Wales

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
S C O T 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	17,457	1	1.7%	18,930	1	1.7%	1	412,855	17.2%	412,855
Labour	884,873	41	69.5%	907,891	40	67.8%	41	1,035,528	43.1%	25,257
Lib-Dem	185,860	11	18.6%	235,797	12	20.3%	11	465,471	19.4%	42,316
SNP	88,352	6	10.2%	109,455	6	10.2%	6	491,376	20.4%	81,896
All winning                  candidates	1,176,542	59	100.0%	1,272,073	59	100.0%	59	2,405,230	100.0%	40,767
	47.7%	of all votes cast		51.6%	of all votes cast			97.5%	of all votes cast
Losing parties:	Votes discarded			Votes discarded				Votes discarded
Conservative	395,398	-		393,925	-		-	0
Labour	150,655	-		127,637	-		-	0
Lib-Dem	279,611	-		229,674	-		-	0
SNP	403,024	-		381,921	-		-	0
Other	60,490	-		60,489	-		-	60,490
All losing                    candidates	1,289,178	-		1,193,647	-		-	60,490
	52.3%	of all votes cast		48.4%	of all votes cast			2.5%	of all votes cast
Total votes cast	2,465,720			2,465,720				2,465,720
	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)