https://pjmedia.com/tatler/2011/05/06/britain-rejects-the-lefts-bid-for-permanent-power/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 05:00:15 -0400<![CDATA[British voters have rejected a proposal to change the voting system for parliamentary elections in spectacular fashion. By a margin of 68% to 32%, they chose to keep the ‘first past the post’ system, under which the candidate who gets the most votes on the first count wins, rather than adopt the Alternative Vote (AV) system, under which if no candidate won 50% or the vote on the first count, second-preference votes – and then third-preference votes, and so on – would be redistributed until a candidate passed the 50% threshold.]]>Fri, 06 May 2011 17:28:03 -0400<![CDATA[Mike McNally]]>https://pjmedia.com/mike-mcnally/2011/05/06/britain-rejects-the-lefts-bid-for-permanent-power-n147033