Here is
how other constituencies can contribute:
Not exact matches
On the
other hand, if directors primarily serve a broader
constituency of stakeholders (or society at large), is it possible to determine which groups are being served and
how directors can prioritize between divergent stakeholder interests?
«It's right that each area decides
how to run elections, because some
constituencies cover huge rural areas while
others will have to contend with large numbers of postal votes which have to be carefully verified.
It is the
constituency parties that bear the brunt of this — though Unite and
other unions were clearly resentful about it too this year — and we consider why it happens and
how to end it.
AMS / AV + would almost certainly be easier than STV, which would require huge
constituencies for rural areas (and even under FPTP, there are inequalities in
constituency membership because of the difficulties caused by excessive size), but then a whole new can of worms would be opened up concerning
how to set the ratio between corrective «top - up» MPs, and
constituency MPs, plus a whole load of
other factors such as whether to allow dual standing, whether the two votes should be two choices or interconnected, whether the list should be open or closed, etc., etc..
However STV is not a PR system and the degree of proportionality depends on
how votes for the different parties are distributed across the country, and
other variables such as the size of the multimember
constituencies and the numbers of parties competing in the election.
He has focused in particular on
how to reform politics by devolving power to local
constituencies through referendums on important issues and on recalling votes for citizens who are unhappy with the performance of MPs and
other elected officials.