if Reform had nearly 5million votes why do they only have 4 seats

Question

Lib Dem got 3.5mil votes and have 71 seats, Sinn Fein have 210,000 and seven seats

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Answer 1

If one football team scores lots of goals, but loses all their games, then they end up low down in the league. If another football team scores fewer goals, but wins some games, then they end up higher up in the league. The league position depends on how many games you win, not how many goals you score.

Replace “football team” with “political party”, “goals” with “votes”, and “games won” with “constituencies won”, and you have your answer.