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ai123 posted...

The UK is divided into geographical constituencies which each elect one MP. You need enough support within a constituency to win the seat.

A party could come second in every constituency, and they would have zero MPs, despite having millions of votes. Reform may have a lot of support in total, but they have no real geographical base/concentration, unlike the major parties. They will get a lot of third places, and even some seconds, but are very unlikely to come first in more than one constituency.

Sure, but if theyre polling roughly the same as Conservatives, why would they only get 1 district while Conservatives get 70? I mean there must be some more right-leaning districts that would go with Reform instead.

Same with Liberal Dems expecting to get around 50. I get they may be a more distinct position, and may have more yellow districts loyal to them, but theyre actually behind Reform.

EDIT: This goes for the other responses too. I get the idea that this helps Labor more than anyone, but if 71 districts go for a right-of-center party, and theyre polling roughly the same, why would the ratio be 70 to 1? Are they all just going to be the almost the exact same margin of votes?