Using SV for elections to the House of Commons by Edward Hall

Using SV for elections to the House of Commons by Edward Hall https://padlet.com/ehall18/l12h2wwatrkr3gao Argments in favour en-us 2021-01-13 12:50:52 UTC 2021-01-15 15:35:23 UTC hello@padlet.com SV ehall18 https://padlet.com/ehall18/l12h2wwatrkr3gao/wish/1082765235 Why should SV be used for elections to the HoC?]]> 2021-01-13 12:56:43 UTC https://padlet.com/ehall18/l12h2wwatrkr3gao/wish/1082765235 it gives broad support for the winner so there is a government who has the most votes from first and second preference. https://padlet.com/ehall18/l12h2wwatrkr3gao/wish/1083271849 2021-01-13 14:55:10 UTC https://padlet.com/ehall18/l12h2wwatrkr3gao/wish/1083271849 Representation https://padlet.com/ehall18/l12h2wwatrkr3gao/wish/1083286235 It encourages people to vote for the party which they would rather back using their first vote. Then they are able to vote for a party more likely to win that they also stand behind. This removes to need for strategic voting, which is a more common occurrence in fptp, which in turn leads to misrepresentation.]]> 2021-01-13 14:58:03 UTC https://padlet.com/ehall18/l12h2wwatrkr3gao/wish/1083286235 Smaller parties, can't boost their performance as they will not win, so the two main parties will be more represented compared to the extremists or minor parties. https://padlet.com/ehall18/l12h2wwatrkr3gao/wish/1083302223 2021-01-13 15:01:14 UTC https://padlet.com/ehall18/l12h2wwatrkr3gao/wish/1083302223 It will make the candidates work hard to get people to vote for them as they will need the support of the first and second preference vote. https://padlet.com/ehall18/l12h2wwatrkr3gao/wish/1091534347 2021-01-15 15:18:55 UTC https://padlet.com/ehall18/l12h2wwatrkr3gao/wish/1091534347 https://padlet.com/ehall18/l12h2wwatrkr3gao/wish/1091592830 Encourages pragmatic and centrist candidates, meaning not as much of a political divide]]> 2021-01-15 15:31:23 UTC https://padlet.com/ehall18/l12h2wwatrkr3gao/wish/1091592830 https://padlet.com/ehall18/l12h2wwatrkr3gao/wish/1091594962 The fact that the winner needs to work to gain a wide range of support means that more of the country will be happy with the outcome ]]> 2021-01-15 15:31:52 UTC https://padlet.com/ehall18/l12h2wwatrkr3gao/wish/1091594962 https://padlet.com/ehall18/l12h2wwatrkr3gao/wish/1091608070 will give a majority of over 50% to the winner, this means a single party government will be produced, probably uner a strong majority ]]> 2021-01-15 15:34:41 UTC https://padlet.com/ehall18/l12h2wwatrkr3gao/wish/1091608070