@ChrisMayLA6 I am now worried that as the UK starts to move beyond #FPTP for Westminster elections, it won't unpack the term #PR.
Pure #dHondt or #AMS are the likely winners, although #AndyBurnham is muddying the waters by mendaciously labelling #AV as #PR. It isn't.
There is a serious risk that as political parties decline, the UK will adopt an electoral system which hands more power to the dying parties. Who will champion #STV?
@ChrisMayLA6 #LibDems were in coslition with Scittish Labour 1999–2007, and got #STV for Scittish local elections.
But LibDems were later almost wiped out in Wales. So when #PlaidCyrmu and #WelshLabour agreed to abandon #AMS for the #Senedd, there was no strong LibDem voice for STV. The Senedd is now #dHondt only.
2024 showed how #FPTP is clearly broken in Westminster elections. Labour's ⅔ of seats on ⅓ of votes was so obscene that there should have been huge, destructive riots.
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@ChrisMayLA6 Sadly, political debate in Britain is stuck on the broad category of #ProportionalRepresentation (PR). This mostly means #dHondt or the #AdditionalMemberSystem (#AMS).
#SingleTransferableVote (STV) is used in Scottish local elections, and in Northern Ireland. #STV is vastly better PR, 'cos it facilitates new entrants, removes tactical voting, and disempowers parties. Ideal for our times, and invented by a Brit: Thomas Hare.
And STV has been used for the House of Commons.
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A #BBC presenter explaining D'Hondt using historic regional vote count data:
SNP 140,791
Conservatives 55,277
Labour 41,062
Greens 22,735
Liberal Democrats 18,051
Presenter's summary:
"The SNP comfortably got most votes. Almost the same as Conservatives and Labour combined."
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55 + 41 + 22 + 18 ~ 136
--- Makes it 'about the same as all other parties together'?
Good explanation of #DHondt, though ☺️
D'Hondt Worry Be Happy.
...Actually sod it, this needs a playlist, doesn't it? Here we go, then:
D'Hondt Stop 'Til You Get Enough
Apple Music:
https://music.apple.com/gb/playlist/dhondt-stop-til-you-get-enough/pl.u-4JomokmFZ8m4Zr
Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4XAgB1xYjTM4PyWA1xXf4n
For the first time, the D'Hondt method is being used to apportion seats in today's Welsh elections. In his timely blog post – https://www.dyalog.com/blog/2026/05/dhondt-apportionment-made-easy-with-apl – Asher explores an #APL implementation of this proportional apportionment technique.
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