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If you can find one, OLP basses are amazing for the money. However they are pretty tricky to get hold of because they're really good. That would be my number one choice if you're after a Stingray style bass.
Squier Jazz Bass - these occasionally pop up sub-£200, Vintage Modern or Classic Vibe would be perfect but hard to find in-budget.
I picked up a Yamaha RBX375 for £200 and that's a superb modern style bass - you'd want the 374 for fewer strings.
Ibanez SR300 would also be a really good, modern bass for the budget.
https://reverb.com/uk/item/39495782-ibanez-sr400eqmbbt-electric-bass-brown-burst
Yamaha RBX or Attitude Plus (if you can find one)
Sterling/SUB
Ibanez Soundgear
Rockbass by Warwick (their less fashionable models)
Obviously this is a bit cheaper than you said as it isn't used. A bass playing friend of mine recommended it as basically the best I could get for that budget (I will only ever use it for recording).
You can hear it in action here and probably everything I've put out!
Secondly, if the battery discharges even after the jack plug is disconnected, there is a wiring error on the jack socket.
If you upload photographs of the SR300 jack socket soldering terminals, somebody here can tell you how to correct the problem.
Hard to go too far wrong with anything that says Squier, Vintage, Yamaha, or Ibanez on the headstock.
For £200-ish a Yamaha BB414 would be my preference. Second hand Squiers seem to have lept in price - presumably the "everyone is bored in lockdown" effect.
Not sure they'll be so easy to find second hand but if you do then it'd surely be under £200.
P.S. don't worry about the P style bass only having one pickup or think it means it lacks "versatility" in any way - P basses don't need extra pickups, knobs or switches to fit in to just about any genre you want. Especially if your band has a rhythm guitarist, a P will be good.
Not exactly the hugest inconvenience of all time but still, I understand you wanting to avoid it.
It's not just the inconvenience when you remember to take it out, when you forget because you're used to years and years of leaving cables in then it drains the battery.
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