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 |
|
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AV results based on simulation program AVOTER (AV Operational Testing, Evaluation and Research) |
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