The document discusses the 2011 UK referendum on adopting the Alternative Vote (AV) system to elect members of parliament. It provides background on nationwide referendums in the UK, and notes the referendum question asked voters if the current first-past-the-post system should be replaced with the alternative vote. It then outlines that the document will explain how the AV system works, why it was proposed, and that it was ultimately rejected by UK voters in the 2011 referendum.

1. ALTERNATIVE VOTE
SYSTEM
“What is the Alternative Vote System as presented to the
UK electorate for approval in the 2011 referendum?”

2. Outline
■ Nation-wide referendums
■ The Referendum Question
■ How does the AV work?
■ Why AV system?
■ The Outcome
■ Sources

3. Nation-Wide Referendums in the UK
■ 1975 – EEC
■ 2011 – ALTERNATIVE VOTE SYSTEM
■ 2016 – BREXIT

4. The Question?
■ “At present, the UK uses the "first past the post" system to
elect MPs to the House of Commons. Should the
"alternative vote" system be used instead?”

5. How Does Alternative Vote Work?

6. Why Alternative Vote System?

7. Rejected!
NO
%67.90
YES
%32.10

8. Sources
■ Heringa 2016
Aalt Willem Heringa; Constitutions Compared: an Introduction to Comparative Constitutional
Law. 4th edition, Antwerp [etc.]: Intersentia, 2016
■ The Electoral Reform Society
Electoral Reform Society
https://www.electoral-reform.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/introducing-the-alternative-
vote.pdf, last visited on 20th November 2017