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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
N O R T H E R N   I R E 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
Alliance	12,839	1	5.6%	0	0	0.0%	1	41,394	8.1%	41,394
DUP	119,235	8	44.4%	143,038	9	50.0%	8	168,216	32.7%	21,027
Independents	21,181	1	5.6%	44,775	2	11.1%	1	21,181	4.1%	21,181
SDLP	51,596	3	16.7%	56,612	3	16.7%	3	110,970	21.6%	36,990
Sinn Fein	102,290	5	27.8%	81,129	4	22.2%	5	171,942	33.5%	34,388
All winning                  candidates	307,141	18	100.0%	325,554	18	100.0%	18	513,703	100.0%	28,539
	45.7%	of all votes cast		48.4%	of all votes cast			76.4%	of all votes cast
Losing parties:	Votes discarded			Votes discarded				Votes discarded
Alliance	28,555	-		41,394	-		-	0
DUP	48,981	-		25,178	-		-	0
Independents	23,055	-		539	-		-	23,055
SDLP	59,374	-		54,358	-		-	0
Sinn Fein	69,652	-		90,813	-		-	0
Other	135,745	-		134,667	-		-	135,745
All losing                    candidates	365,362	-		346,949	-		-	158,800
	54.3%	of all votes cast		51.6%	of all votes cast			23.6%	of all votes cast
Total votes cast	672,503			672,503				672,503
	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)