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To: UK Government and Parliament
General Elections every 4 years.
The UK parliament should amend the 2011 Fixed- Term Parliament Act to provide for General Elections every 4 years and not the current 5 years.
Why is this important?
It is important for a democracy to have elections as often as practical, allowing for good government. On many occasions in the last 50 years elections have been held after 4 years or within a 5 year period eg 1966, 1970, 1974 (February/October) 1979, 1983, 1987, 2001 and 2005. Many other democratic nations hold parliamentary elections every 4 years eg US, Germany, Spain, Netherlands, Japan, Brazil. Australia has elections every 3 years. In 1838 the Chartist movement called for elections every year! It is important that the UK has earlier elections to consult the people because unlike most other nations there are no mid-term elections involving the second chamber or elections to choose a President.
