UCU: Congress instructs UCU to support proportional representation for UK elections

Motion

Motion title: Congress instructs UCU to support proportional representation for UK elections

Motion text: Congress notes that the UK is one of only three major developed countries to use a First Past the Post voting system for general elections.
Congress believes that First Past the Post is bad for progressive politics. In fourteen of the last fifteen general elections, most people have voted for parties to the left of the Conservatives, yet Conservatives have been in power for most of this time. Conservatives have attacked trade unions and workers’ rights, public services, and the welfare state.
Furthermore, a small minority of voters in marginal constituencies decide the outcomes of elections. There are constituencies in which people have never influenced the result of general elections.
There are tried-and-tested forms of Proportional Representation which maintain a close constituency link between MPs and their voters, allowing voters to vote for named candidates.
Congress resolves to reject First Past the Post and support the introduction of Proportional Representation.