Sentences with phrase «proportional voting in parliament»

Proportional voting in Parliament is achieved by assigning each MP a parliamentary vote value.

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Yes to democracy: proportional representation, a Parliament held in respect, not contempt, and laws that encourage rather than suppress the vote.

I am tabling an amendment that would rewrite the referendum question to allow people to choose from a wider range of voting systems, including properly proportional options such as the additional member system (used in elections for the Scottish Parliament, Welsh Assembly and Greater London Assembly) and the single transferable vote (used in Northern Ireland).

Also on the republican list of demands: abolition of the Privy Council; full proportional representation in elections for the House of Commons; decentralisation of power to local and community authorities; a voting age of 16; fixed - term parliaments; state funding of political parties; a ban on outside earnings for MPs; more powerful Commons select committees, with powers to confirm or block ministerial appointments; elected police chiefs and elected mayors in all the major cities.

He has won two Scottish elections, the first as the largest party in a hung parliament and the second in 2011 with an overall majority, which, under the proportional voting system introduced after the 1998 devolution settlement, was forecast as highly improbable.

That's why, as MPs start the second reading of the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill on 6 September, I am tabling an amendment that would rewrite the referendum question to allow people to choose from a wider range of voting systems, including properly proportional options such as the additional member system (used in elections for the Scottish Parliament, Welsh Assembly and Greater London Assembly) and the single transferable vote (used in Northern Ireland).

In Parliament, the number of votes that the MPs of each party can exercise, not the number of MPs, is proportional to the number of votes each party wins in the electioIn Parliament, the number of votes that the MPs of each party can exercise, not the number of MPs, is proportional to the number of votes each party wins in the electioin the election.

The DPR Voting system that makes votes in parliament «party proportional» does not apply to Committees.

The use of the parliamentary vote value ensures that the total of votes the MPs of each party have collectively in parliament is proportional to the votes the party won in the General Election.

It is the latest of a series of inroads on the first past the post voting system; already in elections for the Scottish parliament, the Welsh and Northern Irish assemblies and soon the election of a new London authority, proportional representation has become the chosen method of voting.

The way this works is that about half of the member of parliaments are elected in a district using a first - past - the - post system but the overall share of seats allocated to each party still has to be roughly proportional to the share of the vote.

The number of votes each parliamentary party has in the parliament is proportional to the party votes they win in the General Election.

DPR Voting — Party voting strength in Parliament is proportional to votes cast in the election (but small parties may fail to achieve the threshold)

It looks instead like the government will use the constitutional reform and governance bill to pave the way for a referendum within two years of the next election, ie in the next parliament, but just on the alternative vote (AV)-- a system that allows preferences but isn't proportional.

It seems to be taken for granted by a lot of commentators that changing to the alternative vote (AV) will be a move towards proportional representation - resulting in more hung parliaments and coalition governments.

In my opinion the best way of getting more women into parliament is by implementing proportional representation http://www.tinyurl.com/Proportional-Rep The way we vote can and does influence the number of women elected into parliament.

The SNP went on to win an unprecedented majority in the Scottish Parliament, a result that had been considered impossible under the proportional voting system.

Galloway is the latest of a line that includes Alex Salmond of the SNP in last year's Scottish elections and independents (including a self - styled monkey) in mayoral contests, as well as the Greens, BNP and UKIP in proportional - voting elections to the European Parliament and Greater London Assembly.

In the table, Notional seats under Proportional Representation shows the number of seats each party would hold in the current parliament if the allotment of seats were directly proportionate to the percentage of votes woIn the table, Notional seats under Proportional Representation shows the number of seats each party would hold in the current parliament if the allotment of seats were directly proportionate to the percentage of votes woin the current parliament if the allotment of seats were directly proportionate to the percentage of votes won.

Under a pure proportional representation system the composition of the legislature is fully proportional to the votes of the populace and a voter can be sure that he will be represented in parliament, even if only from the opposition benches.

(However many nations that utilise a form of proportional representation in elections depart from pure proportionality by stipulating that smaller parties are not supported by a certain threshold percentage of votes cast will be excluded from parliament.)