Petition · past parliament · Cabinet Office
Do not change the voting system for Mayoral and PCC elections to FPTP
Closed
6,457 signatures
What the petition asks
The Government has stated that it intends to change the voting system for these important elections to First Past The Post, the system in use for General elections.
FPTP is widely thought to be anti-democratic in modern multi-Party democracies and this would be a very retrograde step.
FPTP is widely thought to be anti-democratic in modern multi-Party democracies and this would be a very retrograde step.
The current system for Mayoral elections uses the ‘supplementary vote’, a crude but workable form of proportional representation. It broadly functions well and there appears to be little need to change it, especially not to the archaic and dysfunctional FPTP.
FPTP routinely gives victory to candidates who gain only a minority of the total votes cast, leaving the majority of voters disgruntled and feeling disenfranchised.
FPTP routinely gives victory to candidates who gain only a minority of the total votes cast, leaving the majority of voters disgruntled and feeling disenfranchised.
Timeline
| 6 May 2021 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 6 Nov 2021 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
6,457
Status
Closed
Department
Cabinet Office
Opened
6 May 2021
Closed
6 Nov 2021
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.