Fruits and Votes

The election of the Welsh Senedd on 7 May 2026 was the first held under the new electoral system of closed-list PR. With sixteen districts in a 9...

The Scottish Parliamentary election of 7 May resulted in a strong plurality of seats for the Scottish National Party (SNP). Here I will show why the number of seats the SNP won was basically exactly as should be expected for its electoral system design, us...