Submitted on Friday 24th July 2015
Rejected on Monday 27th July 2015
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Reform the electoral system for General Elections on a proportional basis
We, the people of this United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, hereby demand that the electoral system for General Elections is reformed as soon as feasible and is replaced by an alternative system which more accurately reflects the share of the vote which a party receives.
The results of the 2015 General Election demonstrate that our electoral system is no longer fit for purpose and must be reformed forthwith.
The Green Party, LibDems, and UKIP received a combined total 7,454,574 votes: a share of 24.3%. Yet between them, these three parties received a mere ten seats: 1.5% of the 650 available in the House of Commons.
This is plainly both absurd and unjust, wholly unbefitting any nation which calls itself a "democracy" let alone the "Mother of Parliaments".
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
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We cannot accept duplicate petitions. We think this petition is similar to yours:
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/104324
You might like to sign this petition instead. It is more likely to get more signatures that way.
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