by abolishing STV and putting it back to first past the post, they hoped the outer boroughs’ vote would be enough to swing it in the Tories’ favour. Fortunately, Susan Hall was so bad a candidate even large chunks of outer London went “nah, mate, not having that.”
Tried to rig it in what way?
by abolishing STV and putting it back to first past the post, they hoped the outer boroughs’ vote would be enough to swing it in the Tories’ favour. Fortunately, Susan Hall was so bad a candidate even large chunks of outer London went “nah, mate, not having that.”
Back to? I don’t think London mayoral elections were ever FPTP?
You’re right. I should have said something like “changing it to FPTP like other elections.”