Voters in Hove have more power

Voters in Hove have more power than the residents in the Brighton Pavilion and Brighton Kemptown constituencies, according to Voter Power Index.

The Index calculates the power of each individual vote based on the probability of the seat changing hands and its size. It argues that while you might think that every vote counts equally, where you live in the UK has a huge effect on your influence on the forthcoming general election.

According to the Voter Power Index the average UK voter only has the power of 0.253 votes because of so-called ‘safe seats’. Therefore the Index is in favour of the electoral method of proportional representation, which is used regionally during European elections.

However, residents in the marginal seat of Hove are fairly influential with the constituency ranked 30th out of a total of 650 constituencies, calculating that each voter has the equivalent of 0.858 votes.

Voters in Brighton Kemptown do not score so well at 0.623, which sees them rank as 86th most powerful overall. However, Brighton Pavilion, despite the keen interest in the constituency, coming in 230th with each voter having the equivalent of just 0.232 of a vote.

Find out more about the Voter Power Index here.

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Posted by Joseph Lewis on April 9, 2010. Filed under Brighton Politics,Hove. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry