FPTP voting system-simple to understand

• For example in central Ayrshire, Phillippa Whitford won almost 5,000 votes more than her nearest rival making her the clear winner.
• However this simplicity comes at the expense of choice and leads to tactical voting. In a winner takes all system, voters will tend to vote tactically and they will focus on who is most likely to win.
• For example many people in central Ayrshire will have supported conservative rather than SNP's as they are against independence and not because they agree with the conservative policies.