Scotland and Wales» devolved political institutions, elected under
proportional Additional Member electoral systems, were intended to produce a more consensual political culture.
Not exact matches
I am tabling an amendment that would rewrite the referendum question to allow people to choose from a wider range of voting systems, including properly
proportional options such as the
additional member system (used in elections for the Scottish Parliament, Welsh Assembly and Greater London Assembly) and the single transferable vote (used in Northern Ireland).
It is also one of eight constituencies in the South Wales Central electoral region that elects four
additional members (along with eight constituency
members), to produce a degree of
proportional representation for the region as a whole.
The
proportional representation systems (List PR, the
Additional Member System or the Single Transferable Vote) all fit parties» seats won closely to votes shares.
«
Additional Member» System (AMS)-- this is a
proportional representation system used to elect
members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs), the Welsh Assembly (AMs) and Greater London Assembly.
The remaining 40 to 45 per cent of representatives for each body (the «
additional members») are elected in large regional areas using a
proportional representation system, so as to match every party's share of winning candidates to their votes share.
That's why, as MPs start the second reading of the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill on 6 September, I am tabling an amendment that would rewrite the referendum question to allow people to choose from a wider range of voting systems, including properly
proportional options such as the
additional member system (used in elections for the Scottish Parliament, Welsh Assembly and Greater London Assembly) and the single transferable vote (used in Northern Ireland).
The Rosatellum used an
additional member system, which act as a mixed system, with 36 % of seats allocated using a first past the post electoral system and 64 % using a
proportional method, with one round of voting.
Reynolds himself is calling for a move to the
additional member system vote for Westminster elections — the hybrid system used in Scotland and Wales which combines first - past - the - post constituencies with top - up regional seats based on a
proportional vote.
Each region is a group of constituencies, and the D'Hondt method of allocating
additional member seats from party lists is used to produce a form of
proportional representation for each region
Also, however, it is one of nine constituencies in the South Scotland electoral region, which elects seven
additional members, in addition to nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of
proportional representation for the region as a whole.
Also, it is one of nine constituencies in the Mid Scotland and Fife electoral region, which elects seven
additional members, in addition to nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of
proportional representation for the region as a whole.
It was also one of nine constituencies in the North Wales electoral region, which elected four
additional members, in addition to nine constituency
members, to produce a degree of
proportional representation for the region as a whole.
Mixed
member proportional representation (MMP), also called the
additional member system (AMS), is a two - tier mixed electoral system combining a non-
proportional plurality / majoritarian election and a compensatory regional or national party list PR election.
Also, however, it is one of nine constituencies in the Central Scotland electoral region, which elects seven
additional members, in addition to nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of
proportional representation for the region as a whole.
Also, however, it is one of eight constituencies in the South Wales East electoral region, which elects four
additional members, in addition to eight constituency
members, to produce a degree of
proportional representation for the region as a whole.
It is one of nine constituencies in the Lothian electoral region, which elects seven
additional members, in addition to nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of
proportional representation for the region as a whole.
[7] It was the way that compensatory seats were allocated that made their report the origin of the
additional member system, the term which the report also invented, which was then applied along with the much older «mixed system» by English - speaking writers on voting systems to West Germany's system and similar models until mixed
member proportional (MMP) was invented for the adoption of the German system proposed for New Zealand in a royal commission report in 1986, which would explain why AMS and MMP have been used as synonyms.
Each constituency elects one AM by the first past the post (single -
member district plurality, SMDP) system, and the
additional Assembly seats are filled from regional closed party lists, under the d'Hondt method, with constituency results being taken into account, to produce a degree of
proportional representation for each region.
The commission reported in September 1998 and suggested the alternative vote top - up or AV + system, which would directly elect some MPs by the alternative vote, with a number of
additional members elected from top up lists similarly to mixed
member proportional representation.
The
additional member system (AMS), also known as mixed -
member proportional representation (MMP) outside the United Kingdom, [1][2][3][4] is a mixed electoral system with one tier of single -
member district representatives, and another tier of «
additional members» elected to make the overall election results more
proportional.