Does the UK need electoral reform?

Now admittedly I have no idea what this means but after a bit of googling I think it relates to the system the UK use for general elections which I am informed is “first past the post”. All I know about our election system is that all the constituencies vote for which party they want to represent them in the houses of parliment. Whichever party gets the most seats wins and I think “first past the post” means whoever reaches a certain number of seats first but again admittedly I don’t know. So if I’m wrong please educate me.

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Electoral what now? :joy:

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My reaction summed up perfectly, I’m hoping the adults know :joy:

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I thought that if someone got a big enough majority then they win? I thought you needed 326 seats or something like that to win majority?

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I think it’s flawed in itself because there are some places where you can only vote for one person (party) because that’s the only candidate putting themselves forward.

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Yeah and sometimes random people get told they can’t vote on the day, even though they have registered and have all their paperwork

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I’m surprised the adults haven’t come to educate me yet :thinking:

How about I expand the question

Which countries need electoral reform?

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