We are Fair Vote UK.

Since our launch on 24 March 2018,  Fair Vote UK has achieved significant strides at holding power to account in the areas of digital accountability and democratic integrity.

Our premise: inform people and let pthem decide how we need to protect against foreign interference and data theft in our democracy. In just over two years since our launch:

• Cambridge Analytica has been shuttered;
• Vote Leave has been found guilty of breaking electoral law and accepted the verdict;
• Facebook received the maximum fine for violating the data protection act;
• A growing international consensus has emerged for regulation of social media platforms to protect democracies from the rise of disinformation and foreign interference.

Our first year was driven by headline-grabbing global news stories for our whistleblowers Christopher Wylie and Shahmir Sanni. These put us at the centre of the “news of the day.” First, Vote Leave’s now confirmed law-breaking in the EU referendum. Second, Facebook’s enabling of Cambridge Analytica to take the data of 87 million people without their consent. This allowed us to build strong relationships with organisations and governments and have significant influence on the direction of policy.

Fair Vote UK was set up to tackle the issue of data misuse, voter manipulation and lack of transparency in elections head-on. We are committed to ensuring the institutions that protect our democratic processes are fit for purpose in a digital age.

This is why we have developed a platform of simple but necessary electoral reforms and are calling for a Digital Bill of Rights to protect the right to privacy of individuals all over the world.

Transparency

We are committed to transparency in our leadership and sources of support. Byline Festival provided necessary funding to launch this project. From there, we expect most support to come from individual supporters. We will make make public any contributions over £500 unless there is a legitimate concern for safety and/or privacy. To date, the following organisations and individuals have contributed more than £500 to our organisation: ByLine Festival, P. Forsyth, UK-EU Open Policy Limited (Best for Britain), M. Johnson, and the Laura Kinsella Foundation.