Electoral systems: How much do we know? Organise yourselves into groups of no more than three. You will need to answer 20 questions on electoral systems.

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Electoral systems: How much do we know? Organise yourselves into groups of no more than three. You will need to answer 20 questions on electoral systems in order to check the progress of your revision.

Electoral systems Which of these systems are Proportional, which Majoritarian and which Mixed? I.First-past-the-post (FPTP) II.The additional member system (AMS) III.The supplementary vote (SV) IV.The single transferrable vote (STV) V.List proportional representation (List PR)

Electoral systems Which electoral system is used to elect the following: VI.Members of the Scottish and Welsh Parliaments and the Greater London Assembly VII.Police and Crime Commissioners in England; mayors in London, Bristol and (soon) Manchester VIII.Local councillors in England and Wales IX.Members of the Northern Ireland Assembly and local government officials in Scotland X.Members of the European Parliament

Electoral systems XI. Which electoral system is being described? A proportional representation system used to elect members. Somewhat over half of the members of these bodies are locally elected in constituencies using FPTP, as above. The remaining 40 to 45 percent of representatives for each body are elected in large regional areas using a proportional representation system, in order to match every party’s share of winning candidates to their vote share.

Electoral systems XII. Which electoral system is being described? A system used to elect single office-holders for a whole regional or local authority area (spanning many constituencies or wards). Voters have a ballot paper with two columns on it, one for their first choice and one for their second choice. A candidate is elected straightaway if they have more than 50% of the first preference votes cast. However, if no one has majority support then the top two candidates go into a runoff stage, and the candidates placed third, fourth, fifth etc are all eliminated. The second preference votes of people who voted for one of the eliminated candidates are added to the total for those candidates still in the race. Whichever of the two top candidates now has the most votes then wins.

Electoral systems XIII. Which electoral system is being described? A fully proportional system that for a country or locality as a whole will match how many representatives a party wins closely to its votes share. The number of constituencies is less (around a third or a fifth of the number under FPTP) and they are bigger, so that we can elect three to five representatives at a time in each local contest. Voters mark their preference using numbers, so putting 1 for top choice, 2 for their second choice, 3 for their third, and so on. If they want to, voters can choose to support candidates from across different parties, so as to exactly match their personal preferences. A complex counting process (the d’Hont system) then operates that allocates seats in an order to the candidates that have most votes, so as to get the best fit possible between party vote shares and their number of local MPs. Looking across the country or local authority area as a whole the results should be proportional.

Electoral systems XIV. Which electoral system is being described? This is a preferential system where the voter has the chance to rank the candidates in order of preference. The voter puts a '1' by their first choice a '2' by their second choice, and so on, until they no longer wish to express any further preferences or run out of candidates. Candidates are elected outright if they gain more than half of the first preference votes. If not, the candidate who lost (the one with least first preferences) is eliminated and their votes are redistributed according to the second (or next available) preference marked on the ballot paper. This process continues until one candidate has half of the votes and is elected.

Electoral systems XV. Which electoral system is being described? The country is divided into 13 large regions, ranging in size from the South East (10 seats) and London (8 seats) down to the North East and Northern Ireland (3 seats each). The main parties all select enough candidates to contest all of a region’s seats (while smaller parties may only contest some of the available seats). The parties arrange their candidates in an order, to form their List, where candidates are ranked from the top in the order that the party will win seats if get enough support. The ballot paper shows each party’s List of candidates and voters choose just one party to support using a single X vote. Parties win seats in proportion to the party’s vote share. So, suppose we have a region with 10 seats where party A gets 40 per cent of the vote – they should end up with 4 of the available seats.

Electoral systems True or false? XVI.There are no wasted votes under AMS XVII.List PR is more favourable to smaller parties than FPTP XVIII.Elections are held every four years in Scotland and Wales XIX.Plurality systems tend towards two-party dominance XX.Proportional systems tend to coalition governments pursuing policies for which no-one explicitly voted

ANSWERS

Electoral systems Which of these systems are Proportional, which Majoritarian and which Mixed? I.First-past-the-post (FPTP) II.The additional member system (AMS) III.The supplementary vote (SV) IV.The single transferrable vote (STV) V.List proportional representation (List PR) Ma Pr Ma Mi Pr

Electoral systems Which electoral system is used to elect the following: VI.Members of the Scottish and Welsh Parliaments and the Greater London Assembly VII.Police and Crime Commissioners in England; mayors in London, Bristol and (soon) Manchester VIII.Local councillors in England and Wales IX.Members of the Northern Ireland Assembly and local government officials in Scotland X.Members of the European Parliament AMS SV FPTP STV List PR

Electoral systems XI. Which electoral system is being described? A proportional representation system used to elect members. Somewhat over half of the members of these bodies are locally elected in constituencies using FPTP, as above. The remaining 40 to 45 per cent of representatives for each body 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. AMS

Electoral systems XII. Which electoral system is being described? A system used to elect single office-holders for a whole regional or local authority area (spanning many constituencies or wards). Voters have a ballot paper with two columns on it, one for their first choice and one for their second choice. A candidate is elected straightaway if they have more than 50% of the first preference votes cast. However, if no one has majority support then the top two candidates go into a runoff stage, and the candidates placed third, fourth, fifth etc are all eliminated. The second preference votes of people who voted for one of the eliminated candidates are added to the total for those candidates still in the race. Whichever of the two top candidates now has the most votes then wins. SV

Electoral systems XIII. Which electoral system is being described? This is a preferential system where the voter has the chance to rank the candidates in order of preference. The voter puts a '1' by their first choice a '2' by their second choice, and so on, until they no longer wish to express any further preferences or run out of candidates. Candidates are elected outright if they gain more than half of the first preference votes. If not, the candidate who lost (the one with least first preferences) is eliminated and their votes are redistributed according to the second (or next available) preference marked on the ballot paper. This process continues until one candidate has half of the votes and is elected. AV

Electoral systems XIV. Which electoral system is being described? A fully proportional system that for a country or locality as a whole will match how many representatives a party wins closely to its votes share. The number of constituencies is less (around a third or a fifth of the number under FPTP) and they are bigger, so that we can elect three to five representatives at a time in each local contest. Voters mark their preference using numbers, so putting 1 for top choice, 2 for their second choice, 3 for their third, and so on. If they want to, voters can choose to support candidates from across different parties, so as to exactly match their personal preferences. A complex counting process (the d’Hont system) then operates that allocates seats in an order to the candidates that have most votes, so as to get the best fit possible between party vote shares and their number of local MPs. Looking across the country or local authority area as a whole the results should be proportional. STV

Electoral systems XV. Which electoral system is being described? The country is divided into 13 large regions, ranging in size from the South East (10 seats) and London (8 seats) down to the North East and Northern Ireland (3 seats each). The main parties all select enough candidates to contest all of a region’s seats (while smaller parties may only contest some of the available seats). The parties arrange their candidates in an order, to form their List, where candidates are ranked from the top in the order that the party will win seats if get enough support. The ballot paper shows each party’s List of candidates and voters choose just one party to support using a single X vote. Parties win seats in proportion to the party’s vote share. So, suppose we have a region with 10 seats where party A gets 40 per cent of the vote – they should end up with 4 of the available seats. List PR

Electoral systems True or false? XVI.There are no wasted votes under AMS XVII.List PR is more favourable to smaller parties than FPTP XVIII.Elections are held every four years in Scotland and Wales XIX.Plurality systems tend towards two-party dominance XX.Proportional systems tend to coalition governments pursuing policies for which no-one explicitly voted F T F T T