Makes you proud to be British

[Richard Head]

Just highlights the dangers of Proportional Representation over First Past the Post, doesn't it?

More democratic....yes
Fairer....yes
More dangerous....yes

The method of proportional representation used in the European elections seems particularly complicated.

The party with the highest number of votes gets one seat allocated in round 1. For round 2 this party has its vote divided by two. The party with the highest vote in round 2 is then allocated a seat and its vote is divided by two.

If a party which has already won a seat wins another round its vote is divided by the number of seats it has won plus one. This continues until all the seats have been allocated