Some would say that the voting system in the UK isn't the most democratic. For those who don't know the First past the post (FPTP) method which they UK have adopted. The FPTP is a simple electoral system in which the winning candidate only needs a plurality of votes i.e. one vote more than their leading opponent in order to win their seat.
Some say that the FPTP system isn't democratic because it might not show a fair representation of the votes cast of the area or the overall outcome. An example of this is that in the last General Election, UKIP gained 3,881,099 votes compared to the Scottish National Party gained 1,454,436 votes, yet UKIP had an outcome of 1 seat in the general election compared to the SNP who now has 56 seats controlling the majority of Scotland. See it doesn't seem fair? The system means that the majority doesn't mean it will be the overall outcome.
In 2011, there was a chance for the UK to change the voting system using a referendum. The new voting system was called "The alternative voting system". The Alternative voting system means that voters would order the candidates to who they would mainly want in. The problem with this voting system is that it isn't a proportional vote. Although this change didn't come in as it lost with a reasonable percentage.
I would personally go for the change. I feel as that the FPTP system doesn't work and is out dated. There is upcoming smaller parties now and I don't think that the FPTP system just isn't a fair representation for what the UK actually want.
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