Downing Street Says » Alternative vote

» Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Alternative vote

Asked why the Prime Minister thought that the alternative voting (AV) system was such a good idea, the PMS said that the Prime Minister believed that there was an umbilical cord that linked MPs with their constituencies and of the various voting systems this was the one that best protected the relationship between the MP and his/her constituents. If AV was to be introduced then we could ensure that every single MP returned to the House had at least fifty per cent of the votes in his/her constituency.

Asked if the Prime Minister was confident that the vote would go through tonight, the PMS said yes.

Asked how confident the Prime Minister was that this would become law before the election, the PMS said that if the vote went the right way tonight then it would go to the Lords and would then follow the usual process. Time was tight but we would hopefully start the process tonight of being able to see it effected as soon as possible.

No Comments »

No comments yet.

RSS feed for comments on this post.

Post a public comment

Name (required)
E-mail (required)
(You must give an email address, but it will not be displayed to the public.)
Website
(You may give your website, and it will be displayed to the public.)

Comments:

This is not a way of contacting the Prime Minister. If you would like to contact the Prime Minister, go to the 10 Downing Street official site.

Privacy note: Shortly after posting, your name and comment will be displayed on the site. This means that people searching for your name on the Internet will be able to find and read your comment.

Original PMOS briefings are © Crown Copyright. Crown Copyright material is reproduced with the permission of the Controller of HMSO and the Queen's Printer for Scotland. Click-use licence number C02W0004089. Material is reproduced from the original 10 Downing Street source, but may not be the most up-to-date version of the briefings, which might be revised at the original source. Users should check with the original source in case of revisions. Comments are © Copyright contributors. Everything else is © Copyright Downing Street Says.