UK election result if we had proportional representation

British Parliament would look very different if votes cast in the 2024 election were directly translated into seats.

But is proportional representation really more democratic than first past the post?

And do the British public actually want to change our voting system?

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[michaelrch]

Labour 2019: 10.3 million votes. 32.4% vote share. Result. 220 seats and the leader resigns.
Labour 2024: 9.6 million votes. 33.7% vote share. Result: 412 seats and a landslide victory.
This voting system is absolutely absurd.

[isolationnationn]

“But coalitions are bad” - Parties having to work together and compromise is what democracy should be.

[BJWT]

Anyone still saying FPTP gives stable governments after the last 14 years, and since Brexit in particular, is totally deluded.

[KingArthurWs]

The Labour Party conference backed proportional representation. Don't let them forget this so easily, Britain.

[purplerings]

Maybe voting turn out will be higher if everyone's vote actually counted.

[tazman]

There's only two countries in europe that use FPTP system, us, and Belarus.

[ImperfectionGuaranteed]

In the current system there are far too many votes thrown away, being votes _against, _ rather than _for!_

[lyndacrosfill]

Labour and conservatives aren't going to change anything it's in their interest not the public's.

[kostas]

14% of the vote and 0.6% of the seats is CRAZY

[snakeySnakeybakey]

Reform UK. 14.5% of the vote. 1% of representation.

[madcowgimbo]

Coalition governments force politicians to work across party divides. People get to vote who they want. Labour state this is the time for change so walk the talk and change it. PR now!

[mattdawson]

A serious democracy shouldn't be handing out massive majorities with 30% or 40% of the vote.

The result suits me as I hate the Tories but the system isn't fit for purpose and needs to be reformed.

[fredhayward]

In New Zealand we have proportional voting and it works...the UK should not just try it, but needs it.

[marcoose]

Tory's and Labour love FPTP, it gives them absolute power when their side wins, and as we all know: power corrupts.

[UFORevelation]

Sickening state of UK politics I can see why many don't bother voting.

[jebbo-cl]

FPTP is garbage, proportional is the way to go

[dondoodat]

If we had PR instead of FPTP people wouldn't necessarily have voted the way they did.

So directly transposing the results of a FPTP system nto a PR result doesn't give an accurate picture of how a PR result would have turned out.

But I do understand the point being made.

[ohheyitskevinc]

PR would be better, but using numbers from yesterday to prove any point on PR is pointless. Voters knew PR wasn’t a thing yesterday, so many vote tactically. For example - you live in a constituency where you want to vote Labour but you know Labour won’t win. You want the Tories out and Lib Dems are the next best option, so you vote Lib Dem. With PR, that same person would have voted Labour and not bothered thinking about it.

[keithsewell]

"First Past the Post" is an excellent way of racing horses, but an abysmal way of voting for representative legislatures.

[andycarr]

Getting PR through parliament would be like asking turkeys to vote for Christmas 🎄