Scotland

Index

Comparison of  the current First-Past-The-Post (FPTP) system, the proposed AV system,
and the ProFirst (Proportional FPTP) proposal, each applied to the 2010 UK election counts
Country	Current FPTP system			Proposed AV system			ProFirst (PFPTP) system
E N G L A N D	Votes under FPTP	Seats won (i.e. voting power in the House under the current FPTP system)		Votes under AV	Seats won (i.e. voting power in the House under the proposed AV system)		Seats       won	Winning parties' actual total poll figures        (and therefore also ProFirst voting power at each Division in the House)
								Total votes cast		Average voting power per MP
		No.	%		No.	%	No.	No.	%
Winning parties:	Votes used			Votes used				Votes used
Conservative	7,147,127	297	55.8%	6,974,432	278	52.3%	297	9,930,970	42.6%	33,438
Green	16,238	1	0.2%	19,603	1	0.2%	1	258,954	1.1%	258,954
Labour	3,713,630	191	35.9%	4,101,199	197	37.0%	191	7,039,388	30.2%	36,855
Lib-Dem	993,839	43	8.1%	1,329,492	56	10.5%	43	6,075,553	26.1%	141,292
All winning                  candidates	11,870,834	532	100.0%	12,424,726	532	100.0%	532	23,304,865	100.0%	43,806
	47.3%	of all votes cast		49.5%	of all votes cast			92.9%	of all votes cast
Losing parties:	Votes discarded			Votes discarded				Votes discarded
Conservative	2,783,843	-		2,956,538	-		-	0
Green	242,716	-		239,351	-		-	0
Labour	3,325,758	-		2,938,189	-		-	0
Lib-Dem	5,081,714	-		4,746,061	-		-	0
Other	1,774,749	-		1,774,749	-		-	1,774,749
All losing                    candidates	13,208,780	-		12,654,888	-		-	1,774,749
	52.7%	of all votes cast		50.5%	of all votes cast			7.1%	of all votes cast
Total votes cast	25,079,614			25,079,614				25,079,614
	100.0%	of all votes cast		100.0%	of all votes cast			100.0%	of all votes cast
				AV results based on simulation program AVOTER (AV Operational Testing, Evaluation and Research)