A provincial election called before this date would use
First Past the Post.
British Columbia's referendum on what voting system we should use
The actual result under
first past the post saw the Conservatives win 317 seats, Labour 262, Liberal Democrats 12, Ukip none, the Green Party one, the SNP 35 and Plaid Cymru four.
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With the adoption of a new 30-30 split between
first past the post and regional Assembly Members, that majority would go from a faint possibility to an impossible dream.
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But the
first past the post system meant that in spite of being the largest party in the Scottish Parliament he ended up with just six UK MPs.
Macdonald on Monday
The survey carried out by YouGov shows that 52 per cent of Scots support replacing
first past the post with AV, 33 per cent are against the change and 16 per cent don't know or won't vote.
Scots could hold key to AV decision, survey reveals
A candidate who gains 50% of the votes on the first round will be elected automatically as under
first past the post. A voter need only vote for one candidate and there will be one MP per constituency.
Nothing at all complicated about AV; VIEWPOINTS
BET365 have made a change to their ante-post rules by announcing that they will pay out on both the
first past the post and the official result.
Bet365 in ante-post change; IN BRIEF
But, when it comes to a 'Horse' overcoming remarkable hurdles, promoting a vital cause and bringing Christmas cheer, then one of the region's favourite footballers was
first past the post last week.
'HORSE' POWER
CHAOS reigned at Kelso yesterday when Humourous was disqualified for taking the wrong course after being
first past the post in the 3.50.
Horse Racing: Humourous was disqualified
In the UK we have a strange state of affairs where some elections are by proportional representation and others are
first past the post.
Letter: You say - In proportion
The 1998 elections revealed once again the distortions caused by the "
first past the post" electoral system.
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There are 129 seats (for a population of about 5 million) with 73 constituencies where the person receiving the most votes is declared elected (termed
first past the post or constituency seats).
Proportional representation--the Scottish model applied to the 2004 Canadian election
The committee report recommended for European elections "that the party list system is abandoned in favour of
first past the post and a constituency-based system in which the electors know for whom they are voting to represent them in a given area".
SHAKE-UP CALL ON VOTES FOR HOLYROOD
Her Esha Ness was
first past the post in the void race three years ago.
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Arguing that parties should no longer expect to win outright majorities and that the
first past the post election system is no longer fit for purpose, the Carmarthen East and Dinefwr MP said: "The Westminster elite need to understand that the era of the Labour-Tory duopoly and the age of majority governments is coming to an end due to the way these parties have politically converged...
Calls for an end to our 'fruit machine' politics