Sentences with phrase «supplementary vote system»

I was thus surprised to discover that Mayors are elected via the supplementary vote system.

The Greater London Authority Act (for London) and the Local Government Act 2000 (for the rest of England and Wales) prescribed the use of the supplementary vote system (effectively a weak two - party biased version of the alternative vote / instant run off) for local elected executives.

The supplementary voting system, a shorter form of the alternative vote system, gives voters the opportunity to mark their first and second choice.

As in London, the supplementary vote system is used to elect the metro mayors, unless there are only two candidates.

«At present, mayors are elected under the supplementary vote system, which is retained in the Bill.

«The supplementary voting system we've had here... I'm surprised to be defeated by someone who voted against the proportional representation system.»

13:31 - The police commissioner elections are using the Supplementary Vote system, which is a bit like AV.

Police and Crime Commissioners are elected via a supplementary vote system.

The supplementary vote system used for the mayoral elections creates the opportunity for a larger proportion of voters both to choose their favoured candidates and have more influence on the outcome than they would do under a simple plurality voting system.

The supplementary vote system will be used for the election of Combined Authority regional mayors.

The London Mayoral election is fought under the Supplementary Vote system, with the second preferences of losing candidates being redistributed to the top two candidates if no one candidate receives 50 % in the first round.

PCC elections use the supplementary vote system, in which voters can mark the ballot with their first and second preferences.

The supplementary vote system was used for the mayoral election.

The election used the supplementary vote system: voters marked the ballot paper with their first and second choices of candidate.