10th February 2014 Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the first past the post electoral system The UK electoral system is run by the First Past the Post system‚ voting takes place in single-member constituencies. Voters put a cross in a box next to their favoured candidate and the candidate with the most votes in the constituency wins. The advantages of using a First Past the Post system are as follows: Firstly‚ the system is simple and easy for constituents to understand because you only
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The first of the four systems I will analyze is the current method of voting in Canada – First Past the Post (FPTP). Named as a reference to horse racing‚ FPTP voting systems elect candidates simply by who got the most votes in an electoral riding. FPTP has many distinct advantages; it provides voters with a simple and easy to understand voting system‚ it often gives way to majority governments (Reynolds‚ 2003‚ pp. 28) which allows for the easy passing of legislation‚ and perhaps most importantly
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Script Slide 2: First Past The Post (FPTP)‚ also known as Simple majority voting or Plurality voting . It is used in the UK to elect MPs to the House of Commons and also used in Canada‚ the USA and some other countries. It is worth noting that in a General Election under FPTP‚ no one votes directly for a Party‚ a Prime Minister or a Government. You can only cast a vote for an individual candidate to be elected as an MP. Voting directly for the party is a feature of PR systems such as MMP/AMS‚
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Federal and Provincial First-Past-The-Post (FPTP) elections are based on single member districts or ridings. Each riding chooses one candidate to elect into parliament. In order to win a candidate must obtain the highest number of votes but not necessarily the majority of votes. The party that wins the most ridings is named the official government of Canada with the second place party becoming the official opposition. The (FPTP) system is also known as the ’winner-take-all’ system‚ in which the candidate
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First Past The Post Essay. FPTP is the only electoral system which the UK should use for general elections. Discuss. First Past the Post is the current voting system used in the UK for general elections whereby the nation elects MP’s into the House of Commons. This particular voting system is based on each area of the constituency being represented by the elected MP. The candidate with the most votes in each constituency becomes its MP. I feel that depends on your own view of democracy‚ but I
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electoral system is the single-member district plurality voting system. It is part of the British political culture and consequently predominately used in the UK as well as former British colonies‚ e.g. the United States‚ Canada‚ Nigeria‚ and India (Electoral-Reforms.org.uk‚ n.d.). However‚ throughout the past decades‚ criticism of the system especially in the United Kingdom has become more substantial and focused. The plurality system is considered an effective and simple voting system‚ which results
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Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of First Past the Post voting System First Past the Post is the voting system used in General elections in the UK. It has many advantages‚ like the fact that it provides a clear view of the parties that can be voted for‚ such as Liberal Democrats‚ Labour‚ and Conservative‚ among others. It usually allows Single party governments‚ and rarely ends up in hung‚ or coalition governments‚ such as the likes that we are in at the moment. It also prevents extremist
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In what ways has First Past the Post been criticised? In Britain our voting system is called First Past the Post (FPTP). The UK is split into 646 different constituencies and each constituency elects a single MP to enter the House of Commons. The candidate with the highest number of votes automatically wins whether they have more than 50% of the votes or not. The party that forms the government however is not decided by the number of votes they receive across the country. Instead it is determined
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First Past The is a system where ’the winner takes it all’. First Past The Post means the votes of many hard working citizens are completely disregarded‚ as due to the system coming second in a constituency gets you no seats in parliament. In a nation which exclaims how democratic it is‚ how can we have such an unfair voting system? Is it fair to have a constant two party race? Is it acceptable to have a system that pushes out smaller parties? There is a clear alternative to First The Post which
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First Past the Post Essay First Pass the Post voting system is a single-winner voting system used to elect members of parliament. This voting method is also used in constituencies which is sometime called an exhaustive counting system where one member is elected at a time and the process repeated until the number of vacancies is filled. The most common system‚ is first-past-the-post. In this voting system the single winner is the person with the most votes‚ so there is no requirement that the
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