Why 2024 Was the Least Proportional Election Result Ever

Despite only winning 34% of the vote, Labour claimed a huge majority in the General Election which could lead to questions regarding over the UK's First Past the Post system. So was this really the least democratic vote in British political history?

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[lewis]

I don't like Farage, Reform, their candidates or their politics - in fact I'm on the opposite end of the political spectrum - but getting just 5 seats for 4 million votes is crazy.

[pogusmogus]

voters: "no, you can't just maintain a system that benefits you at the cost of democracy"
labour and tories: "womp womp"

[POKENAR]

Reminds me of, here in Canada, our current government had promised to get rid of FPTP but when they only got a majority thanks to FPTP, they magically stopped talking about it.

[Davefacestation]

Everyone is so focused on the Labour vs Torie fight they have ignored how much of a monumental blow this has been for the SNP.

[ricahrdb]

Every Reform MP represents 822, 857 voters while every DUP MP represents only 34, 410 voters. Seems like a difference that is a bit too big.

[danielbanbury]

Unfortunately Labour and the Conservatives have no plans on doing away with FPTP the entire time it benefits them.

[frixxer]

Everyone just voted Labour, and they won because their entire reasoning was “We’re not the Tories.”

[kzh]

If it was really "country first, party second", they'd push electoral reform immediately

[kostas]

It's crazy that reform got half of the votes that labour did and only got FIVE SEATS

[captainhaddck]

The video thumbnail doesn't go far enough - 412 seats from 34% of the vote is bad enough but then you realize that only 60% of the people with a vote actually used it. Broken system.

[diney]

Really funny how Labour blames their lower vote share on voter apathy due to uncompetitive seats and tactical voting, but won't listen to a solution that would solve that very issue.

[book_n_quill]

The thing I find the most hilarious is that CGP Grey made a video that came out 9 years ago about how the UK’s electoral system, in the aftermath of the 2015 general election, during which the Tories got a majority of seats. The Tories didn’t fix anything during those 9 years, and now their opposition, labour have a vast majority.

[stephen_ne]

We'll never escape this two party nightmare unless there is electoral reform

[allensu]

The unfortunate reality of FPTP is that the more people support smaller parties the more big parties win

[ks]

Yes it is. Winning a seat with 27% is crazy…

[darkraptor]

you should have pointed out that reform got 14percent of the vote, while lib dems got 12, and reform got 4 seats but lib dems got couldn't be any more undemocratic

[Zomerset]

Surprisingly, Reform UK had a better voter per seat ratio than UKIP. 3.5 million votes and one seat.

[Nabium]

Think about this. _Only one in six Brit voted for labour._

They got one out of three votes, but with turnout of around 50%, that means that roughly speaking only one out of six people in Britain voted labour.

[ArcTV.]

The time to start the campaign for electoral form is NOW. People must demand electoral reform. Make your voices heard folks. It's critical we demand this now.

[PvMLad]

Labor just got the biggest reason in the History of UK election cycles not to abolish FPTP.