Mayor Proposes Vote-System Review

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Leading Labour Mayor Calls on Keir Starmer to Review Westminster’s Warped Voting System

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Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham spoke at fringe event at Labour Party conference in Liverpool .

He said: 'Why not launch a review of the voting system for the House of Commons ? And why not consider carefully whether Proportional Representation has the support of the country to bring it forward'.

APPG is backed by campaigners at Fair Vote UK .

Will push for measures including replacing First Past the Post with a proportional voting system.

Backers say it will play an active role bringing together campaigns both inside and outside Parliament .

The group warns that recent years of scandal as well as concerns over foreign interference in UK politics have exposed critical vulnerabilities’ in British elections.

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