Andy Burnham Wants to Change How We Vote

The Manchester mayor says he will make electoral reform a key promise for his next campaign, sparking a big debate across the UK.

Andy Burnham, the Mayor of Greater Manchester, has made a big move. He announced he wants to change the way we vote in UK elections. He plans to make this a major part of his next campaign. Right now, the UK uses a system called 'first-past-the-post.' This means in each local area, the person with the most votes wins. The candidate from the other parties gets nothing, even if many people voted for them. Burnham wants to move toward 'proportional representation.' Under proportional representation, the number of seats a party gets in Parliament matches the percentage of total votes they rece…