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Please target your anger to at most half of the British people. (I will gladly join in.) With the UK's horrifically undemocratic voting system, the leading pa
by Symbiote 6y ago
Please target your anger to at most half of the British people. (I will gladly join in.)
With the UK's horrifically undemocratic voting system, the leading party often wins a strong majority of the power in Parliament with significantly less than half the national vote.
In the 2019 election, the Conservative party won 56.2% of the seats in Parliament with 43.6% of the vote.[0]
In 2017, 48.8% of seats came from 42.4% of the vote.
In 2015, 50.8% of seats came from 36.8% of the vote.
In 2010, 47.1% of seats came from 36.1% of the vote.
In 2005, 55.2% of seats came from 35.2% of the vote.
In 2001, 62.5% of seats came from 40.7% of the vote.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_United_Kingdom_general_election#Summary https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_United_Kingdom_general_el... and links to other elections at the bottom.