{"id":76568,"date":"2024-07-07T08:34:38","date_gmt":"2024-07-07T07:34:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/?p=76568"},"modified":"2024-07-07T08:34:38","modified_gmt":"2024-07-07T07:34:38","slug":"who-came-second","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2024\/07\/07\/who-came-second\/","title":{"rendered":"Who came second?"},"content":{"rendered":"

This map comes from a tweet by someone called Jo Wood<\/a>, posted on Twitter yesterday. It shows the UK electoral result, and who came second in each seat:<\/p>\n

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Why is it relevant? Because it shows who missed out in our first-past-the-post system.<\/p>\n

The Tories should have more seats than they got.<\/p>\n

And look at the SNP performance - which shatters the idea that they are off the agenda.<\/p>\n

And yes, the Reform list is long, but there are also really big patches of Green - often in cities.<\/p>\n

Unsurprisingly, the LibDems and Labour have little to gain: FPTP suited them well this time.<\/p>\n

This issue is not going away, I suggest. We have a two-party electoral system where one of those two parties has failed and the country supports many parties. FPTP's party is over, I suggest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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