Jacob Rees-Mogg consistently voted against a more proportional system for electing MPs

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Major votes

• On 20 Jul 2016: Jacob Rees-Mogg voted against proportional representation for electing MPs and against reducing the voting age to 16. Show vote

  This vote is also related to:

  • a lower voting age
• On 16 Dec 2015: Jacob Rees-Mogg voted against proposals to make the number of MPs from each party in the House of Commons more closely reflect each party's share of the national vote and against a move to fewer constituencies. Show vote
• On 12 Oct 2010: Jacob Rees-Mogg voted against including voting systems which would be expected to result in proportional representation as options in the referendum on how MPs are elected to the commons. Show vote

Minor votes

• On 20 Jan 2020: Jacob Rees-Mogg voted against introducing a system of proportional representation for the election of members of the House of Commons. Show vote
• On 2 Nov 2010: Jacob Rees-Mogg voted to only automatically act on the outcome of the referendum on introducing the alternative vote system for electing MPs if at least forty per cent of electors entitled to vote did so. Show vote