Voter Power Index
Voter Power Index is an interesting site which shows you how “powerful” your vote is compared to the UK average.
Enter your postcode on the site and it will then show results for your constituency. This site plugs the idea of proportional representation and explains itself in the following way:
In the 2005 election, more than half of all voters voted against their winning MP. Their votes were simply thrown away.
In the UK, the only voters with any real power to choose the government are those who live in marginal constituencies. Less than 20% of constituencies can be considered marginal. The rest of us have little or no power to influence the outcome of the election.
In fact, statistical analysis by the nef (the new economics foundation) shows that one person in the UK does not have one vote… it’s more like 0.25 votes.
In some ultra safe constituencies the value of your vote falls to practically zero.