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Thanks for the link. I've read the Independent article, clicked through and read the author's Facebook "footnote", and also read the paper referenced in that.

by n4r9 7y ago

Thanks for the link. I've read the Independent article, clicked through and read the author's Facebook "footnote", and also read the paper referenced in that. I can't see anything that disputes the claim "The Tories are the clearest benefactors" of the UK's electoral system. The author makes a repeated assertion that boundaries are currently biased "15 seats" against the Tories, but I cannot tell where this number is coming from. The fact remains that the Tories have won the last few elections by receiving a disproportionate number of MPs relative to their vote share. Moreover, polling suggests that they will continue to have the highest vote share.

marksweston 7y ago
it is utterly bizarre that you're treating the fact that the party that got the most votes won the most seats as evidence that the electoral system is biased towards them. Have you considered adding elections when the Conservatives didn't win the most votes to your data set?
- n4r9 7y ago
  That's a disappointing misrepresentation of my premise, which is that the system is biased so that high vote shares confer disproportionately many seats.