Hold a referendum on changing the voting system to Proportional Representation.

Closed 646 signatures

What the petition asks

Most governments within the UK are not true majorities.
The current system (First Past the Post) also encourages:
- tactical voting - which converges the choice of parties down to two.
- changing boundaries which enables parties in power to manipulate in order to keep power.

There are already Proportional representation systems within UK democracy; both the Scottish and European parliaments use (different) systems of Proportional Representation.

The problems with First Past the Post Explained
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7tWHJfhiyo

Mixed Member representation explained
https://youtu.be/QT0I-sdoSXU

Single Transferable Vote explained
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8XOZJkozfI

Why UK election results are the worst in History
https://youtu.be/r9rGX91rq5I

Timeline

25 Nov 2015	Petition opened for signatures
25 May 2016	Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 646

Status Closed

Opened 25 Nov 2015

Closed 25 May 2016

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