Under the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill, a referendum on whether to replace first past the post with the AV system would be held on 5 May 2011 next year.
The AV system allows electors to rank candidates in order of preference.
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The AV system asks voters to rank candidates in order of preference.
Under the AV system, electors rank candidates in order of preference.
Australia is the only major democracy to use the same type of AV system as the one being proposed for the UK, but voting is compulsory there.
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The bill paves the way for a referendum on changing the Westminster electoral system from first-past-the-post to the Alternative Vote (AV) system, whereby voters rank candidates in order of preference on the ballot paper.
The home affairs spokesman also rejected the Alternative Vote (AV) system favoured by Mr Blair to replace first-past-the-post.
Mr Cameron, over the shrieks of most of his party, has promised a referendum on introducing an alternative-vote (AV) system allowing voters to rank candidates by preference.
But the rearguard action in favour of Nick Clegg was being staged just 12 hours before the counts started for the referendum on changing the voting system to AV.
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In the wide-ranging speech, Ed Miliband pledged to vote "yes" in a referendum on changing the voting system to AV, said Labour should have recognised concerns about jobs and wages resulting from immigration.
Constitutional Reform Minister Mark Harper said the coalition wanted to hold the plebiscite on replacing first-past-the-post (FPTP) with the alternative vote (AV) system at an "early opportunity" so voters would know what system they would be using for the 2015 general election.
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He said Thursday's referendum was a rare opportunity to "modernise our democracy - move with the times" and repeated his argument that switching to AV would make voting system "a bit fairer" and make politicians work harder for a broader selection of votes.
Anti-AV campaigners say the current system generally leads to stable government and has historically reflected the will of the public, in that unpopular governments have been voted out.
He said there was an "honourable tradition" within his own party of opposing views on AV and denied using the system at Westminster elections would definitely mean more coalition governments.
The Lib Dems have faced an onslaught of voter anger over the past year, over the U-turn on tuition fees and support for spending cuts - and saw a long-cherished dream of changing the UK voting system dashed, when the AV referendum resulted in a resounding "no" from the electorate.
Yes, admits a Clegg ally, it now looks disastrous to have sought a referendum on the complicated preferential voting system known as the alternative vote (AV).
The Conservatives agreed to a referendum over whether to replace the first-past-the-post system for electing MPs with the alternative vote (AV) as part of their coalition negotiations.
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Labour offered to enact AV and conduct a referendum on a much more proportional system, the single transferable vote (STV).
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As well as assembly seats, people have also voted on whether to replace the first-past-the-post system for electing Westminster MPs with the alternative vote (AV).
The same day will see a referendum on changing the electoral system for the House of Commons to the Alternative Vote (AV), in which candidates are ranked in order of preference.
The bill provides for a referendum on changing the Westminster voting system from first past the post to the alternative vote (AV), making constituencies more equal in population size and cutting the number of MPs from 650 to 600.
Within this mixed system the constituency members should be elected by the alternative vote (AV).
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The public will be asked whether they want to replace the existing first-past-the-post system for electing MPs to Westminster with a method known as the alternative vote (AV).
AV, but he points out that Mr Blair has already admitted that it is not a proportional system.
The Liberal Democrats have long campaigned for a more proportional voting system, with the single transferable vote their favoured option, but the Conservatives agreed to a referendum on AV as part of the coalition deal.
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