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Half of Britons support voting reform and ‘proportional’ system, poll finds - Politics.co.uk

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Half of Britons (49 per cent) support reform of the voting system and the introduction of proportional representation (PR) — almost twice as many as those who favour retaining the present first past the post (FPTP) system, a new YouGov poll has found. The 2024 general election was the most disproportional in British history, which... Read more »

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Half of Brits support proportional representation voting system

Just under half of Britons are in favour of introducing a system of proportional representation at elections. A new poll from YouGov has found 49 per cent support changing the British voting system to proportional representation (PR), a system where the number of MPs a party wins is more closely aligned with the share of the vote they received. By contrast, just 26 per cent of Brits continue to support the current first past the post system. Uns…

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Half of Brits support introducing Proportional Representation voting system, latest poll finds

Half of Britons support introducing a proportional representation voting system, the latest YouGov poll has found, outweighing support for the current First Past the Post system. Following the 2024 general election, which produced the least proportional result in British history, YouGov says that there have been renewed calls for elections to the House of Commons to switch to a system of proportional representation (PR). The poll found that half…

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