The Westminster “plurality rule” electoral system
Dunleavy, P.
(2018).
The Westminster “plurality rule” electoral system.
In
Dunleavy, P., Park, A. & Taylor, R.
(Eds.),
The UK's changing democracy: the 2018 democratic audit
(pp. 45-55).
LSE Press.
https://doi.org/10.31389/book1.b
(2018).
The Westminster “plurality rule” electoral system.
In
Dunleavy, P., Park, A. & Taylor, R.
(Eds.),
The UK's changing democracy: the 2018 democratic audit
(pp. 45-55).
LSE Press.
https://doi.org/10.31389/book1.b
Patrick Dunleavy examines a topic of foundational importance for any liberal democracy– how well does the electoral system (in this case the Westminster plurality rule, aka ‘first-past-the-post’) convert votes into seats? A sudden growth in two-party support in 2017 allowed the UK’s ancient voting system to work far more proportionately. But is this outcome a one-off blip, or the start of a new long-term trend?
