Government to change English voting system!

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d000hg replied

10 May 2021, 12:59
Originally posted by Eirikur View Post

Not for the Tories as this is how they got an absolute majority in parliament of 365 out of 650 seats with only 43.6% of the votes in 2019

No that was the absolute thumping Corbyn got. No voting system in the world could disguise that
Don't LAbour favour FPTP for similar reasons though, that it keeps LDs out?
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Eirikur replied

10 May 2021, 12:34
Originally posted by d000hg View Post

I thought the trend was moving away from FPTP

Not for the Tories as this is how they got an absolute majority in parliament of 365 out of 650 seats with only 43.6% of the votes in 2019
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d000hg replied

10 May 2021, 12:17
I thought the trend was moving away from FPTP
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AtW started a topic Government to change English voting system!

9 May 2021, 22:35
Government to change English voting system!

“Government to change English voting system after Labour mayoral victories

Switch to first past the post could make it easier for Conservatives to win future mayoral contests

Ministers are pressing ahead with changes to electoral law that could make it easier for Conservatives to win future mayoral elections, as Labour claimed 11 of the 13 posts being contested across England.

The UK home secretary, Priti Patel, has already unveiled plans to switch all future English mayoral elections from the existing supplementary vote system – in which the public ranks their two favourite candidates – to the first past the post system used in elections to the House of Commons.”

https://www.theguardian.com/politics...oral-victories
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