Green MP and co-leader Adrian Ramsay responded to the government bringing back supplementary voting for combined authority ‘metro’ mayors, the Greater London Authority mayor, elected council mayors, across England; and Police and Crime Commissioners across England and Wales.
“I look forward to the government now extending more democratic voting to General Elections and council elections as well.
“This change in systems is welcome for Mayoral contests because it ensures voters can express their preferences and the outcome will better reflect people’s views.
“We now need the government to wake up to the need to reform the General Election voting system, and the system for electing councillors.
“We have a deeply undemocratic first-past-the-post system for General Elections, particularly now the tired, old two-party system has fractured.
“That voting system also needs to change or we could once again find ourselves with a party with a majority of seats in Parliament won on a shrinking minority of votes.
“We need every vote to count and for the public to feel that they have a real say in how the country is governed.”