Voter power index for Northamptonshire South
Rank #441 of 650
Voter power in Northamptonshire South
In Northamptonshire South, one person does not really have one vote, they have the equivalent of 0.079 votes.
The power of voters in this constituency is based on the probability of the seat changing hands and its size.
While you might think that every vote counts equally, where you live in the UK has a huge effect on your power to influence the election.
How does Northamptonshire South compare?
The average UK voter has 3.23x more voting power than voters in Northamptonshire South.
Average UK voter power
The average UK voter only has the power of 0.253 votes. This is because most of us live in safe seats, where the outcome is pretty much certain regardless of how we vote.
Northamptonshire South ranks #441 out of 650 constituencies in the Voter Power Index.
UK constituency marginality
We can be almost certain that 60% of seats will NOT change hands in the general election (very safe or ultra safe seats).
The more times a seat changes hands, the more marginal it is deemed to be.
Sorry we do not have previous election results for this constituency.
This is probably due to changes in constituency boundaries.
This constituency is bigger than average, which means a voter here is less likely to affect the national result.
Number of voters: 73,521
Average constituency: 68,433
2005 election data
48% of votes discarded
48.43% of those who voted in Northamptonshire South in 2005 did not vote for the winning candidate. These votes count for nothing in the First Past the Post system.
2005 General Election result
Winner takes all
Note: there have been boundary changes for this constituency since the last election. These are notional results.
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If the UK had a proportional voting system:
- We would no longer have safe seats
- The power of votes would be much more equal
- All areas of the UK would have equal power to decide the outcome of the election
- Politicians would not be able to win an election by tailoring all their policies to a narrow section of the population