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Hold a referendum on introducing proportional representation to elect MPs

Submitted by Alexandros Ali on Thursday 4th November 2021

Published on Tuesday 9th November 2021

Current status: Closed

Closed: Monday 9th May 2022

Signatures: 69

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Commons ~ Conservative MPs ~ Conservatives ~ Elected ~ Elections ~ First Past the Post ~ House of Commons ~ Incumbent ~ Kensington ~ MP ~ Proportional Representation ~ Referendum ~ system ~ The post ~ Voting

Petition Action

Hold a referendum on introducing proportional representation to elect MPs

Petition Details

The UK uses First Past the Post system to elect members of the House of Commons. It's unfair because it results in wasted votes. For example, in the Kensington constituency, the incumbent Conservative MP got elected with only 38% of the vote, meaning that 62% did not vote for her.

Additional Information

I want the Government to hold a referendum on changing the electoral system to a proportional one, that will match votes to seats and that it will not result in wasted votes. It would result in a truly representative system which right now isn't.


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