New system needed to reflect modern public opinion, say supporters
Lancaster city councillors have called for proportional representation to be used in UK general elections, in keeping with newer voting systems in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
The city council has written to the Westminster government calling for change, following a debate on different election systems at the recent full council. The single member plurality voting system, often known as ‘first-past-the-post’, is the method of voting currently used to elect MPs, a report to councillors stated.
“When MPs better-reflect their communities, this leads to improved decision-making, wider participation and increased levels of ‘ownership’ of decisions taken. In another difference, 16 and 17-year-olds in Scotland can vote in local council and Scottish Parliament elections. This is not the case in England. However, voting ages were not debated by Lancaster City Council.
Support for First-Past-the-Post Conservative Coun Richard Austen-Baker argued against change and in favour of the current system. He queried Coun Lenox’s account of history and constitutional issues. In the past, there were freemen and burghers in some areas, so the voting system was more complex. He also suggested it was a Labour government which significantly shaped the modern election system, with the Representation of the People Act, rather than aristocrats in the past.
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