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 8 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 23 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 23 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!