Please help us make the most of this HUGE opportunity.
For the first time in over a decade, we have a chance to make our politics work better for everyone.
The new government was elected on promises to clean up our politics, reform the House of Lords, and improve voter registration.
Let’s get them to deliver the democratic reforms they’ve promised - and urge them to go even further.
We need to raise money now and strike while the iron is hot. Every donation helps us secure changes that will make our politics tangibly better.
The clock is ticking - we can’t afford to let this chance slip away.
Please donate now!
What’s the problem?
Right now, democracy is in a bad spot. The public’s trust in our politics has plummeted to a fifty-year low.
We saw democracy backslide for years under the last government which passed laws to make it harder to protest peacefully and harder to vote.
And the fundamental problems still remain. Our unfair voting system fails to deliver what people voted for, and our antiquated House of Lords grows larger and larger.
The public is getting impatient. Without real changes to our politics, more people will disengage, leaving the door open to populism, polarisation, and the Far Right.
The next year is going to be critical in our mission to fix our politics. Together we can convince the Government to act NOW to fix our democracy.
We cannot do it without you. Please help us by donating to our Crowdfunder today.
What can we achieve?
We have reasons to be optimistic.
With your help, we can win some significant democratic reforms within this Parliament.
In their first 100 days, the new government has taken steps towards fixing our politics.
They have moved on abolishing hereditary peers from the House of Lords, and have set up a Modernisation Committee to drive up standards in the House of Commons.
This is a huge step forwards from the democratic backsliding we witnessed in the last Parliament.
But we are committed to pushing them further. We can push them to enact reforms that make a real difference to how our politics work.
We have a real chance to secure changes like:
- The government must keep going with House of Lords reform - such as an overhaul to the appointments system which has allowed chums and cronies to enter the House of Lords.
- Better rules governing standards in public life - driving up the public's trust in our politics for good.
- Automatic Voter Registration - so millions are not excluded from our elections unnecessarily.
- Restrictions on MPs having second jobs - so MPs are focused on representing their constituents and scrutinising legislation.
- Restoring the original voting system for Mayoral elections - which means candidates must find common ground with voters, not peddle the politics of division.
But we need to act fast.
The first year of a new government sets the tone for a new parliament. We can’t let democracy issues end up on the back burner.
Please donate today to tell this government that fixing our democracy simply cannot wait.
Why we need your help…
We rely on the generosity of our members and supporters to make our work possible.
We are not as well funded as our opponents. Many opponents of democratic reforms are shadowy think tanks receiving large donations from unknown sources.
Unlock Democracy is 100% transparent about where our funding comes from and how we use it to drive change.
By donating to our Crowdfunder today, you will be funding activities such as:
- Persuading MPs to back reform - there are more persuadable MPs in the House of Commons than ever before. Let’s get them to make democracy a priority.
- Building public support - we want to drum up support for democratic reforms to create a movement that is impossible to ignore.
- Growing our organisation - Unlock Democracy has doubled in size in recent years, but we have ambitions to grow even bigger and become more influential.
- Engaging with the smaller parties - to make sure they keep the pressure on the government, and keep mentioning democratic reforms in Parliament and in the media.
- Support our team - our team of democracy defenders has years of experience in campaigning, engaging with the press, digital advertising, fundraising, and more.
Please help us make this all possible by donating to our Crowdfunder today.
This is the best chance we have had in a generation to fix our broken politics.
The clock is ticking. We need this government to get started on driving through reforms ASAP.
Your support is key to that.
Please donate to our Crowdfunder today!