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1 day ago · Micahel Voss in London. 00:44. Britain has what is called a First Past the Post electoral system, aimed at producing strong governments and limiting the influence of minority parties. When voters go to the polls, they put a cross by just one candidate from each local area and whoever gets the most votes becomes that region's Member of Parliament.
6 hours ago · First-past-the-post elections are dependent on the drawing of boundaries of their single-member districts, a process vulnerable to political interference (gerrymandering) even if districts are drawn in such a way as to ensure approximately equal representation. To compound the problem, boundaries have to be periodically re-drawn to accommodate population changes.
6 hours ago · Or at least, they would if our traditional first-past-the-post system were to be replaced with the so-called 'additional member system' (AMS) of PR used in the Scottish and Welsh parliamentary ...
6 hours ago · The new prime minister chaired his first cabinet meeting this morning after Labour's landslide election victory. Later on, in a sober speech before taking media questions, Sir Keir said "tough ...
1 day ago · Suggs makes history as Merrillville’s first Black school chief. Carole Carlson/Post-Tribun. The Merrillville Community School Corp. board approved the hiring of Dexter Suggs, second from right ...
1 hour ago · Gyasi Zardes scored two goals — the 32-year-old forward's first multi-goal game in nearly-2 years — and Brad Stuver had four saves to help Austin FC beat New York City FC 2-1 Saturday night.
6 hours ago · Caitlin Clark posted the first triple-double by a rookie in WNBA history to help rally Indiana to an 83-78 victory over New York on Saturday, snapping the Fever's nine-game losing streak to the ...
