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

Just like the U.S. and Canada, UK retained FPTP system that doesn’t employ proportionate representation but instead uses constituencies where there the person with the most votes (not majority, just the most) wins and all other votes are wasted.