Campaigners have warned that the UK's First Past the Post voting system is giving a small selection of voters - such as homeowners - outsized influence over elections.
WESTMINSTER’S electoral system is creating imbalances in society with “random slithers” of voters such as homeowners having a disproportionate influence on election results, campaigners have warned.
But in the seats with the smallest majorities – including Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, East Dunbartonshire, Moray and West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine – there are 325,000 more property owners than renters. She added: “When all voters are represented fairly in parliament through proportional representation, politicians can appeal to any group of voters to try and win their support.
“Because of the size of the middle class, if you only give them two parties to vote for then most of them – whether they areconsciously or not – being middle class means having something to lose, such as taxable income or a house,” he said.
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