ELINB (Not British) why he can apparently choose what district to run in (as opposed to only being allowed to run in the one in which he lives)? Or did he move there in order to run?

[–] sanguinepar@lemmy.world 6 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

On the contrary, he's rarely shown his face there, even after being elected MP. He's a shameless grifter.

As for being able to stand where you don't live, yeah, it's just a feature of the UK system that we don't require residency. There's probably a rule about you must have a registered office in the constituency, but that's about it I think.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 4 points 22 hours ago (3 children)

As for being able to stand where you don’t live, yeah, it’s just a feature of the UK system that we don’t require residency. There’s probably a rule about you must have a registered office in the constituency, but that’s about it I think.

What stops every district from ending up represented by some rich asshole from London or wherever, who doesn't give a shit about the people who live there?

[–] cynar@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago

They need to convince the people living there to actually vote for them. MPs areas are generally small enough that a local grass roots campaign can counter someone just pouring money in.

While the UK does have political parties, there is less blind party voting than the US seems to have.

[–] Simon_Shitewood@lemmy.ml 2 points 21 hours ago

Nothing. There are plenty of rich assholes scattered around the country so they don't generally need to, but it happens pretty regularly.

[–] sanguinepar@lemmy.world 2 points 21 hours ago

I guess the threat of people not voting for them. Most MPs will live in their constituency, or at least very near - it's only really well known figures like Farage who can get away with being parachuted in, and even then it took him about 8 goes to win a seat!