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UK government accused of ‘rigging democracy’ with election changes

Plans to impose First Past the Post voting system on mayoral and police crime commissioner elections were ‘sneaked out’, critics say

UK government accused of ‘rigging democracy’ with election changes
Boris Johnson's government has been accused of 'sneaking out' changes to elections | Imageplotter / Alamy Stock Photo
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The government has been accused of “sneaking out” changes to the way local elections are run, without consulting MPs or the public.

The change will impose the controversial ‘First Past the Post’ voting system on all elections for local mayors and police and crime commissioners (PCCs).

The system is already used for general elections, and has allowed British politicians to be elected with as little as 25% of the vote.