Revealed: Millions of foreign citizens excluded from voting in the UK due to complex voting rules
‘We have to question whether democracy is living up to its name when over four million people are excluded from voting.’
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Half of Brits support introducing Proportional Representation voting system, latest poll finds
The public also believe that it is more important for seats to be allocated proportionally between parties (46%) than for the largest party to win a majority of seats in the House of Commons (27%).
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Britons favour proportional representation over First Past the Post, poll finds
It comes after MPs narrowly voted in favour of reforming the voter system, in what was a symbolic vote, unlikely to become law, earlier this week.
MPs support proportional representation system for UK elections in symbolic vote
t comes after MPs from across the political divide came together last month to issue a cross-party call for Britain’s First Past the Post voting system to be scrapped.
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“To renew our country, we need to renew our democracy. There is a growing recognition that we can’t tackle climate breakdown or reduce inequality with a democracy that isn’t fit for purpose.
Lee Anderson doesn’t want votes for 16-year-olds because it will kill off the Tories ‘for generations’
Anderson made the admission in secretly-recorded comments at a meeting of Tory supporters.
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Voting reform is ‘not just about who the system will allow us to care for but what the system allows us to care for’
8 million people especially private renters and the young are not properly registered to vote, warns Electoral Commission
The sheer number of people denied a right to vote thanks to an ‘outdated registration system’, would be equivalent in number to more than 100 UK Parliament constituencies.
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‘PR has such levels of support for good reason’