Claim: Southampton City Council, local authority of the city of Southampton in Haampshire, received a majority answer of No, which gained 62.99% of votes from voters who were asked if the original vote system should be used.
Evidence: Southampton City Council is the local authority of the city of Southampton. Hampshire On Thursday 5 May 2011 Southampton voted in the 2011 Alternative Vote referendum under the provisions of the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011 where voters were asked to decide on the question "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?" No 62.99