First Past the Post

Explore the effect on democracy of the First Past the Post voting system which favours large parties and the two-party system | Calls for proportional representation

• Electoral Reform Society - First Past the Post 426518
• Get RP Done 426533
• Make Votes Matter 426526
• Make Votes Matter - First Past the Post 426521
• Lib Dems - Fair Votes Now 426531
• Make Votes Matter - Wikipedia 426528
• Independent - Proportional representation 426532
• First-past-the-post voting - Wikipedia 426519
• Labour Campaign for Electoral Reform - Wikipedia 426530
• @PRfortheUK 426567
• #FirstPastThePost 426568
• #EndFirstPastThePost 426577
• You Gov - Should we change our current British voting system? 426524
• UK general election tests limits of first-past-the-post system - The Loop 426544
• Electoral Reform Society - Explore the results of the 2024 election 426529
• Four striking general election outcomes showing the chaos of First Past the Post - Electoral Reform Society 18.07.24 426557
• Labour divided over calls to scrap first past the post after landslide win - Guardian 17.07.24 426542
• If You Still Support First-Past-The-Post, You Hate Democracy - ROAR 16.07.24 426558
• Making Britain’s voting system fairer won’t enable parties like Reform – it’s the only way to challenge them - Guardian 10.07.24 426535
• Starmer’s Sandcastle Majority Says It All: First-Past-The-Post Needs to Die - Novara Media 09.07.24 426545
• ‘Disproportionate’ UK election results boost calls to ditch first past the post - Guardian 08.07.24 426522
• First past the post is failing our democracy - iNews 07.07.24 426553
• Why do some popular parties win so few seats? - Al Jazeera 05.07.24 426559
• Labour may win big under first past the post, but it is morally obliged to bring in a fairer system - Guardian 02.07.24 426552
• First-past-the-post: time for electoral reform? - The Week 30.06.24 426546
• Why First-Past-the-Post Leaves Me Cold As An 18-Year-Old First-Time Voter - SOUK 26.06.24 426525
• How does the UK's voting system affect smaller parties? - BBC 25.06.24 426520
• Small parties’ surge offers opportunity and risk for Labour as ‘big two’ vote share poised to fall - Guardian 23.06.24 426550
• This is billed as a ‘change’ election – but Britain’s electoral system means hardly any seats are true multi-party contests - Conversation 18.06.24 426551
• Voters will always come last under first past the post - The National 03.06.24 426548
• First Past the Post means 100,000 Welsh voters were denied a say in the last local elections - Electoral Reform Society 15.05.24 426563
• England’s local elections show the warped world of First Past the Post - Electoral Reform Society 03.05.24 426564
• A Labour landslide could make this the most disproportionate election since universal suffrage – time for electoral reform? - Conversation 24.04.24 426547
• The Untold Tale of How and Why Britain has First Past the Post - Make Votes Matter 25.03.24 426523
• How First Past the Post is fundamentally outdated in contemporary British politics - QUB 14.03.24 426555
• Should we change our voting system? - Prospect 26.02.24 426549
• First Past the Post Voting System Barrier to Urgent Action on Climate Crisis, Major Environmental Groups Say - Byline Times 21.11.23 426554
• First Past the Post in mayoral elections means less choice and a weaker voice - Electoral Reform Society 02.11.23 426565
• First-past-the-post is an exercise in undermining democracy - Tax Research 13.09.23 426556
• Why first past the post is the last thing we need in British politics - Guardian 11.05.23 426537
• Why first-past-the-post steals elections for right-wing parties – and how to stop it - New Statesman 04/21 426536
• Who benefits from Westminster’s First Past the Post voting system? - Electoral Reform Society 29.04.20 426540
• The winners and losers of Britain’s “first past the post” electoral system - Economist 08.06.17 426543
• Why don't we elect MPs by proportional representation? - BBC 17.05.17 426534
• What Are the Advantages and Disadvantages of Using the First-Past-the-Post Voting System? - UK Engage 05.06.13 426541
• Book: To Keep or To Change First Past The Post? The Politics of Electoral Reform - Oxford 08.05.08 426539
• Why first-past-the-post voting is fundamentally flawed - New Scientist 09.04.08 426566