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People want to remove MPs who have abused their expenses, but the present voting system makes this hard because most MPs have safe seats and those are the ones most likely to have large expenses claims. Proportional Representation (PR) may help a little but party supporters usually cannot vote against a sitting MP without voting against their own party and splitting its vote.

With preferential voting, voters list candidates in order of choice so they can choose between the most corrupt, the honest and those in between. It is also more feasible for a party supporter to stand against the party’s official candidate than it is under the present system. If preferential voting is combined with multi-member constituencies, voters can choose between different official candidates of the same party. This would allow them to vote against sitting MPs without any risk of splitting the party vote and would make MPs directly accountable to voters. In short, the VOTERS could elect the honest and careful and remove the dishonest or careless. Also, the result would be proportional.

The websites of stvAction and the Electoral Reform Society explain preferential voting more fully.

Current signatories

Anthony Tuffin, the Petition Creator, joined by:

• Andrew Constantine
• Peter Morley
• marg barry
• Andrew D Burns
• Peter Davidson
• Helen Cross
• Colin Rosenstiel
• Jim Woodward-Nutt
• Nat Queen
• Ron Medlow
• Keith Sharp
• john webb
• John Cross
• David Coleman
• Patrick Mills
• Duncan Stott
• Nick Barlow
• Ben Saunders
• Mark Baker
• Stacey Riley
• David Stock
• T Fergus
• James Southern
• Nathan Massey
• Edward Clayton
• Laura Babb
• Tim Green
• Simon Booth
• Stuart Wheatcroft
• Peter Andrews
• John Potter
• Harry Dienes
• Douglas Thomson
• Crispin Allard
• COLIN BUCHANAN
• David Wright
• Lawrie O'Connor
• Mark Austin
• Joe Patterson
• Sara Apps
• Francisco De Freitas
• Ian Lang
• Peter B Thomas
• Abdullah Rhodes-Taylor
• David Hill
• Michael Burdett
• Dr Kaihsu Tai
• Brian Wichmann
• Mark Pack
• Cllr Andrew Rankine
• Matt Raven
• Paul Canning
• stephen Rule
• Susan Gaszczak
• Brian Powell
• Mark F Willis
• Simon Gazeley
• James Robinson
• Michael Meadowcroft
• Christopher Britton
• Derek Bernard
• Keith Best
• Joseph O'Sullivan
• David Heigham
• Paul Lucraft
• David Martin-Jenkins
• Simon Porter
• Nigel Siederer
• Brenda Morley
• Peter Jon Finlayson
• Rosemarie Abbott
• Ken Milward
• Ian Mark O'Neill
• Alexander Woodman
• Maria Cansella
• Terry Ashton
• Jim Halcrow
• Cllr Steve Radford
• John Hein
• Noel Nowosielski
• George Melrose
• Antonio Hawthorne
• Luke McKenzie
• Gavin Bennison
• Dave Boniface
• Stephanie Hamilton
• Bernice Jervis
• Emma Jackson Stuart