I have sent the following message to David Mowat MP, to find out his current position on Britain's First Past The Post electoral system. I urge all supporters of Electoral Reform to contact their local MP.
The 2015 general election was the most disproportionate in British history. First Past the Post is a system that has proved itself to be outdated and is no longer fit for British elections. Democracy in the UK has been around for hundreds of years, but it has never been static. Our democracy is constantly evolving and improving. Will you support reforming our voting system so it is up to scratch in our modern democracy?
Over 400,000 people have signed petitions calling for voting reform. A recent poll showed 74% of the electorate were in favour (http://www.electoral-reform.org.uk/press-release/three-quarters-want-more-proportional-voting-system-new-poll-shows). That is a majority of Conservative, Labour, UKIP and Liberal Democrat voters.
At a local level, the marginal Warrington South constituency which you represent raises very important questions of the fairness of the current electoral system. With Warrington South being a marginal seat, that quite clearly means that those people who vote Conservative here are more powerful than those people who vote Conservative in a safe Tory constituency, such as Tatton. This cannot be right, can it?
On a national level, I appreciate this issue was the subject of a referendum in 2011, which for me didn't offer a serious alternative to the current electoral system anyway. We have now since had that most disproportionate election, which has shown our voting system to be totally unrepresentative. UKIP and the Greens received five million votes between them, but only one seat each. The SNP have 95% seats in Scotland with just over half of the votes.
The referendum in 2011, which offered the option of a change to the Alternative Vote system, produced a low turnout in the region of 42%. I believe there are more British voters who now realise the potential importance this issue has on their lives. I hope that you will support the campaign for a proportional voting system by helping to raise this issue both within your party but also in Parliament.
Yours sincerely,
Dear David Mowat MP,
The 2015 general election was the most disproportionate in British history. First Past the Post is a system that has proved itself to be outdated and is no longer fit for British elections. Democracy in the UK has been around for hundreds of years, but it has never been static. Our democracy is constantly evolving and improving. Will you support reforming our voting system so it is up to scratch in our modern democracy?
Over 400,000 people have signed petitions calling for voting reform. A recent poll showed 74% of the electorate were in favour (http://www.electoral-reform.org.uk/press-release/three-quarters-want-more-proportional-voting-system-new-poll-shows). That is a majority of Conservative, Labour, UKIP and Liberal Democrat voters.
At a local level, the marginal Warrington South constituency which you represent raises very important questions of the fairness of the current electoral system. With Warrington South being a marginal seat, that quite clearly means that those people who vote Conservative here are more powerful than those people who vote Conservative in a safe Tory constituency, such as Tatton. This cannot be right, can it?
On a national level, I appreciate this issue was the subject of a referendum in 2011, which for me didn't offer a serious alternative to the current electoral system anyway. We have now since had that most disproportionate election, which has shown our voting system to be totally unrepresentative. UKIP and the Greens received five million votes between them, but only one seat each. The SNP have 95% seats in Scotland with just over half of the votes.
The referendum in 2011, which offered the option of a change to the Alternative Vote system, produced a low turnout in the region of 42%. I believe there are more British voters who now realise the potential importance this issue has on their lives. I hope that you will support the campaign for a proportional voting system by helping to raise this issue both within your party but also in Parliament.
Yours sincerely,
Andy J Watson
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