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What impact has the use of PR had on parties in the UK?
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Rose Szarowicz Thursday 7th January 04 What impact has the use of PR had on parties in the UK? Proportional Representation (PR) is an alternative to the Plurality system. It works by having a government made up of different parties, who form a coalition, and share the responsibility of ruling the country. They must compromise their views to form laws and policies which will represent the views of the people supporting both/every party. This produces a much more representative government. There are three types of PR available; the closed list system, the single transferable vote (STV) and the hybrid system (AMS)- a mixture of PR and plurality. The closed list system is used in European elections. In the closed list system the electorate for each multimember constituency, votes for one party. The party's candidates are ordered by preference, and seats allocated in proportion to the vote. The more votes a party gets, the more candidates...
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