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Instant-runoff voting and United Kingdom Alternative Vote referendum, 2011

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Difference between Instant-runoff voting and United Kingdom Alternative Vote referendum, 2011

Instant-runoff voting vs. United Kingdom Alternative Vote referendum, 2011

Instant-runoff voting (IRV) is a voting method used in single-seat elections with more than two candidates. The United Kingdom Alternative Vote referendum, also known as the UK-wide referendum on the Parliamentary voting system was held on Thursday 5 May 2011 (the same date as local elections in many areas) in the United Kingdom (UK) to choose the method of electing MPs at subsequent general elections as part of the Conservative – Liberal Democrat Coalition Agreement drawn up after the 2010 general election which had resulted in the first hung parliament since February 1974 and also indirectly in the aftermath of the 2009 expenses scandal under the provisions of the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011 and was the first national referendum to be held under provisions laid out in the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000.

Similarities between Instant-runoff voting and United Kingdom Alternative Vote referendum, 2011

Instant-runoff voting and United Kingdom Alternative Vote referendum, 2011 have 34 things in common (in Unionpedia): Academy Award for Best Picture, Alternative Vote Plus, Approval voting, By-elections to the House of Lords, Conservative Party (UK), Contingent vote, Electoral Reform Society, Electoral system of Australia, Exhaustive ballot, First-past-the-post voting, Gibbard–Satterthwaite theorem, House of Commons of the United Kingdom, Hung parliament, Independence of clones criterion, Independent politician, Irish presidential election, Jenkins Commission (UK), Labour Party (UK), Liberal Democrats (UK), Lord Speaker, Majority, Mayor of London, Monotonicity criterion, Mutual majority criterion, National Parliament of Papua New Guinea, NOtoAV, Proportional representation, Ranked voting, Single transferable vote, Tactical voting, ..., The Guardian, Two-round system, United Kingdom, United Kingdom general election, 2010. Expand index (4 more) »

Academy Award for Best Picture

The Academy Award for Best Picture is one of the Academy Awards presented annually since the awards debuted in 1929, by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS).

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Alternative Vote Plus

The Alternative Vote Plus (AV+), or Alternative Vote Top-up, is a semi-proportional voting system.

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Approval voting

Approval voting is a single-winner electoral system where each voter may select ("approve") any number of candidates.

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By-elections to the House of Lords

Following the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999, the number of hereditary peers entitled to sit in the House of Lords was reduced to ninety-two.

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Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative Party, officially the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom.

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Contingent vote

The contingent vote is an electoral system used to elect a single winner, in which the voter ranks the candidates in order of preference.

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Electoral Reform Society

The Electoral Reform Society (ERS) is a political pressure group based in the United Kingdom which promotes electoral reform.

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Electoral system of Australia

The Australian electoral system comprises the laws and processes used for the election of members of the Australian Parliament.

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Exhaustive ballot

The exhaustive ballot is a voting system used to elect a single winner.

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First-past-the-post voting

A first-past-the-post (FPTP) voting method is one in which voters indicate on a ballot the candidate of their choice, and the candidate who receives the most votes wins.

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Gibbard–Satterthwaite theorem

In social choice theory, the Gibbard–Satterthwaite theorem is a result published independently by philosopher Allan Gibbard in 1973 and economist Mark Satterthwaite in 1975.

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House of Commons of the United Kingdom

The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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Hung parliament

A hung parliament is a term used in legislatures under the Westminster system to describe a situation in which no particular political party or pre-existing coalition (also known as an alliance or bloc) has an absolute majority of legislators (commonly known as members or seats) in a parliament or other legislature.

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Independence of clones criterion

In voting systems theory, the independence of clones criterion measures an election method's robustness to strategic nomination.

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Independent politician

An independent or nonpartisan politician is an individual politician not affiliated with any political party.

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Irish presidential election

The Irish presidential election determines who serves as the President of Ireland; the head of state of Ireland.

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Jenkins Commission (UK)

The Independent Commission on the Voting System, popularly known as the Jenkins Commission after its chairman Roy Jenkins, was a commission into possible reform of the United Kingdom electoral system.

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Labour Party (UK)

The Labour Party is a centre-left political party in the United Kingdom.

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Liberal Democrats (UK)

The Liberal Democrats (often referred to as Lib Dems) are a liberal British political party, formed in 1988 as a merger of the Liberal Party and the Social Democratic Party (SDP), a splinter group from the Labour Party, which had formed the SDP–Liberal Alliance from 1981.

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Lord Speaker

The Lord Speaker is the speaker of the House of Lords in the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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Majority

A majority is the greater part, or more than half, of the total.

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Mayor of London

The Mayor of London is the head of the executive body of the Greater London Authority.

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Monotonicity criterion

The monotonicity criterion is a voting system criterion used to evaluate both single and multiple winner ranked voting systems.

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Mutual majority criterion

The mutual majority criterion is a criterion used to compare voting systems.

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National Parliament of Papua New Guinea

The National Parliament of Papua New Guinea is the unicameral national legislature in Papua New Guinea.

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NOtoAV

NOtoAV was a political campaign in the United Kingdom whose purpose was to persuade the public to vote against the Alternative Vote (AV) in the referendum on Thursday, 5 May 2011.

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Proportional representation

Proportional representation (PR) characterizes electoral systems by which divisions into an electorate are reflected proportionately into the elected body.

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Ranked voting

Ranked voting describes certain voting systems in which voters rank outcomes in a hierarchy on the ordinal scale (ordinal voting systems).

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Single transferable vote

The single transferable vote (STV) is a voting system designed to achieve proportional representation through ranked voting in multi-seat organizations or constituencies (voting districts).

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Tactical voting

In voting methods, tactical voting (or strategic voting or sophisticated voting or insincere voting) occurs, in elections with more than two candidates, when a voter supports another candidate more strongly than their sincere preference in order to prevent an undesirable outcome.

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The Guardian

The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.

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Two-round system

The two-round system (also known as the second ballot, runoff voting or ballotage) is a voting method used to elect a single winner, where the voter casts a single vote for their chosen candidate.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.

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United Kingdom general election, 2010

The 2010 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday, 6 May 2010, with 45,597,461 registered voters entitled to vote to elect members to the House of Commons.

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Instant-runoff voting and United Kingdom Alternative Vote referendum, 2011 Comparison

Instant-runoff voting has 183 relations, while United Kingdom Alternative Vote referendum, 2011 has 349. As they have in common 34, the Jaccard index is 6.39% = 34 / (183 + 349).

References

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