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This petition is now closed, as its deadline has passed.

We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to legislate to require the introduction of the single transferable vote (STV) for all British elections. More details

Submitted by Brian Meadows – Deadline to sign up by: 21 February 2007 – Signatures: 242

Petition update, 28 February 2007

You recently signed a petition asking the Prime Minister to "legislate to require the introduction of the single transferable vote (STV) for all British elections."

The Prime Minister's Office has responded to that petition and you can view it here:

http://www.number-10.gov.uk/output/Page11109.asp

Prime Minister's Office

More details from petition creator

It is unreasonable to require electors to select a single candidate in an election. This leads to a barrier to many independent candidates, in that people who might otherwise vote for them will perceive their vote as being wasted. The single transferable vote allows electors to rank candidates in order of preference, along the lines of "I would prefer candidate A, but if that's not going to happen then I prefer candidate B to candidate C".

Current signatories

Brian Meadows, the Petition Creator, joined by:

  • David Boston
  • Timothy Green
  • Edwood Walker
  • Jamie Caulton
  • Andrew McGuinness
  • Joe Otten
  • John Cross
  • Keith Underhill
  • Anthony Tuffin
  • Helen Cross
  • Dr Crispin Allard
  • Mark Pack
  • Ian Lang
  • Will Howells
  • James Woodward-Nutt
  • Simon Gazeley
  • BERNARD BLACK
  • Mark Mills
  • Jock Coats
  • Eur Ing Christopher Thoday
  • Stephen Atkinson
  • Paul Griffiths
  • Richard Coe
  • Louise Gazeley
  • Patrick Mills
  • Brian Wichmann
  • Lawrie O'Connor
  • Clive Morrison
  • Dominic Mathon
  • Oliver Tringham
  • Derek Bernard
  • Martin Tod
  • Richard Hainsworth
  • john filmer
  • Andrew Porrer
  • Roger Lake
  • James Graham
  • Philip Matthew
  • Monica Whyte
  • Dave Droar
  • Nigel Siederer
  • Ron Medlow
  • Paul Whitehead
  • Erich Wagner
  • Geoff Hinchliffe
  • Keith Sharp
  • Derek
  • Alexander Cox
  • Michael Rogers
  • Ian David Hill
  • James Robinson
  • Geoffrey H J Branner
  • Morwen Millson
  • Philip Hunt
  • John Everett
  • David Langshaw
  • Geoffrey Clare
  • Joyce Struthers
  • Richard Lung
  • Stephen Robinson
  • David Gamble
  • Robin Stevens
  • David Wright
  • Geoffrey Williams
  • Paul Westlake
  • colin c. wind
  • Stephen J Holborough
  • NICHOLAS MACY
  • K. M. Sayer
  • Tim Sutton-Day
  • Andrew Houseley
  • Robert Thurston
  • Martin Prior
  • Bob Clough-Parker
  • Peter Morley
  • Derrick Harris
  • Richard Carden
  • David Chappell
  • R.W.THAKE
  • Daphne Roper
  • Fergus Maclaine
  • Christopher Millington
  • Peter Saunders
  • Graham Potter
  • Kenneth Milward
  • Rebecca Williams
  • Susannah M Beare
  • Chris Morley
  • Hereward Cooke
  • Wendy Tuffin
  • Jennifer Cole
  • Graham Oakes
  • Gillian Farina
  • Charles Wakefield
  • John Birtwistle
  • Trstan Mills
  • Brian Arthur Milward
  • Terry Baines
  • Adam Teladia
  • Darren Robinson
  • James Doran
  • Maud Bond
  • Gervase Tinley
  • James Groves
  • James L Halcrow
  • Jamie Smith
  • Benny Spooner
  • Josie Huddleston
  • Michael Meadowcroft
  • Dr Colin M Walklin
  • Chris Powderham
  • Mark Struthers
  • Noel Nowosielski
  • David Green
  • Matt Smith
  • Andrew Stevens
  • Kerensa Guest
  • Keith Forrester-Paton
  • Roger Roberts
  • Adam Smith
  • Keith Best
  • Graham Noble
  • Andrew Teale
  • Sean Kelly
  • John Arnold Lutton
  • John Rodgers
  • E J Thompson
  • Philip Cole
  • Richard Lindsay
  • Richard Wilson
  • Andrew Burns
  • James Gilmour
  • Ken Butcher
  • Phil Peter
  • Kathryn Gulliver
  • Vivienne Helen Clifford-Jackson
  • John Halliday
  • Jane Miller
  • Stephanie Ouzman
  • Andrew Crick
  • Lynsey Groom
  • Kay Kirkham
  • James Russell
  • John Wall
  • Cllr Kevin Harkess
  • Fran Pitt-Pladdy
  • adams
  • Alex Green
  • Tony Cruickshank
  • D. Reece
  • Helen J. Nicholson
  • Cliff Eastabrook
  • Doris Jones
  • Daniel J Coleman
  • katherinepurcell
  • Anthony Browne
  • John Talbot
  • Derek French
  • Alan Campbell
  • David Allan Finch
  • Liam Richardson
  • clive studd
  • Helen Bevan
  • Derek R Allum
  • Stuart Bodsworth
  • Daniel Worley
  • nicholas pledger
  • Samantha Lewis
  • C B HOWARD
  • Kevin Kilcoyne
  • Pete Loughborough
  • Gareth Epps
  • Jonny Wright
  • Michael Young
  • Marquis Holmstreau
  • Rachel Miller
  • Ian O'Neill
  • M J Edmunds
  • Nicola Reed
  • John Kenney
  • Rob Spiller
  • john knowles
  • David Boniface
  • Oliver Housley
  • J.J.Tompkins
  • Ian Golightly
  • Oliver Willson
  • Anthony K Crackett
  • A Eshghi
  • Martin Eyles
  • Michael Evans
  • Joseph Haldane
  • Paul Wheatley
  • Richard Walters
  • Geoff Benn
  • Brett Dunbar
  • P. Hellyer
  • Ken Kellaway
  • David McCabe
  • Chris Hills
  • Peter Brooks
  • Jim Craigie
  • Andrew Tate
  • Vijay Chopra
  • David Hooper
  • Danyal Dhondy
  • George Ricks
  • Robin Green
  • Dr Anthony Pryce
  • Peter Varley
  • Dr Ian McDonald
  • J Rawbone
  • Richard Church
  • Andrew Thompson
  • Neville A. Daniels
  • Nick Carter
  • Rosalin Wakeman
  • D.DOUGHTY
  • S Taslaq
  • gary trotter
  • Mark Lee
  • Alastair Crisp
  • Katy Warburton
  • Alison Killer
  • andrew wright
  • S. Boyce
  • Arthur Riding
  • Douglas Scott
  • Sean Davies
  • John Shaw
  • Cliff Wilkinson
  • PAULINE SHEARLAW
  • Richard Skulina
  • Johann Bryant
  • Andrew Finnimore
  • Fred Pollard
  • Jon Coté
  • Myles Sifflet - Barry
  • Dilys rhodes
  • L Buckley
  • Robert John Park

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