaigning for it based on the principles established in the Make Votes Matter Declaration. These are that a voting system should ensure:
251:. These petitions received over 477,000 signatures and were delivered to 10 Downing Street by a cross-party group of politicians. Through these petitions, a group of activists formed to continue campaigning for proportional representation.
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