FPTP
A related strength is that FPTP is efficient and therefore quick to produce a constituency result.
There is no delay and elected members and governments are soon in place. This efficiency is so ingrained
that even a Hung Parliament in 2010 required only a five-day process before a Coalition Agreement had
been drawn up and signed following cross-party talks. Supporters of FPTP point out that Belgium
took 541 days to form a government following an election in June 2010.
With a clear working majority to pass their legislation, the system often produces strong governments
at Westminster with a firm mandate and a good
prospect of serving a substantial term, allowing for
proper planning and policy implementation. As seen
with Boris Johnson getting through the Brexit deal
that Theresea May. As well as Governments have
the strength and conviction to carry out major
decisions and the radical reforming agenda of
Thatcher (economic reform) and Blair (constitutional reform) point to the decisive outcomes that
result: things get done.
FPTP helps underpin representative, parliamentary and pluralistic democracy in the UK in a number
of other ways. The system maintains the MP/Constituency relationship and preserves and nurtures an
important geographical link in doing so, connecting communities to central politics.This allows for a
close and productive constituency representation, providing a visible channel of communication between
an individual and a region. MPs are there to represent their constituents’ interests to government.
A related strength is that FPTP is efficient and therefore quick to produce a constituency result.
There is no delay and elected members and governments are soon in place. This efficiency is so ingrained
that even a Hung Parliament in 2010 required only a five-day process before a Coalition Agreement had
been drawn up and signed following cross-party talks. Supporters of FPTP point out that Belgium
took 541 days to form a government following an election in June 2010.
With a clear working majority to pass their legislation, the system often produces strong governments
at Westminster with a firm mandate and a good
prospect of serving a substantial term, allowing for
proper planning and policy implementation. As seen
with Boris Johnson getting through the Brexit deal
that Theresea May. As well as Governments have
the strength and conviction to carry out major
decisions and the radical reforming agenda of
Thatcher (economic reform) and Blair (constitutional reform) point to the decisive outcomes that
result: things get done.
FPTP helps underpin representative, parliamentary and pluralistic democracy in the UK in a number
of other ways. The system maintains the MP/Constituency relationship and preserves and nurtures an
important geographical link in doing so, connecting communities to central politics.This allows for a
close and productive constituency representation, providing a visible channel of communication between
an individual and a region. MPs are there to represent their constituents’ interests to government.
