ANTI- AV campaigners hit the streets of a Warrington village in a bid to persuade people not to support the Alternative Vote in the referendum on Thursday (May 5).
Warrington Conservative Future (the former Young Conservatives) held a NO 2 AV street campaign in Lymm.
They warned people on the dangers of changing the “first past the post” election system and collected names on a petition against the new system.
Group chairman Jonathan Levy, said “First should mean first. Only the candidate with the most votes deserves to win. AV gives candidates who don’t come first a second chance after they’ve been knocked out. No-one wants a loser’s charter, Warrington residents deserve better than that.”
ANTI- AV campaigners hit the streets of a Warrington village in a bid to
persuade people not to support the Alternative Vote in the referendum
on Thursday (May 5).
Say no to AV say young Tories
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So why do the Tories use AV for their own leadership elections?
Do they? I can’t see the connection between selecting someone to lead a Party or a club and electing the person/ Party you want to be in office.
Not really AV as is being suggested for our general elections. As I recall there were 4 candidates, Davis, Cameron, Fox & Clarke. In the first ballot of MPs, Davis got most votes, Clarke least and he was eliminated. In the second ballot of MPs a couple of days later, Cameron got most votes, Fox least and he was eliminated. In the final ballot by all party members a few week later, Cameron outpolled Davis 2 to 1 and was elected Leader. I think about 80% of members voted.