First Past the Post condemned by cross-party MPs in House of Commons debate

First Past the Post condemned by cross-party MPs in House of Commons debate

A group of cross-party MPs have used a Backbench Business Debate in the House of Commons to push the government to address what one of them called Britain’s “flawed” voting system. More than twenty MPs condemned Britain’s First Past the Post system, describing it as “undemocratic”, “unrepresentative”, and “outdated”, with just one backbencher giving a speech in defence of the status quo. Parliamentarians also called for a National Commission to …