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56 seats out of 650 = 8.6%. Population of Scotland as a percentage of total UK population: 5.3 million people / 64.1 million people = 8.3%. Seems like the Sco
by ZenoArrow 10y ago
56 seats out of 650 = 8.6%.
Population of Scotland as a percentage of total UK population: 5.3 million people / 64.1 million people = 8.3%.
Seems like the Scottish have about the same level of say as the rest of the UK population when it comes to the House of Commons. Plus, they have their own parliament in Holyrood.
- tremon 10y agoI said power, not representation. But you're right, I should have said 0.3% (1/331), not 1/650.
- ZenoArrow 10y agoSorry, where are you getting that 0.3% figure from?
- tremon 10y ago1 seat out of the 331 conservative seats that are currently running the UK.
- ZenoArrow 10y agoMPs in opposition still have power, though admittedly less power than those in a majority government. Also, if Scotland was in the EU government the number of seats would be set roughly proportional to the size of the population vs. the population of all EU countries (though it apparently doesn't follow a set formula, so all the numbers that follow are just to help with guesswork). Population of the EU, minus UK but adding in Scotland... 447 million people (approx.) 5.3 million people / 447 million people = 1.2% (approx.) As far as I can see from Wikipedia, Slovakia has roughly the same size of population as Scotland, and if I've read the table correctly it has 13 MEPs. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apportionment_in_the_European_Parliament https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apportionment_in_the_Europea... 13 / 750 MEP seats (would be 751 with the President of the European Parliament) = 1.7%, not too far off 1.2%. So would you expect Scotland to have much of a say in the EU if it had so few seats?