Electoral systems

Question 1

How does AMS work?

Answer 1

1. Vote for two candiates, one regional and one constituent one
2. The CONSTITUENCY VOTE = same as FPTP - each constit. elects a member based on whichever one gets the majority, they then get a seat in Scottish or Welsh parliament
3. REGIONAL VOTE: Scotland and Wales are split into larger regional constituencies (8 in Scot each with 7 candidates)
4. Each party draws up a list of their candidates for each region ranking them as well, voters then vote for their most preferred party (candidate?)
5. Based off of the number of votes each candidate/party got, a number of candidates from the voted parties are allocated to the regional constituencies

Question 2

Evaluate the use of two or more different proportional systems within the UK

Question 3

How does STV work?

Answer 3

1. Voters rank a candidate of each party by preference
2. Those who achieved the Droop Quota (( total votes available +1/ number of seats available in region +1) +1) automatically get a seat
3. Any votes achieved over Droop quota are redistrubuted, if any candiates now have the droop quota then they are given a seat as well
4. If there are seats still remaining then the candidates with the fewest votes are eliminated and their votes are then redistributed again
5. This continues until all the seats in the region are filled