Rejected petition Proportional representation instead of first past the post elections.

First past the post is not a true representation of how UK citizens vote. The first past the post constituency boarders can be moved to manipulate the outcome of elections.

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Example of first past the post not working is where UKIP got more voters than the SNP yet got a lot less seats (2015). We want a fair system that represents the interests of the whole country not the party already in power and manipulation of such constituencies is not a true representation of what the UK citizens vote for. Another example is the 2010 elections - the libdems got 23% votes but only 57 seats whereas labour got 29% and 253 seats and conservatives received 36.1% and got 307 seats.

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/121810

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Date submitted 25 June 2016
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