Negatives of the voting system

• Winner's bonus

  The system exaggerates the support received by the most popular party

  They receive a greater proportion of seats than their proportion of the vote
• Wasted votes

  First Past the Post system means any vote for a losing candidate are discarded
• Unrepresentative

  Differences in the concentration of support mean that a party can have far fewer seats than their proportion of the vote
• Example of the voting system being unrepresentative

  2019 general election Liberal Democrats won 11 seats with 11.5% of the vote while SNP won 48 seats with only 3.9% of the vote
• Safe seats

  Some constituencies always vote the same way so some voters see the election as pointless
• Minority constitutions

  An MP can win the most votes while still being voted in by a minority of their constituency