Should the UK adopt Proportional Representation?

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SHOULD FPTP ELECTORAL SYSTEM BE REPLACED BY PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION?

Although FPTP's position in rank of the best electoral systems in UK has been relatively shaken due to its failure in recent General Elections I believe that First Past The Post is the most simple, clear, stable and reliable electoral system. It is argued that proportional representation would ensure that all political parties would be represented in accordance to amount of votes that they win. This essay will justify whether Parliament should propose an alternative electoral system which would guarantee establishment of proportional representation in UK.

Recently, First Past the Post has been severely criticised due to its unfairness. It has been suggested that proportional representation offers a wide range of fairly aspects allowing equally smaller and new-established parties as well as those well-developed and popular. For example the final results of Single Transferable Vote retain a fair degree of proportionality, and the fact that in most actual examples of STV the multi-member districts are relatively small means that a geographical link between voter and representative is retained. Another example might be List system where parties are able to use the lists to promote the advancement of