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How unfair or disproportionate is the UK’s voting system for general elections?
Posted by Patrick Dunleavy and Chris Gilson One possible explanation of declining voter turnout in recent UK elections, and of the movement for voters to support smaller parties, is that voters are...
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The Liberal Democrats have fallen in the polls and are facing the brunt of...
Recent weeks have seen large scale student protests over the Liberal Democrats’ ‘betrayal’ over tuition fees, and Nick Clegg’s party is now seen by some as the scapegoat of the coalition. While...
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In 2005 not a single MP was returned with active majority support amongst...
The UK’s mediaeval way of counting votes in elections has outlived its usefulness for modern times and modern politics. Guy Lodge and Glenn Gottfried show that it is very reliant on the results in...
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The LSE’s simple guide to UK voting systems
The UK uses a wide range of voting systems to elect MPs; MEPs in the European Parliament; members of the devolved parliaments or assemblies in Scotland, Wales and London; councillors in local...
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In Britain’s first past the post electoral system, some votes are worth 22...
Britain’s electoral landscape is dominated by safe seats, with very little competition for votes taking place within them. New research, presented here by Chris Terry of the Electoral Reform society,...
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Electoral system dynamics are fundamental to understanding why comparisons...
The recent German elections saw the demise of the FDP, the junior coalition partner whose support had plummeted while serving in government. This has prompted comparisons with the situation in which...
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