United Kingdom Alternative Vote referendum, 2011

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/United_Kingdom_Alternative_Vote_referendum,_2011
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:politics
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:date 5 May 2011
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label United Kingdom Alternative Vote referendum, 2011
gptkbp:legislature gptkb:Parliamentary_Voting_System_and_Constituencies_Act_2011
gptkbp:location gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Conservative_Party
gptkb:Labour_Party_(majority)
gptkbp:organizedBy gptkb:Electoral_Commission
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Welsh_devolution_referendum,_2011
gptkbp:proposedBy gptkb:Liberal_Democrats
gptkbp:result No
gptkbp:subject gptkb:Alternative_Vote_electoral_system
gptkbp:successor gptkb:2014_Scottish_independence_referendum
gptkbp:supports gptkb:Liberal_Democrats
gptkb:Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales
gptkb:UK_Independence_Party
gptkbp:total_votes 19,283,430
gptkbp:type At present, the UK uses the 'first past the post' system to elect MPs to the House of Commons. Should the 'alternative vote' system be used instead?
gptkbp:voterTurnout 42.2%
gptkbp:votingSystem 13,013,123
6,152,607
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:2011_AV_referendum
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7