Over 2 million voters completely unrepresented in Westminster.

A study of the General Election results has shown that over 2 million voters have no MPs in Westminster representing them. Parties such as UKIP achieved a significant percentage of the popular vote but failed to have any MPs elected due to the First-Past-The-Post system.

“Not only do we have a situation where the Liberal Democrats have just 57 MPs instead of the 149 MPs that their share of the vote deserved, there are also vast numbers of voters without a single MP representing their views in Parliament.” claimed Anthony Butcher, a campaigner for the Regional Top-Up electoral system.

“2 million people voted for parties that didn’t get any MPs elected. Combined with the massively disproportionate number of MPs that the Conservative and Labour parties both have, it paints a dismal picture of just how unrepresentative our Parliament really is. While many people complain about the lack of female and ethnic minority MPs, the real scandal is the lack of alternative political views in Westminster.

“While the 285,616 Green voters were lucky enough to have a single MP, nearly a million people voted for UKIP but still have no voice in Parliament. It’s time we had a new, fair electoral system that allows everyone’s vote to count. AV just isn’t going to cut it; we need a proper form of PR like Regional Top-Up”.

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Notes to Editors:
There were 2,075,252 votes for parties (and independents) who had no MPs elected. The major voting groups unrepresented are:

UKIP (917,832 votes)
BNP (563,743 votes)
Ulster Conservatives and Unionists – New Force (102,361 votes)
English Democrats (64,826 votes)
Respect-Unity Coalition (33,251 votes)
Traditional Unionist Voice (26,300 votes)

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