The FPTP is a shit system but it does give you a local representative. I think Brits could really use a better system with some percentage (say 20-40%) allocated by the D’Hondt method.
TL;DR On D’Hondt it will give the next seat to the party that has the largest ratio of V/(s+1) with V being the number of seats and V being the number of votes.
For the last election with 20% allocated it would mean Reform and Greens would get a lot of seats, evening out the proportions by a lot. Also, since the left in the UK does a lot of tactical voting I think Labour will suffer huge losses in favour of Greens and LibDem since they don’t have to combine their votes to kick out the Tories (and Reform).
Agree in general, but I think it’s also possible that Labour might gain a little (their current level of popularity notwithstanding) under PR in terms of regaining tactical voters.
There are probably a lot of Labour supporters who have frequently voted for other parties (LD in particular) because Labour had no chance at all where they live. Under PR, those voters might well vote for Labour after all.
The FPTP is a shit system but it does give you a local representative. I think Brits could really use a better system with some percentage (say 20-40%) allocated by the D’Hondt method.
TL;DR On D’Hondt it will give the next seat to the party that has the largest ratio of V/(s+1) with V being the number of seats and V being the number of votes.
For the last election with 20% allocated it would mean Reform and Greens would get a lot of seats, evening out the proportions by a lot. Also, since the left in the UK does a lot of tactical voting I think Labour will suffer huge losses in favour of Greens and LibDem since they don’t have to combine their votes to kick out the Tories (and Reform).
Agree in general, but I think it’s also possible that Labour might gain a little (their current level of popularity notwithstanding) under PR in terms of regaining tactical voters.
There are probably a lot of Labour supporters who have frequently voted for other parties (LD in particular) because Labour had no chance at all where they live. Under PR, those voters might well vote for Labour after all.