Hounslow Council


Referendum 2011

A referendum on the voting system for the UK parliament took place on 5 May 2011.

The question asked was: 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?

Referendum results for Hounslow

Turnout: 32.83%

Total number of ballot papers counted: 53,622

Number of ballot papers rejected: 119

Option

Total number of votes cast

Yes

20,953 (39.16%)

No

32,550 (60.84%)

For national results visit: www.aboutmyvote.co.uk/referendumresults