Our supporters

It’s the passion and commitment of our supporters that has got the issue of electoral reform firmly on the political agenda. Thousands of people from across the UK have come together to lobby politicians and demand the right to choose a fairer voting system. Vote for a Change is also supported by a long list of high profile names from the worlds of politics, civil society and entertainment.

Click here to see the list of people backing us.

Most important however are the thousands of ordinary voters who have come together because of a shared feeling of disillusionment with the status quo at Westminster.

The expenses scandal has exposed our politicians as accountable to no-one, least of all the people they are meant to represent.

You can read below just some of the personal reasons our supporters have given for joining Vote for a Change. Their motivations are as numerous as they are impassioned. But the common theme is the desire to restore faith in our broken democracy and put power back where it belongs – in the hands of voters at the ballot box.

"Men in my family fought in both World Wars, for democracy. Some gave their lives, and during my four years' wartime service in the Royal Navy, I came near to doing so many times. I am still awaiting delivery of the promised article. What does the term 'democracy' mean to the man in the street? Surely it means having a say in the way one is governed. Now aged 85, I have voted in every General and Local election for 64 years, but have never had my say. My vote has always been confiscated by the current system. For all the say I have ever had, I might as well have died on the Atlantic and Arctic Convoys, or at the D-Day beaches, or later in the Pacific. It would seem that my seven medals have no significance. I am still hoping that perhaps just once before I die I may have the pleasure of casting a vote which counts—that just for once I may have my say."

— Ralph H.

"I have voted without fail since I was able, but always have the feeling that my voice is never heard. Now I just walk in and spoil my paper in protest. Everything is too tied up in party politics on levels where party politics should not be an issue and the people's voices are not being heard. The way we vote needs to be changed."

— Rebecca T.

"As a recently turned 18 year old, I've spent the first six years of my political life in a kind of political vacuum. I have a sense of powerlessness - a sense that the politicians couldn't care less about my opinions.

 I was convinced that when I was finally enfranchised by the British state, my opinion might count. Sadly I was mistaken. It's not related to who I am, but an accident of the way I was born: I live in a Tory safe-seat."

— David B.

"I've just learned that twice in the past fifty years the party with the majority vote did not win the election. It's something that I wasn't really aware of, and I'm sure a lot of others weren't either. I feel proud to be a citizen in a democratic country, but now I'm starting to feel that maybe I'm not."

— K. T. Tunstall, Musician

The Vote for a Change campaign is only as strong as its supporters. When we speak together, with one voice, the politicians cannot ignore our call for change. We hope you'll join us.