Used Mixed-Member Proportional Representation for the general election.

Background

Mixed-Member Proportional (MMP) representation is a voting system that combines constituency MPs (and proportional representation (PR) to elect a legislature. It is used in various forms by many Europeon countries and gives each party the seats in paraliament very close to their voter share.

Additional details

In the recent election, FPTP skewed results: Labour won 63% of seats with 34% of votes. A lot of parties had modest vote share but had nearly 0 MPs. In MRP, you vote for a party list and a local MP. List seats match list vote share (22% vote → 22% seats), with a 3–5% threshold with expectations (Northen Ireland, Scottish and Welsh nationalist parties) MP seats use FPTP; if a party wins 60% of MPs with 40% of votes, other parties get compensatory (overhang) seats to align seat share with votes .