2011 United Kingdom Alternative Vote referendum

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national referendum referendum

The 2011 United Kingdom Alternative Vote referendum was a nationwide vote on whether to replace the existing first-past-the-post electoral system for Westminster elections with the alternative vote system.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf national referendum ⓘ
referendum ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction United Kingdom ⓘ
ballotQuestion whether to adopt the alternative vote system for electing MPs to the House of Commons ⓘ
binding true ⓘ
campaignAgainstChangeOrganization NOtoAV ⓘ
campaignAgainstChangeSupport Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ
many Labour Party MPs ⓘ
campaignForChangeLeader Nick Clegg ⓘ
campaignForChangeOrganization Yes to Fairer Votes ⓘ
campaignStartYear 2010 ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
date 2011-05-05 ⓘ
electoralBodyAffected House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
surface form: House of Commons
electoralSystemCurrent first-past-the-post ⓘ
plurality voting ⓘ
electoralSystemProposed alternative vote ⓘ
instant-runoff voting ⓘ
electorateSize 45650141 ⓘ
followedBy 2014 Scottish independence referendum ⓘ
geographicCoverage England ⓘ
Northern Ireland ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
heldOnSameDayAs 2011 National Assembly for Wales election ⓘ
2011 Northern Ireland Assembly election ⓘ
2011 Scottish Parliament election ⓘ
2011 United Kingdom local elections ⓘ
introducedBy Conservative–Liberal Democrat coalition government ⓘ
isFirstNationwideUKReferendumOnElectoralSystemForCommons true ⓘ
legalBasis Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011 ⓘ
legislativeContext British Parliament ⓘ
surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
location United Kingdom ⓘ
mediaCoverage extensive national media debate on electoral reform ⓘ
opposedChangeTo proportional representation ⓘ
outcome first-past-the-post retained for Westminster elections ⓘ
partOf UK Parliament 2010–2015 ⓘ
surface form: 2010–2015 United Kingdom Parliament
percentageAgainstChange 67.9 ⓘ
percentageForChange 32.1 ⓘ
precededBy 1975 United Kingdom European Communities membership referendum ⓘ
questionType change of electoral system ⓘ
result proposal rejected ⓘ
scope Westminster parliamentary elections ⓘ
subject electoral reform in the United Kingdom ⓘ
turnoutPercentage 42.2 ⓘ
votesAgainstChange 13713518 ⓘ
votesForChange 6777065 ⓘ
votingSystemUsedInReferendum first-past-the-post ⓘ
year 2011 ⓘ

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Conservative–Liberal Democrat coalition government → heldReferendum → 2011 United Kingdom Alternative Vote referendum ⓘ