Voting Systems in the UK

Question 1

FPTP

Answer 1

• Unfair advantage concentrated voters *Green Party 2019 one seat over 800,000 votes.
• By elections allowed *2021 Hartlepool By-Election which saw an old Labour seat switch to Conservative

Question 2

AMS

Answer 2

• Balances regional list vote *2021 Greens gained all 8 of their seats.
• No by-elections *Mark MacDonald stepped down, Christian Allard took over SNP.
• Voters can split their vote, voting for different parties in the list and regional vote, there is also a much larger choice for voters on the regional list.

Question 3

STV

Answer 3

• No votes wasted

- two candidates from the same party *Scottish Local Council Election 2017, Two SNP candidates for Victoria Park.