Most support STV!

37% support STV, 26% support AV+

Of non-Labour, 62% support STV, 14% support AV+

A recent survey revealed preferences for the voting system for the British Parliament as:

Alternative Vote 16%
Alternative Vote Plus 26%
First Past The Post 20%
Single Transferable Vote 37%
Other 1%

75% wanted a referendum on the same day as the next general election and 25% did not.

AV+ came top among Labour supporters with 33%, STV came 2nd with 24% and FPTP was a close 3rd with 23%.

Among non-Labour supporters, the figures showed substantial support for STV:

Alternative Vote 10%
Alternative Vote Plus 14%
First Past The Post 14%
Single Transferable Vote 62%!

Please see http://www.labourlist.org/majority_support_voting_reform_referendum for more details, including some of the reasons people gave for their views.

STV supporters should:

• *Emphasize to Labour the strong national, cross-party support for STV - stronger than Labour's 35.2% share of the vote at the last general election.
• *Continue to campaign for a citizens' assembly, not dominated by Labour or other politicians, to choose the new system to be put to a referendum.
• *Encourage non-Labour supporters (whose support Labour would presumably like) to lobby for STV.

Do please use the link near the top of this newsletter to tell me your views on its contents or on any other aspect of STV. I would especially welcome your ideas for campaigning, but please comment on other matters if you wish.