Will Sadiq Khan Seek a Fourth Term as London Mayor After Voting System Change?

Will Sadiq Khan seek a fourth term as London mayor after voting system change?

Will axing of first past the post encourage Sir Sadiq Khan to seek a fourth term in 2028?

Government plan to scrap First Past the Post for mayoral and PCC elections welcomed

Labour has decided to scrap the First Past the Post voting system for Mayoral and Police and Crime Commissioner elections in a move MPs and campaigners have welcomed as recognition that FPTP is “not fit for purpose”.  The English Devolution and Empowerment Bill, which was published yesterday, has set out the government’s plans to scrap FPTP and bring back the more representative Supplementary Vote (SV) system.  Under the SV system, voters have a…

Is Labour interested in democracy?

The Guardian reported this yesterday: Ministers are changing the voting system for mayoral elections in a move likely to make it harder for Reform politicians to take big regions like Lincolnshire and Hull as they did this year. They note: The move is likely to please Labour MPs and local authorities after frustration over losses in two recent contests where Andrea Jenkyns, a Reform mayor, was elected on 42% of the vote in Lincolnshire, while …

Londoners' second preference mayoral election vote set to return

Londoners are in line to have their right to cast both first and second preference votes for Mayor restored under provisions of the government’s newly-published English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill. The Conservatives did away with second preference votes as part of their Election Act (2022), using clauses inserted at the committee stage of the parliamentary process to abolish the use of the Supplementary Vote (SV) system that had be…

Government decision to restore Supplementary Vote system elections is a big win for voters

Today we can celebrate a big win in the fight for a fairer democracy. The government has announced in its English Devolution & Community Empowerment Bill that it will be scrapping First Past the Post (FPTP) for mayoral and Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) elections and reinstating the more representative Supplementary Vote (SV) system. Since the first elected mayors were created in 2000, and then PCCs in 2012, the elections were held under SV…

Government urged to extend democratic voting system - Green Party

Green MP and co-leader Adrian Ramsay responded to the government bringing back  supplementary voting for combined authority ‘metro’ mayors, the Greater London Authority mayor, elected council mayors, across England; and Police and Crime Commissioners across England and Wales.  “I look forward to the government now extending more democratic voting to General Elections and council elections as well.  “This change in systems is welcome for Mayoral …