Let's keep MMP & make it even better.

MMP benefits voters rather than politicians. Here are some of the benefits:

MMP is fair because it is a proportional system. Voters get what they vote for. The seats a political party gets in parliament matches the percentage of votes they win at the election.  For example, if a party gets a quarter of the votes, it gets a quarter of the seats. As a result, voters get parliaments that look and think like us, in the same proportion. Of all the alternatives, only MMP is designed to produce proportional results and to encourage a more diverse mix of people in parliament. MMP is fairer!

You might like one of your local candidates but not like their party. You can split your vote and vote for the person you like in your electorate and for a different party with your party vote. Under MMP, your vote counts and you have more choices.

Everyone can approach their electorate MP. Under MMP, everyone can also approach list MPs for help - we have more choice. This is particularly important for people who want to talk to an MP who shares their ethnicity, age group or gender or particular interest or experience.

Politicians from different parties have to work alongside each other. Small parties have learned they have to compromise a lot to get some key policies that they want, and major parties have learned how to accommodate some small party promises while still getting their way on most things.

List MPs often 'shadow' electorate MPs from other parties to keep them honest, and give voters in electorates more MPs to choose from.

MMP and women's representation in New Zealand - A report prepared for Women for MMP by Ana Gilling and Sandra Grey, 2010

MMP and women's representation in New Zealand - summary factsheet