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Electoral Systems (AMS (73 of 129 constituencies are voted in with FPTP…

- - - - Vote for parties rather than individual candidates
        
        closed list - parties get thier own list of candidates, and based on however many seats they get, how many candidates get seats
        
        Elected proportionally using d'Hondt formula
- - - - 2nd preference votes are added to 1st preference and winner is found
        
        E.g Sadiq Khan and Zach Goldsmith (London Mayor election)
- - - - Candidates are voted from best to worst
        
        Can vote for as many or as few as they like
        
        Candidates must achieve "droop quota" to be elected; total valid poll+1
        
        Candidates can then be eliminated & 2nd choice votes can be redistributed
        
        Process goes on until there is a winner
  - - - Can be less accurate in translating votes into seats
      - Large, multi-member constituencies weaken MP links
      - likely to produce coalition & give more influence to minor parties
      - Counting is lengthy and complex
    - - Delivers proportional outcomes and ensures groups of equal value
      - Gov likely to be majoritarian
      - voters choose from range of candidates
        
        Greater choice