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In Eastleigh, each person's vote is worth the equivalent of 0.0555 votes

Voters in Eastleigh have 4x less voting power than the average UK voter.

Eastleigh ranks 348 out of 650 constituencies in the UK

42570 votes were wasted in Eastleigh in 2017:

  • 28391 people did not vote for the winning candidate. Their votes were wasted, as they could not be used to help their preferred party in another constituency.
  • The winning Conservative candidate only needed 14710 votes to beat the second-placed Lib Dem candidate, so the 14179 votes they received above this were wasted, as they could not be used to help Conservative candidates in other constituencies.

It doesn't have to be like this

Under a proportional electoral system, every vote can count. There are many systems available and they are widely used in other countries, in Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and London. They're even used for internal elections in the House of Commons. So why can't every vote count when we elect MPs?

What do the parties say about electoral reform?

  • Conservatives "We will retain the first past the post system for voting for parliamentary elections" (2017 manifesto)
  • Labour No specific policy (2019 manifesto)
  • Liberal Democrats "Put an end to wasted votes, by introducing proportional representation through the Single Transferable Vote for electing MPs, and local councillors in England." (2019 manifesto)
  • Green Party "Replace the First Past the Post system for parliamentary elections with a fair and proportional voting system." (2019 manifesto)
  • Brexit Party Supports a proportional system for electing MPs
  • Scottish National Party "We support the replacement of the first-past-the-post system with proportional representation for elections to the House of Commons." (2017 manifesto)
  • Plaid Cymru "...reform the voting system so that it is more representative." (2017 manifesto)
Top 5 Constituencies
  1. Arfon (1.67904)
  2. Na h-Eileanan an Iar (1.57989)
  3. Ceredigion (1.28933)
  4. Aberconwy (1.27609)
  5. North East Fife (1.22693)
Bottom 5 Constituencies
  1. Knowsley (0.000175473)
  2. Liverpool, Walton (0.000203169)
  3. Liverpool, Riverside (0.000215619)
  4. Liverpool, West Derby (0.000298711)
  5. Bootle (0.000311588)