Message #495

[AndyHB]

OK, If I rephrase it and say, "one person, one vote" will you vote for "first past the post"

Whilst AV is not the best form of representative election, it is a series of rounds of elections where everyone's votes are counted once per round.  To suggest that some people's votes are counted more than others is simply untrue (otherwise the Labour candidate's vote in Victoria Derbyshire's mock election last week could not have increased; it would have to have decreased).

What AV does it ensure that the winner is representative of the largest possible majority of the electorate.  Not sure that the claim that no-one will be elected by less than 50% of the electorate holds true, but it will do away with MPs who have only gained 25 or 35% of the electorate's vote.