The following are examples of votes in 5

The following are examples of votes in 5 constituencies, and in no way meant to be realistic! Each time a %number is in bold, it indicates that an MP is awarded to that party, and 33% points are then deducted from that figure. . . if sufficient votes remain they may also gain the next MP awarded. . . if not, remaining votes go to the ‘nationwide MPs pool’. For simplicity, in examples, there are 100, 000 votes cast in each constituency. Unused votes are noted, but not used in calculations. 3 x 33% shares =99%, so 1% of vote will carry over to the ‘pool’. Votes needed for automatic MP= 33%=33, 000 Minimum vote required for MP =15%=15, 000 Votes <15%. . <15, 000 go to national ‘pool automatically. Votes over may also. .

, ooo eg 1 Votes cast: 16, 000 Tory 3, 000 Lab 3, 000 Lib 78, 000 Green Tory Lab Lib Green 16, ooo 3, ooo 78, ooo d To NMP pool: 16, ooo 45, ooo d 12, ooo (-17, ooo) 3, ooo 12, ooo Constituency MPs = 2 Green, 1 Tory eg 2 Votes cast: 50, 000 Tory 30, 000 Lab 16, 000 Lib 4, 000 Green Tory Lab Lib Green vote for seat 1 50, ooo d 30, ooo 16, ooo 4, ooo . . for seat 2 17, ooo 30, ooo 16, ooo d Constituency MPs = 2 Tory, 1 Lab . . for seat 3 To NMP pool 17, ooo (-16, ooo) (- 3, ooo) 16, ooo

eg 3 Votes cast: Tory Lab Lib Green 6, 000 70, 000 19, 000 5, 000 6, ooo 70, ooo d 19, ooo 5, ooo Tory Lab Lib Green 37, ooo 19, ooo d 4, ooo 19, ooo(-14, ooo) Constituency MPs = 2 Lab, 1 Lib eg 4 Votes cast: 6, 000 Tory 30, 000 Lab 29, 000 Lib 35, 000 Green 35, ooo d 2, ooo Lab 30, ooo d Lib 29, ooo Tory 6, ooo -3, ooo 29, ooo (-4, ooo) Constituency MPs = 1 Green, 1 Lib, 1 Lab

eg 5 Votes cast: Lab 1, 000 Tory 75, 000 Lab 12, 000 Lib 12, 000 Green 75, ooo d Tory Lib Green 1, ooo 12, ooo 42, ooo d 9, ooo Constituency MPs = 2 Lab only If there were only these 5 constituencies (for simplicity of example), the total MP number would be 15. 14 constituency MPs have been elected: TORY 3 LAB 6 LIB 2 GREEN 3 There will therefore be 1 ‘Nationwide’ MP. . . So we look at the remaining votes in the ‘balancing pool’: Tory votes : +13, ooo, -33, ooo totals -20 k Lab votes: +16, ooo -6, ooo +10 k Lib votes: +31, ooo -18, 000 +13 k Green votes: +35, 000 +35 k THEREFORE GREEN PARTY WINS THE ‘NATIONWIDE MP’. .