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'Britain is in desperate need of electoral reform. The FPTP system is undemocratic.' Discuss.
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Lucy Nuttney 'Britain is in desperate need of electoral reform. The FPTP system is undemocratic.' Discuss. Britain uses the First Past the Post electoral system to elect a Government and legislature. The country is divided up into 659 single member constituencies, each with one seat in the House of Commons, to which an MP is elected using a majoritarian system. This means that the candidate who gains the most votes in that constituency wins the seat in Parliament. Some people argue that this is a good electoral system because it produces a definite winner. However by definition, Democracy means rule by the people, therefore if everyone does not have an equal say to some extent, then it is undemocratic. FPTP is a simple plurality system which means there is no quota that has to be reached to become the MP for that constituency, there need only be a one vote difference. This...
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