2011 United Kingdom Alternative Vote referendum

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:politics
gptkbp:ballotNumber	Should the 'alternative vote' system be used instead of the current 'first past the post' system for electing Members of Parliament to the House of Commons?
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:date	5 May 2011
gptkbp:legislature	gptkb:Parliamentary_Voting_System_and_Constituencies_Act_2011
gptkbp:location	gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:next_UK-wide_referendum	gptkb:2016_United_Kingdom_European_Union_membership_referendum
gptkbp:opposedBy	gptkb:Conservative_Party gptkb:Labour_Party
gptkbp:previous_UK-wide_referendum	gptkb:1975_United_Kingdom_European_Communities_membership_referendum
gptkbp:proposedBy	gptkb:Liberal_Democrats
gptkbp:result	Rejected First Past the Post retained
gptkbp:stateElectorate	45,684,501
gptkbp:topic	gptkb:constitutional_law gptkb:Alternative_Vote
gptkbp:type_of_referendum	national referendum
gptkbp:voterTurnout	42.2%
gptkbp:votingSystem	gptkb:Alternative_Vote 13,013,123 6,152,607
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Referendums_in_the_United_Kingdom gptkb:alternative_vote gptkb:David_Patrick_Cameron gptkb:Coalition_government_(UK,_2010–2015)
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	2011 United Kingdom Alternative Vote referendum