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Chrysalis · 06-05-2011, 18:56

Ok an adjusted variant of the idea I posted.

one vote per person on national FPTP no constituencies.

Parties get amount of seats based on amount of votes achieved.

Obvious downside is independents would have a harder time of it as harder for them to reach out on national level than local level.

For accountability allow an area to vote their MP out if performing badly. So eg. have a place that can be contacted by disgruntled voters, if enough in an area complain about a particular MP then that MP is kicked out and another replaces them. Not another election but be replaced by someone from same party.

The main issue I see with this is how ind's are handled. I dont see how the current system is particurly good for local relationship's between mp's and their voters because before the election I had never heard of my MP and after the election she has never replied to any emails I sent to her. She will in all likelyhood be reelected next election barring her not standing.

---------- Post added at 19:56 ---------- Previous post was at 19:47 ----------

Ok updated idea.

Keep constituency voting but have it not apply for local parties, so like this.

People vote for either a party or ind MP.
If a ind wins that area, then he gets seat, votes for that area for other parties could either then discard or keep them towards general pool of votes.
All areas with no ind winning (vast majority of areas) votes go to national pool.
Allow MPs to be kicked out with a compliance committee that voters can use.
if an ind is kicked out there is an election in area but only for ind's.

there obviously wouldnt be then voting for individuals to represent a party in your area as well as even which party gets which areas but in all honesty most people dont vote for individuals they vote for parties.

06-05-2011, 18:56	#110
Chrysalis cf.mega poster Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 12,048	Re: To AV, or not to AV? Ok an adjusted variant of the idea I posted. one vote per person on national FPTP no constituencies. Parties get amount of seats based on amount of votes achieved. Obvious downside is independents would have a harder time of it as harder for them to reach out on national level than local level. For accountability allow an area to vote their MP out if performing badly. So eg. have a place that can be contacted by disgruntled voters, if enough in an area complain about a particular MP then that MP is kicked out and another replaces them. Not another election but be replaced by someone from same party. The main issue I see with this is how ind's are handled. I dont see how the current system is particurly good for local relationship's between mp's and their voters because before the election I had never heard of my MP and after the election she has never replied to any emails I sent to her. She will in all likelyhood be reelected next election barring her not standing. ---------- Post added at 19:56 ---------- Previous post was at 19:47 ---------- Ok updated idea. Keep constituency voting but have it not apply for local parties, so like this. People vote for either a party or ind MP. If a ind wins that area, then he gets seat, votes for that area for other parties could either then discard or keep them towards general pool of votes. All areas with no ind winning (vast majority of areas) votes go to national pool. Allow MPs to be kicked out with a compliance committee that voters can use. if an ind is kicked out there is an election in area but only for ind's. there obviously wouldnt be then voting for individuals to represent a party in your area as well as even which party gets which areas but in all honesty most people dont vote for individuals they vote for parties.