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Originally Posted by tweetiepooh
But I don't want to vote for a party, I want to elect my local MP.
And you can't say that n% of votes didn't count. They all did, they elected their local MP who (should) represent them.
Too much in Europe is divorced from the electorate. How can we affect outcomes individually against a wider majority if our representation is elected more widely? This isn't to say minority issues should overrule but they should be heard.
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But your local MP will only represent, in political terms, a part of his constituency. If your MP gets 55% of votes then 45% of the voters are not represented and their votes did not count.
The party affects your future far more than your local MP does so it makes no sense to vote for your local MP as an individual.