Politics: Are elections fair?

How do UK general elections work? Why does the number of seats a political party gets in parliament not reflect the number of votes they received? Is it really ‘one person, one vote’? And are there better ways of electing our representatives? In this session, participants are introduced to the mechanics of UK general elections and how the first-past-the-post electoral system affects the way our politics operates. Participants are also encouraged to think about the nature of political representation, and the pros and cons of different method for electing our MPs This directly relates to content taught on the University of Suffolk Politics degree, on the ‘Politics, Crime and Policy’ module.