AMS

• elect members of scottish parliamet
• System

  • voters are given a ballot
  • 1st vote for constituency MSP (most vote wins)
  • 2nd vote for a political party
  • once all votes counted MSP elected
  • 2nd vote used to ensure representation of a political party is fair and additional MSPs elected to regions to make results fair
  • EG. 2016 the conservatives given two more MSPs to get constituency representation
• FOR AMS

  • greater number of parties represented
  • voters have more choice
  • in favor of proportional representation
  • 2011 5% difference between votes received and MSP elected
• AGAINST AMS

  • Several MPS can be confusing
  • coalition / minority government can be hard to form majority
  • extremist parties elected
  • elections become more complicated
  • AMS is not the most proportional system