New polling seen by the Independent shows that voters are increasingly unhappy with Britain’s First Past the Post (FPTP) electoral system, with a majority also in favour of changing it.

Under FPTP the number of seats each party gets can vary wildly compared to the votes cast because large numbers of votes end up being discarded and not counting towards the result. …

… “First Past the Post as a system for electing MP’s is simply unfair and no longer fit for purpose. It has led to a narrow and unrepresentative politics, which in turn has turned people off from voting and politics as a whole,”