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How would UK politics change if a snap election was automatically triggered whenever the PM resigns from office OR loses a no-confidence vote?
I ask because I'm thinking about the election to replace Theresa May. To pick the next PM: ~300 Conservative MPs will vote for several rounds, then possibly the ~124,000 Conservative Party members could pick if the field narrows down to just 2 candidates.(Am I right, @lukemcgee?)
It's an interesting situation now. Imagine if voter turnout for the party-wide election was 100% and every Conservative Party member sent in a ballot. The winner becomes PM. That means <1% of the 47 million registered voters in the UK could actually vote.
And "<1% of voters" don't usually rule the day. Latest CNN poll in Iowa says 7 Democratic presidential hopefuls are currently getting "<1%" of the vote. (It's Bullock, Gillibrand, Hickenlooper, Moulton, Ryan, Swalwell, Williamson.) cnn.com/2019/06/10/pol…
