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An Electoral Reform
By Roy Law
… best of both? This is the day of the General Election in the UK - which is being conducted (possibly for the last time) on the time-honoured First-past-the-Post system. Leaving aside the total number of MPs and constituency boundaries, the vexed question for the future is that strict Proportional Representation would remove the personal association of candidates with Constituencies (ie Parliamentary Seats). In my opinion, it is fairly simple to combine the advantages of both systems. 1. Keep the existing voting procedure ‘as is’, but modify how the results are used to assign Seats; 2. List, in descending order, the total number of votes cast for each Party and decide a cut-off point beyond which a Party will not be represented; 3. Calculate the resultant number of Seats per Party (rounding upwards to the nearest whole number); 4. Finally, assign those Seats to Constituencies for each Party (working top-down from the list in 2. above):
a. List, in descending order of votes, the Constituencies, together with a note as to whether they were also a First-past-the-Post winner ;
b. Assign Seats to Constituencies until the maximum number is reached (see 3. above) with First-past-the-Post winners taking precedence and thereafter on a total votes basis. One disadvantage is that it would probably delay the final outcome being known, however it would provide analysts and forecasters with a field day or two. The great advantage is that local associations are preserved (so you’ll always get someone you know – even if you don’t like them!). Now,
• What flaws can you see in this new system?
• What would you call this new system?
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Contributor's Note
© 2010, Roy Law, a personal opinion based on 52 years as a Voter.
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I tried using my calculator on #3 and is said *error* I tried it again and the result was 07734 which didn't make any sense until I turned the calculator upside down. The answer is hELLO! Sounds pretty complicated to me.
Thank you for sharing, Roy. You are right, the analysts are having a field day. The outcome could be very interesting. Get ready to do an update!
Best wishes.
Frederick
Wow... Coming from America, it DOES sound kinda complicated.
Hi Roy. I think your intel is a little confusing and it need not be if you apportioned "votes" to the 3 main political parties (4 would be better) and divided it up as you think it would go. That would certainly help me.
CONTRIBUTOR'S REPLY
Hi Andrew, I quite agree!
a. It is hard to put numbers without making it even more confusing, but I will try and devise a simple example;
b. There ought to have been a '0' section - any proportional system is only fair if the same party list suits most people (so the system would need to be run separately in Wales etc).
Regards, Roy.
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