First Past the Post in United Kingdom

First past the post Meaning in Politics

Description of First past the post published by Mona Chalabi: This is just another way of describing our winner-takes-all voting system, in which the candidate with the most votes takes the seat. In the United Kingdom, as in other places that use first-past-the-post, voters may complain about feeling that their vote is “wasted,” which in turn can lead to tactical voting (i.e., voting for a candidate who has a realistic chance of winning rather than a favorite candidate).