Petition · past parliament · Cabinet Office
Change the voting system from First Past The Post to Instant Runoff Voting
Closed
67 signatures
What the petition asks
Instant Runoff Voting is a ranked voting system. Voters rank the candidates and the first choice votes are counted. The candidate with the fewest votes is eliminated, with those votes being assigned to their second choice candidate and so on until one person achieves a 50% vote share.
Many people are dissatisfied with FPTP, as people can feel that the votes they cast are wasted unless they vote for one of the main parties. Instant Runoff Voting would ensure that we keep the local constituency system, one of the greatest strengths of FPTP, while improving the ability of the people to vote for the candidates they want, rather than the one they don’t want the least and increasing the degree of proportionality of the election results.
Timeline
| 6 Mar 2020 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 6 Sep 2020 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
67
Status
Closed
Department
Cabinet Office
Opened
6 Mar 2020
Closed
6 Sep 2020
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.