The UK and the general election PR system In our current system, First-Past-The-Post (FPTP), there are only two parties that can be elected to government, the Labor and Conservative parties, perhaps including the Liberal Democrats as a potentially influential party. In our “democratic” society, if you don't vote for one of these three parties, your vote is wasted. There are only around 250 seats in the House of Commons that change regularly from one party to another out of the 650 available, therefore, to a Labor voter. in Malvern or for a Conservative voter in Ebber Vale your vote has essentially been wasted, you either move to a different constituency or change party, otherwise your vote effectively won't count. This raises the question of whether a fairer system of proportional representation would lead to a fairer government, but as past examples, such as the Weimar Republic, have shown, proportional representation also has problems. The result of smaller parties winning seats is that to gain a majority the larger parties have to form a coalition government with the smaller ones who then gain a disproportionate weight in the government as the larger party needs their support to pass legislation. No government since the Second World War has been elected with more than 50% of the vote, even the recent landslide victory of Tony Blair's NewLabour obtained only 41.9% of the vote. This shows that smaller parties would certainly be necessary for successful government in Britain. Therefore, although proportional representation has advantages such as giving a truer representation of the vote, it can also have an undesirable character... middle of the paper... for them, overall, I believe the UK should reform its electoral system, but I think it should adopt the Jenkins Commission and AV+. The Independent Commission would consider all types of reform, examine the political history of the United Kingdom and produce the most suitable system. half of the world's voters, has many flaws and I believe it allows government to become too powerful with large majorities. I also believe that, due to the political history of the UK, coalition governments would not be seen as strong governments. While AV+ can sometimes produce coalitions, it is less likely than any other system to do so and allows for single-party governments..