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  Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill - Amendment to New Clause 88 - Referendum on voting systems
  
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  @MP voted aye in favour of a referendum on using the Single Transferable Vote system for electing MPs to the House of Commons, rather than a referendum on moving to the Alternative Vote. 
  @MP voted no for the proposed Autumn 2011 referendum on the system for electing MPs to be on moving to the Alternative Vote system rather than on moving to the Single Transferable Vote. 
  
  The majority of MPs voted for the proposed Autumn 2011 referendum on the system for electing MPs to be on moving to the Alternative Vote (AV) system rather than on moving to the Single Transferable Vote (STV). 
  
  These two systems, AV and STV, are identical for single member constituencies.  In a speech in favour of STV Liberal Democrat MP David Howarth made clear by STV he was envisaging multi-member constituencies[1]. 
  
  Preferential voting with multi-member constituencies is one route to obtaining an outcome where the fraction of seats won by each party more closely reflects the number of votes cast for each party.[2] 
  
  * [1] [http://www.theyworkforyou.com/debate/?id=2010-02-09b.822.1 David Howarth MP, House of Commons, 9th February 2010]
  * [2] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_transferable_vote Wikipedia Article on STV]
  * [3] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant-runoff_voting Wikipedia Article on Instant Run-off voting (Another name for the Alternative Vote system)]    
  
  
  
  
  
  
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