First-past-the-post did not simply put paid to a few Green MPs in this election; it narrowed the focus of debate in a harmful manner.
More countries in the Western world now use proportional representation systems than the
first-past-the-post method.
Inequalities inherent in the
first-past-the-post system
The AV voting system explained ELECTIONS to the House of Commons are currently held under the
first-past-the-post system where each voter marks their ballot with a single X.
Mr Clegg wants proportional representation (PR) to replace
first-past-the-post to give smaller parties wider representation in the Commons.
8 for the
first-past-the-post election -- the rebels announced the calling off of the planned Oct.
If the election had been entirely carried out under the
first-past-the-post system (as per the British Parliament), there would have been a clear winner and therefore stronger Government for Wales.
'It is wrong that a candidate rejected by the electorate in a
first-past-the-post election can somehow appear in power in front of the electorate,' said Labour's Baroness Anita Gale of Blaenrhondda in a House of Lords debate a couple of weeks back.
Votes for Westminster are traditional
first-past-the-post seats while Holyrood has
first-past-the-post seats plus regional MSPs elected using a system of proportional representation.
Liberal Democrat leader Charles Kennedy disclosed that preliminary talks have begun to look at replacing Britain's
first-past-the-post system with a form of proportional representation.
follow greyhounds and adopt a
first-past-the-post system for betting purposes, writes David Yates.
In a
first-past-the-post election, this is a very encouraging result.
Responses to a party-wide consultation exercise showed massive opposition to scrapping the
first-past-the-post system for Westminster elections, according to a series of reports.
They have been trying to stop list MSPs getting the pounds 30,000-a-year office allowance given to
first-past-the-post MSPs.
But where Welsh Labour slides down the moral slope is in its expression of interest in changing the electoral system to one in which all AMs would be elected on a
first-past-the-post basis.