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