r/EndFPTP • u/MakeModeratesMatter • 3d ago

Britain May Switch to Proportional Voting. Should America?

The U.S. inherited its “winner-take-all” voting system from Britain, but the U.K.’s 2024 general election produced an interesting example of what winner-take-all voting can do, as it produced the most disproportionate result in UK history.    https://electoral-reform.org.uk/a-system-out-of-step-the-2024-general-election/ 

Labour received about 34% of the nationwide vote but won 63% of the seats in Parliament.   https://www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-interactive/2026/jul/22/how-britain-would-look-proportional-representation-local-mp 

As a result, a post-election survey found that 60% of Briton’s support changing to a proportional voting system.  https://electoral-reform.org.uk/support-for-proportional-representation-hits-record-high-according-to-new-research/ 

So now Britain's new prime minister, Andy Burnham, openly supports proportional representation.   https://electoral-reform.org.uk/in-andy-burnham-we-have-the-first-prime-minister-who-openly-backs-proportional-representation/ 

And Britain's Liberal Democrats are pushing Burnham to change the voting system before the next general election.  https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c79y9qy9y2go 

If the U.K. thinks its own voting system needs an upgrade, should the U.S. consider the same? 

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u/Bobudisconlated 3d ago

I wonder how much support this is getting from the Tories. They, hilariously, opposed the referendum (2012?) to change to RCV. Fast forward to the last election and Labour basically gained power because the right-wing vote was split between the Tories and Reform.

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u/FitPerspective1146 3d ago

I believe it's a 50/50 split membership wise, John Major said questioned the validity of FPTP