To oppose the UK switching to an Alternative Vote (AV) electoral system at the 2011 referendum
Headquarters
London
Region served
United Kingdom
Official language
English
President
Margaret Beckett
Website
No to AV (Archived)
NOtoAV was a political campaign in the United Kingdom whose purpose was to persuade the public to vote against the Alternative Vote (AV) in the referendum on 5 May 2011. The opposition to switching to AV was successful, with the "No" vote to switching to AV receiving 67.9% of votes cast in the 2011 referendum.[1][2]
^"Vote 2011: UK rejects alternative vote". BBC News. 7 May 2011.
^"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?". Electoral Commission. 5 May 2011. Archived from the original on 21 November 2011. Retrieved 7 December 2011.
NOtoAV was a political campaign in the United Kingdom whose purpose was to persuade the public to vote against the Alternative Vote (AV) in the referendum...
campaign against introducing the AV system to UK Parliamentary elections, in an official television broadcast by NOtoAV. B'Stard appears as a party leader...
alternative voting system. Say NO to spending £250million on AV. Our country can't afford it. NOtoAV". A similar ad featuring a picture of a sick baby in a...
vote NOtoAV. AV was rejected by 67% of voters with all but ten of the 440 voting areas voted "No" and the proposed legislation to introduce AV which...
reform". On 26 November 2010, Beckett was announced as the President of the NOtoAV campaign, which campaigned to retain the First Past the Post (FPTP) electoral...
advocating the use of bicycle helmets. Having been a prominent supporter of the NOtoAV campaign in the 2011 United Kingdom Alternative Vote referendum, in June...
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