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This doesn't make sense, when SV was first introduced there were only 3 parties that got many votes, now there are 5, 6 in Wales, so you would still have candidates getting elected with a minority of votes. Why not at least have a third preference like in Papua new Guinea.

* Unless something has radically changed since the last time I tried to make sense of them...

Regional government, elected by open list full PR, to be led by an appointee of the ruling coalition (usually leader of the largest party), Police, NHS, fire, ambulance & other regional functions requiring democratic input to be represented at this level... The current patchwork is utterly mad...

Exactly. I'm very interested in politics and would say I have a better than averag chance of picking a top 2 but in the past there have been loads of times when I'd have got it wrong and would have wasted vote. Why not let people rank everyone, even if you discard everything after the second pref.

They're restoring the voter system that the Tories abolished. The Tories did not have a mandate to change the system, as residents voted to establish these bodies in the knowledge that STV would be used. What is being done here is simply a restoration of what people voted for.

Better yet, Condorcet.

Should be AV, with councils using STV Scotland-style.

Yippee! The silly system is back, only slightly less silly than FPTP. Still an improvement though.

Sensible. Now can we have it for Westminster, local and Senedd elections please.

The first good news from this govt IMHO

OTOH Ros Jones would've likely lost in Doncaster

Or at the very least make non-political, for the love of fuck.

Genuinely surprised - had thought they might scrap that idea after doing so badly in May. Pleasantly so, although AV or a French-style two-round system would've been better. Also think it's hypocritical saying FPTP is unacceptable for mayors + PCCs but absolutely fine to elect English councillors.