Make Votes Count Coalition
- Make Votes Count Coalition
The Make Votes Count (MVC) Coalition campaigns for a referendum on a more representative voting system for the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. Coalition members include:
*Charter88 (now Unlock Democracy)
*Christian Socialist Movement
*Electoral Reform Society
*Fawcett Society
*Green Party of England and Wales
*Labour Campaign for Electoral Reform
*Liberal Democrats
*New Politics Network (now Unlock Democracy)
*Plaid Cymru
Make Votes Count also claims to have over ten thousand individual supporters.
It argues that the FPTP voting system used for elections to the House of Commons is antiquated and ineffective. This is especially true as more representative voting systems have now been introduced for all other elections (apart from local government elections in England and Wales) in the United Kingdom.
It also points out that FPTP, with increasing voter apathy and a greater vote for centre parties, produces increasingly bizarre election results. For example, in the 1951 General Election 76% of the total electorate voted for the two main parties; in the 2005 General Election just 41% did so.
External links
* [http://www.makemyvotecount.org.uk/news.html Make Votes Count Website]
* [http://www.makevotescount.org.uk Democracy Isn't Desk Bound Campaign]
* [http://www.mvcwestsussex.org.uk Make Votes Count in West Sussex Website]
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