Important:

This petition was submitted during the 2015-2017 parliament

Rejected petition Make FPTP redundant and bring in proportional representation for elections.

For Decades FPTP (First Past The Post) has worked in favour of the main parties but some would say that this is to the detrement of the smaller parties.
With proportional representation the smaller parties will and should be heard.

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

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