uk politics just makes no sense to me no matter how many times i get it explained by teachers. i know that first past the post leads to disproportionate votes but have never understood the system of winning seats
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You only vote for your riddings specific representative, if you’re American, this is similar to the House of Representatives.
Then when all that is done, the king picks the prime minister based on who they think will best have the “confidence” of the house. This is usually the leader of the party that one the most seats.
The election is not one big vote like for president in the US. It’s a bunch of smaller elections. Some of these mini elections be more or less votes.
Elections A
Party 1: 500 votes
Party 2: 300 votes
B
Party 1: 100
Party 2: 1200
C:
Party 1: 200 votes
Party 2: 100 votes
Now if you only look at the votes, party 1 got 800 and party 2 got 1600. But party 1 managed to win 2 seats to party 1s, 1 seat. So the PM will end up being party 1s leader.
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