The decisive ‘no’ vote in the referendum on the alternative vote (AV) held on 5 May 2011 means that the simple plurality (first-past-the-post) electoral system will continue to be used for elections to the House of Commons. More than two-thirds of those who voted in the referendum rejected AV:
■ A clear majority against AV was recorded in every region of the UK (Table 1), although the ‘yes’ vote was higher in those areas where alternative electoral systems were already used by voters for elections to the devolved assemblies in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, and the London Assembly.
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