41. Deacon was an advisor to the Electoral Reform Society on the referendum in May 2011 on the Alternative Vote . 42. Alternative Vote system was granted as part of the Conservative Liberal Democrat coalition agreement, but not AV +.43. A key Liberal Democrat policy was that of voting reform, to which a Alternative Vote to elect MPs to Westminster. 44. To Fairer Votes campaign in the unsuccessful bid for a Yes vote in the 2011 referendum on the Alternative Vote . 45. Some limited ( to a greater or lesser degree ) alternative voting and official appointing systems claim to be democratic. 46. During the campaign he made the claim that the Alternative Vote would violate the principle of 1 person 1 vote. 47. The result of the referendum was that the alternative vote proposal was defeated by a margin of 2 : 1. 48. In 2011, he took a sabbatical to act as Campaign Director for the NOtoAV campaign during the UK Alternative Vote referendum. 49. This was repealed by the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011 ( Repeal of Alternative Vote Provisions ) Order 2011. 50. Following the UK referendum on the Alternative Vote in 2011 Ault was Chair of the Electoral Reform Society from 2011 to 2012.
