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Politics and Electoral Systems - Revision Questions - Explain the term First-Past-The-Post system.
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Politics and Electoral Systems - Revision Questions a.) Explain the term First-Past-The-Post system. The United Kingdom is split up into 659 sections called 'constituencies.' Each constituency has an MP which runners for any particular party. For instance in the Stroud constituency David Drew runs for the Labour party. At a general election the people of the constituency will vote for the party they want to be in gov't. The MP with the most votes will go to par't. So if David Drew wins more votes, than any other candidates, then he will go to par't. In order for a party to go to power they need a majority of one. So for labour to go to power they would need one more seat (which there are 659 of) than all of the other parties put together i.e. 330 seats or more. Constituencies, which are always, won by the same party, like the Cotswolds...
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