For example, the DUP, the support for which is entirely cocentrated in Northern Ireland received 8 seats with 244,128 votes(~ 0.1% of votes/seat) whereas the Lib Dems with support across the UK received 11 seats with 3,696,423 votes (~1% of votes/seat) - as such, the more diffuse Lib Dems had a 10x higher bar.