The voting system used to elect MPs is called First Past the Post or FPTP. On election day, voters receive a ballot paper with a list of candidates. As only one MP will represent each constituency ...

Under the existing first-past-the-post system, voters select their preferred candidate and the candidate with the most votes ...

By Maitphang Syiem Readers might wonder what ‘First Past the Post’ implies? Well, learned citizens will definitely understand the meaning, however on a general note, in a democratic process it’s an ...

After announcing he would be resigning as prime minister, Justin Trudeau said one of his biggest regrets was not bringing in ...

Justin Trudeaus biggest regret, he said at his resignation news conference, is failing to achieve electoral reform in Canada ...

and which struggled to break through under the first-past-the-post voting system. But there is another scenario, the fear of which haunts No 10. It is that Starmer’s opponents unite against ...

American politics functioned well enough when it operated like a four-party system—when ... parties is through electoral reforms to end winner-take-all, first-past-the-post elections.

A former parliamentary candidate for Carlisle and current Cumberland Council has criticised the current ‘outdated and undemocratic’ first past the post voting system. In a letter to the News ...

A referendum in 2011 saw UK voters reject the idea of replacing First Past The Post with the Alternative Voting system. Sign up to the Front Page newsletter for free: Your essential guide to the ...

But as a federal election looms this year, it’s a good time to take a closer look at Canada’s first-past-the-post electoral system, examine why it’s seen by many as unfair and to think about ...