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**Chris** · 07-05-2025, 19:40

Yes, Single Transferable Vote and Alternative Vote are not the same thing.

STV has multi-member, region-sized constituencies and is proportional within each region. Depending on the size of the constituencies and the numbers of MPs elected within each, it is capable of being reasonably proportional across the country.

AV transfers votes between individual candidates within single-member constituencies. It is reasonably proportional within an individual constituency but can be quite perversely non-proportional across an electorate as a whole.

STV is used to elect councils in Scotland. AV was the subject of a referendum for the Westminster parliament but was rejected. The Senedd and Holyrood use a hybrid system with separate votes for a single-member constituency, and regional lists to create proportionality across regions by adding additional members, taking into account the number of seats a party already won in the constituency ballot.

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Chris Trollsplatter Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: North of Watford Services: Humane elimination of all common Internet pests Posts: 38,246	Re: What right about UK's voting system Yes, Single Transferable Vote and Alternative Vote are not the same thing. STV has multi-member, region-sized constituencies and is proportional within each region. Depending on the size of the constituencies and the numbers of MPs elected within each, it is capable of being reasonably proportional across the country. AV transfers votes between individual candidates within single-member constituencies. It is reasonably proportional within an individual constituency but can be quite perversely non-proportional across an electorate as a whole. STV is used to elect councils in Scotland. AV was the subject of a referendum for the Westminster parliament but was rejected. The Senedd and Holyrood use a hybrid system with separate votes for a single-member constituency, and regional lists to create proportionality across regions by adding additional members, taking into account the number of seats a party already won in the constituency ballot.