Alternative Vote Referendum

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Question

A referendum was held asking the following question:

At present, the UK uses the "first past the post" system to elect MPs to the House of Commons. Should the "alternative vote" system be used instead?

Results

The following results were declared by the returning officer:

Option Medway % UK %

No 54,540 74.3 13,013,123 67.9

Yes 18,817 25.7 6,152,607 32.1

Turnout 42.2

	Option	Medway	%	UK	%
	No	54,540	74.3	13,013,123	67.9
	Yes	18,817	25.7	6,152,607	32.1
Turnout				42.2

To order the options by their ballot paper order, number of votes received in Medway or number of votes received in the UK, click on the appropriate column heading.

Medway Result

UK Result