... candidate is elected once passed a threshold, then any surplus votes shared between the remaining candidates in proportion to the electorates second choices. If all places are not filled then the last candidate is eliminated and their second choice votes are shared, this is repeated until all places are filled. The Additional Member System links First Past The Post with the List system in various proportions to obtain the best, or worst, of both systems. Seats are allocated by two votes, the first, First Past The Post, then topped up with a List allocation from the electorates second vote. Only the List system can be called pure Proportional Representation and thresholds distort its true aims. First Past The Post has its advocates, mainly the victorious Conservative party. Its exponents argue that the chief aim of government is effective management of the state and not as a microcosm of society, although European ...

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