Dear Katie,
What about Tower Hamlets you must have heard about the shambles?
Jack Lewis
On 28/05/2014 15:11, Katie Ghose, Electoral Reform Society wrote:
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Dear Jack
You’ll have seen it in the papers – UKIP’s success, the Liberal
Democrats’ losses, the end of two-party politics.
And the evidence that our voting system for local elections is
*utterly broken. *
It was obvious in Manchester, where Labour won 100% of the seats with
just 58% of the vote. It was clear in Kingston where the
Conservatives won 62% of seats with only 35% of the vote. It even
happened to the Liberal Democrats and UKIP.
In area after area people voted only to find that the results didn’t
reflect what they said. In a 21^st Century democracy, *people’s votes
are meant to count*.
*Please sign our petition to the party leaders, telling them enough
is enough - the voting system for local elections must change
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*The case for change is simple.* Political parties should win seats
when people vote for them, but not if they don’t.
The party leaders can make this a reality in England and Wales. They
can change the voting system to the Single Transferable Vote (STV is
already used successfully for local elections in Scotland).
*Sign our petition calling for a voting system fit for the 21^st
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With best wishes,
Katie and the ERS team
*P.S*. Did you know that in last week’s local elections, 38,000
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