Mims Davies

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

Conservative MP for Mid Sussex

@mimsdavies https://facebook.com/Mims4Eastleigh

Proportional Representation When Electing MPs

There have been votes in Parliament on if the system used to elect MPs to the House of Commons should change to a one where the proportion of seats won by a political party better reflects the proportion of the vote they win.

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Mims Davies consistently voted against a more proportional system for electing MPs

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Major votes

  • On 20 Jul 2016: Mims Davies voted against proportional representation for electing MPs and against reducing the voting age to 16. Show vote
  • On 16 Dec 2015: Mims Davies 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

Minor votes

  • On 20 Jan 2020: Mims Davies voted against introducing a system of proportional representation for the election of members of the House of Commons. Show vote

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