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The whole EU approach to democracy has got me thinking about our system.
When you vote for an MO do you vote for the person, or the party? If a bit of both, how much of either ?
How much do you expect them to represent their constituency or their party’s mandate ?
How do you rate their success? Does this change if they are a minister or a back bencher ? |
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It's tough, as the first past the post system can often mean that many votes can effectively be wasted, where the incumbent holds such a massive majority - so some people vote tactically.
I vote for a mix of party and the person who would represent me and the local area: it would likely mean that their perspective is representative of the party. Both national and local matters of importance are significant in choosing my vote.
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"It's tough, as the first past the post system can often mean that many votes can effectively be wasted, where the incumbent holds such a massive majority - so some people vote tactically.
I vote for a mix of party and the person who would represent me and the local area: it would likely mean that their perspective is representative of the party. Both national and local matters of importance are significant in choosing my vote.
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I follow their voting patterns, expenses claims etc and also communicate with them whilst they're elected, so that
they get feedback all the way through. |
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By *ara JTV/TS
over a year ago
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It’s a hierarchal system.
A candidate can win a seat with, say, 30 per cent of the vote.
That candidate then has one vote among 650 to decide who runs the country.
The other 70 per cent, their desires evaporate at the constituency boundary.
Does the winner-take-all mentality make for better governance than a consensual approach and a more proportionate representation?
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I vote the person in local politics. Because in general I know them and their ethics. I vote the party in regional and nation politics because I do not have the same knowledge of the candidates and must therefore make my judgements on records and manifestos. |
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"The whole EU approach to democracy has got me thinking about our system.
When you vote for an MO do you vote for the person, or the party? If a bit of both, how much of either ?
How much do you expect them to represent their constituency or their party’s mandate ?
How do you rate their success? Does this change if they are a minister or a back bencher ?"
Generally party, especially local elections, because I know them quite well personally. I also know my local MP but have never and would never vote for her (a. Because she's a conservative and b. Because she's a brexiteer). With the current Labour policies/direction, I'm not sure I could vote for them either (especially with Corbyn as leader).
Therefore, it's a combination of things but party comes first, unless they start supporting things I disagree with, in which case I'd vote for someone else (never conservatives though as it's extremely unlikely that their views/policies would be something I agreed with).
I expect them to fully represent their constituency first (people before party - it's the people that sent them to parliament as their representative in the first place) and kudos to Greg Hands, who quit his position, in order to be able to fulfill the promise he made to his constituents about Heathrow.
Being a ministet or back bencher makes no difference. They are accountable to their constituents first and foremost. Their success (for me, at least) is finding and keeping the right balance between integrity, constituency, party and ministerial role. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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local politics I vote for the person, I know my local councillor and my local MP personally and both are different parties
National elections I vote for a specific party |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"The whole EU approach to democracy has got me thinking about our system.
When you vote for an MO do you vote for the person, or the party? If a bit of both, how much of either ?
How much do you expect them to represent their constituency or their party’s mandate ?
How do you rate their success? Does this change if they are a minister or a back bencher ?
Generally party, especially local elections, because I know them quite well personally. I also know my local MP but have never and would never vote for her (a. Because she's a conservative and b. Because she's a brexiteer). With the current Labour policies/direction, I'm not sure I could vote for them either (especially with Corbyn as leader).
Therefore, it's a combination of things but party comes first, unless they start supporting things I disagree with, in which case I'd vote for someone else (never conservatives though as it's extremely unlikely that their views/policies would be something I agreed with).
I expect them to fully represent their constituency first (people before party - it's the people that sent them to parliament as their representative in the first place) and kudos to Greg Hands, who quit his position, in order to be able to fulfill the promise he made to his constituents about Heathrow.
Being a ministet or back bencher makes no difference. They are accountable to their constituents first and foremost. Their success (for me, at least) is finding and keeping the right balance between integrity, constituency, party and ministerial role."
This is largely me. There’s a balance between the mandate and the constituency. If it’s not in the manifesto my dial is closer to constituency. And I won’t vote for someone who i have issues with on a morality/ethical basis. |
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