Sentences with phrase «electoral system effect»

In part this difference is due to a classic First Past The Post electoral system effect, but Labour managed to get 19 % of the seats on 20 % of the vote, and the LibDems got 14 % of the seats on 13 % of the vote among the BBC keywards.

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What is clear, however, is that the» bad result» of UKIP is first of all due to the mechanical effects of the British electoral system, and not to a lack of popular support.

First, UKIP seat gains were very modest because of the even distribution of the vote and effects of the First Past The Post electoral system.

A final important difference that is often overlooked is the effect of electoral systems on polling.

The shame of it is that Hughes, Cable et al don't seem to be in any position to alleviate the worst effects of Tory idiocy, altho even then you could argue they are doing their best with the bad hand dealt to them by a combination of the clueless British electorate and a deeply flawed electoral system.

The response to the second is hampered by the lack of evidence about the longer term effects of a change in electoral system.

The effect of an electoral threshold is to deny representation to small parties or to force them into coalitions, with the presumption of rendering the election system more stable by keeping out fringe parties.

Other methods of introducing ordinality into an electoral system can have similar effects.

The effect of electoral reform and a more proportional system, would be to create a different kind of parliament in a post expenses world, she claimed.

On 13 June 2015, alongside Murphy's resignation as Leader taking effect, the Scottish Executive Committee agreed to adopt the One Member One Vote system that the UK - wide contest is using, moving away from the electoral college system that was used up until December 2014's contest.