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Outline the workings of three electoral systems currently used in the UK.
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Outline the workings of three electoral systems currently used in the UK. The system used in general elections throughout the UK is the First Past the Post (FPTP) system. Candidates in a constituency are listed along with the name of their party with the candidate that wins a plurality of votes in a constituency winning a single seat in the House of Commons, regardless of whether the majority of his constituency supports him. Voting is open to everybody over 18, as long as they are registered in a constituency and are not disqualified. The UK is divided geographically into around 650 single-seat constituencies of roughly equal size. A general election must be called at some point within five years of the previous election and takes place about four weeks after the date is announced. After the polls close the votes are counted with the winning candidate from each constituency invited to...
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