Today ERS (Electoral Reform Society) has published an in-depth report on the recent election, A System Out of Step: The 2024 #GeneralElection. The 2024 General Election was unprecedented for all the wrong reasons.
The most disproportional election ever, in terms of how we voted and the parliament we got. The first UK #election where four parties received over 10% of the vote, and five parties received over 5% of the vote. The lowest combined vote share for Labour and the Conservatives in the era of universal suffrage.
It is clear from the general election that we are all voting as if we already have a proportional electoral system. Yet, Westminster's #FirstPastThePost system can't cope with this new multi-party reality.
The report cuts through the headlines on the election and looks at how Westminster's First Past the Post system blocks voters from getting the results they want.
https://www.electoral-reform.org.uk/a-system-out-of-step-the-2024-general-election/