N Ireland

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
W A L E S	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	134,803	8	20.0%	123,982	7	17.5%	8	382,730	27.8%	47,841
Labour	402,419	26	65.0%	437,948	25	62.5%	26	531,602	38.7%	20,446
Lib-Dem	52,044	3	7.5%	85,593	5	12.5%	3	295,464	21.5%	98,488
Plaid Cymru	35,743	3	7.5%	41,111	3	7.5%	3	165,394	12.0%	55,131
All winning                  candidates	625,009	40	100.0%	688,634	40	100.0%	40	1,375,190	100.0%	34,380
	42.6%	of all votes cast		46.9%	of all votes cast			93.7%	of all votes cast
Losing parties:	Votes discarded			Votes discarded				Votes discarded
Conservative	247,927	-		258,748	-		-	0
Labour	129,183	-		93,654	-		-	0
Lib-Dem	243,420	-		209,871	-		-	0
Plaid Cymru	129,651	-		124,283	-		-	0
Other	91,801	-		91,801	-		-	91,801
All losing                    candidates	841,982	-		778,357	-		-	91,801
	57.4%	of all votes cast		53.1%	of all votes cast			6.3%	of all votes cast
Total votes cast	1,466,991			1,466,991				1,466,991
	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)