Alternative Vote

British

noun

AV. (modifier) of or relating to a system of voting in which voters list the candidates in order of preference. If no candidate obtains more than 50% of first-preference votes, the votes for the bottom candidate are redistributed according to the voters' next preference See proportional representation

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But what might have happened if the UK had backed the Alternative Vote at general elections?

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Under the Alternative Vote, voters rank candidates in order of preference.

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The No campaign claimed the Alternative Vote would cost £250m, a figure its opponents said was a "lie."

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Just 32.1% wanted the Alternative Vote.

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The Alternative Vote "would have changed future election results and we wouldn't have had Brexit", he concludes.

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