BREAKING: New ERS research shows one in six seats in the Commons are effectively ‘unearned’ under warped voting system electoral-reform.org.uk/latest-news-an…
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The election saw more than 14.5 million voters effectively ‘unrepresented’ last week, after 45% of voters across the UK rejected their local MP
Voters in Scotland and Northern Ireland fared even worse, with the choices of 53.7% of voters in Scotland and 55.1% of voters in Northern Ireland ignored
The number of votes needed to elect an MP differs dramatically between parties. On average it took just 38,264 to elect a Conservative MP and 50,835 to elect a Labour one. It took 865,697 votes to elect a Green MP and 336,038 for a Liberal Democrat
Across the UK, one in six seats were effectively ‘unearned’ due to the gap between how people voted and the number of MPs from each party elected. In Scotland this rises to one in three seats unearned
There were fewer than 200 votes between winning and losing in five constituencies this election. Fermanagh & South Tyrone was won with a margin of just 57 votes. Under PR, representation relies far less on a handful of swing seats, with ALL voters heard
Before the election the ERS correctly predicted the outcome in 316 ‘safe seats’ (including 56% of seats in England) - with 100% accuracy
UK-wide, the Conservatives largely benefited from the discrepancy between votes and seats, winning a majority (56.2%) of seats on a minority (43.6%) of the vote. An increase of 7.4 percentage point increase in seats on just a 1.3 percentage point increase in votes
The voting system is not only bust, it's bankrupt. We've seen a return to wildly disproportionate results this election
It is time for real reform, to end the mass disenfranchisement we see under First Past the Post. We need to see all parties to come together and get behind a fairer, proportional voting system, where every voter's voice is heard
