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Majoritarian Systems
- FPTP
- Simple majority
- single vote
- Doesnt require absolute majority
- wastes votes
- wastes votes
- single vote
- candidate elected with largest
number of votes
- Close MP- constituency link
- Close MP- constituency link
- Party needs to win majority of seats in
Commons to form government
- rarely results in governments that
claim the support of more than 50%
- rarely results in governments that
claim the support of more than 50%
- easy and
cheap to
operate
- Simple majority
- Alternative Vote
- Voter ranks candidate in
order of preference
- candidate with
least is eliminated
- candidate with
least is eliminated
- have to have absolute majority
- elected outright if gain
more than half the votes
- More voter choice
- Reduces tactical voting
- Reduces tactical voting
- Voter ranks candidate in
order of preference
- Supplementary Vote
- Similar to AV
- Rank candidates in order of preference
- If no candidate gains 50%, all but top two
candidates are eliminated
- If no candidate gains 50%, all but top two
candidates are eliminated
- reduces wasted votes
- Centre-left is favoured
- Labour can select Lib Dem
as second preference and the reverse
- Labour can select Lib Dem
as second preference and the reverse
- Similar to AV
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