Klina Jordan: Co-founder and Chief Executive

Klina is a lifelong meliorist. She has diverse professional expertise from a career which, from 1996 to 2015, spanned sustainable enterprise, arts, recruitment and hospitality, with a particular focus on events, marketing and business development. Since 2015 at MVM she has built and supported a dedicated, capable and collaborative team, which, alongside our many allies, has dramatically shifted the landscape and possibilities around electoral reform. 

Klina leads the Alliance of seven parliamentary parties (and smaller ones), many organisations and public figures. As primary representative of the campaign she has developed close relationships with senior figures across the political spectrum, press, and key organisational and grassroots stakeholders. She leads the collaborative development of strategy and oversees the campaign, weaving it into a coherent and effective whole. 

Klina’s passion is winning real democracy, because without equal votes we can't take effective action on urgent environmental and social issues. She believes we will get Proportional Representation soon if we genuinely listen to each other and work together, and she encourages people to take hope and action. Klina has a Master's Degree from the University of Oxford and she loves dancing, cat cuddles and saunas - generally not at once.

Cormac Manning: Fundraising Manager

Cormac became Fundraising Leader at Make Votes Matter in January 2020. His job is to make sure that the campaign has enough financial resources to take the fight for Proportional Representation to the next level, using his fundraising experience and passion for real democracy. Previously, he was involved in setting up a Make Votes Matter local group in Belfast, and has also worked on electoral reform in the state of Maine in the USA. He has also volunteered on a number of election and referendum campaigns.

He has a master’s degree in law from Queen’s University Belfast, and previously studied co-operative business, law, and Irish at University College Cork. He believes that a fairer voting system will give every voter more choice and more voice.

Sally Yalden: Local Groups and Diversity Leader

Sally joined Make Votes Matter in June 2022 as a part-time member of the team. Sally has been an activist and campaigner for many years, but a ‘light-bulb moment’ led her to decide that pressing issues such as the climate emergency can only be tackled through electoral and constitutional reform.

Having set up a local MVM group with another activist, Sally now supports local MVM groups nationally. She is also responsible for promoting diversity within the movement for PR.

Prior to Make Votes Matter, Sally has worked as a teacher, lecturer and more recently a business owner. She is also a parish councillor and volunteers with many other groups. When Sally isn’t volunteering, she is a busy mum who can be often found dragging her son along to street stalls or marches! Sally hopes that his first vote in a few years will matter!

Millicent Scott Brooks: Operations Manager

Millicent joined Make Votes Matter as Operations Manager in September 2022. She has a background in political education and change management in the third sector. She previously held senior positions for the Association for Citizenship Teaching and the Democratic Society, as well as having managed educational projects for the European Parliament’s UK Office. 

As part of the Make Votes Matter team, Millicent is responsible for ensuring that our operations are politically effective, cost effective, managed by happy and well-organised staff and overseen by a supported board of directors. 

Millicent holds a BA in political science from the LSE and King’s College as well as an MSc in the same subject from the University of Edinburgh as well as a teaching qualification. 

When not working for MVM, Millicent teaches Norwegian, is a keen knitter, traveller and mother of two who is currently learning Ukrainian. 

Andy Berriman: Grassroots Leader

Andy joined Make Votes Matter in August 2022 as Grassroots Leader after twenty years of secondary school teaching.

Living in a long-standing 'safe seat' he feels the urgent need to reform the voting system to Make Votes Matter everywhere! Having set up a local MVM group Andy is now responsible for leading the whole grassroots movement. This includes delivering MVMs national action days and coordinating MVMs volunteers & activists to show that PR is a doorstep demand.

Prior to Make Votes Matter, Andy was the leader of the Arts Faculty at a comprehensive school in Hersham. He is a semi-regular park-runner and a news junkie - invariably listening to political podcasts as he runs - and tries to stay aware of his aching joints. He is helping to change the electoral system so that his two daughters (and the rest of us!) can focus on electing with their hearts as well as their heads.

Alberto Smith: Alliance & Support Executive

Alberto joined Make Votes Matter in March 2023 and works on expanding and consolidating MVM's Alliance for PR. He meets with politicians and organisations from all political parties and none, to make the case for a Britain in which every voice is heard, and every vote matters.

Prior to his work with MVM, Alberto has worked as a researcher on economic development, a politics and economics tutor, a parliamentary assistant, and in the construction industry before studying at university. Alberto has a BA in Politics from Queen Mary University of London and an MA in International Political Economy from Kings College London. He has campaigned on environmental issues, workers rights, humanitarian issues and electoral reform for the last 10 years.

His passion for PR stems from a feeling that without an equal vote, we don't have an equal say in how we're governed, what our priorities should be, and what we collectively value in society.

When not working with MVM, he enjoys watching live sport, reading, and spending time with friends and family.

Poppy Silk: Social Media and Grassroots Executive

Poppy joined Make Votes Matter in January 2023 and works with the grassroots team, co-ordinating the speaker programme and supporting local groups, and on MVM social media pages.

Prior to joining MVM, Poppy worked for climate justice and eco-anxiety organisations, and recently graduated from a Physics degree at the University of Bristol.

They joined the movement for PR after experiencing first hand the lack of power young people have in politics, and seeing how badly the current political system is dealing with the climate crisis.

When they’re not working, they enjoy foraging and wild swimming, and are also involved in the climate and land justice movement including helping to coordinate a campaign for a fairer bus system for Bristol and surrounding areas.