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Petition · past parliament

Change the Voting System from First Past The Post to PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

In recent Elections, tactical voting took place along with parties NOT fielding candidates, it is time we had a voting system where every vote counts!
In 2011 the referendum rejected an AV System, this referendum must be PR versus FPTP.
In the last few years we have moved away from the two party system with a greater choice emerging, the population has become more politically aware and diverse and want their views and aspirations represented more openly in Parliament.

Why it was rejected

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

Change the general election voting system to one of proportional representation

Timeline

5 Aug 2019 Petition opened for signatures
8 Aug 2019 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 8 Aug 2019

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.