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Patricia Ferguson
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Strategy for Elections
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Rushanara Ali
I refer the hon. Gentleman to my previous answers on the same question.
Patricia Ferguson (Glasgow West) (Lab)
Will my hon. Friend reflect on the fact that my experience of being elected under three electoral systems—additional member system, single transferable vote and first past the post—suggests that none of them are perfect? However, there are advantages to first past the post that we should be very careful about doing away with. The other two systems that I have been elected with served my constituents far worse than first past the post does.
Voting for 16 and 17-year-olds was passed by the Scottish Parliament a number of years ago and enabled young people to vote in elections as of 2016 in Scotland. I was delighted to vote for that measure, as were all members of the Scottish Parliament, so will the Scottish Conservatives give a lesson to their colleagues at Westminster about why they voted for it in 2016?
Rushanara Ali
I very much hope that the Scottish Conservatives will join us in supporting votes at 16.