Adopt a Proportional Representation (PR) Model for General Elections in the UK

Rejected 12 signatures

What the petition asks

People are not feeling listened to by Government. It would be fair and just for representation in matters of UK governance to be more directly placed in the hands of voters. Seats in parliament therefore should reflect the national number of voters supporting a party.

People are angry that their concerns about poverty, the NHS, and immigration are ignored or turned into 'point scoring' exercises by politicians who don't keep promises. FPTP and the arrangement of constituencies means national minorities can end up with parliamentary majorities. This is not sufficiently democratic.

http://www.electoral-reform.org.uk/proportional-representation
http://www.electoral-reform.org.uk/make-seats-match-votes

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Bring in a proportional representation system for UK general elections.

Timeline

27 Jun 2016	Petition opened for signatures
30 Jun 2016	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 12

Status Rejected

Rejected 30 Jun 2016

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