SOURCE B:
UK General Election result 2019

The First Past the Post (FPTP) voting system is used in UK General Elections.
The table shows the outcomes of the 2019 UK General Election using different voting systems.

Party	% of vote won by each party	% of seats won by each party using FPTP	% of seats won by each party using Party List
Conservative	43.6	56.2	45.6
Labour	32.1	31.1	34.2
Liberal Democrats	11.5	1.7	11.1
SNP	3.9	7.4	4.4
Green Party	2.7	0.2	1.9
Brexit Party	2.0	0	1.6

Discuss two disadvantages of using the First Past the Post voting system.

Refer to Source B in your answer.

One disadvantage of FPTP is that it produces a disproportionate result. This means a party's share of seats does not fairly reflect its share of the national vote. For example, Source B shows the Conservative party won 56.2% of the seats with only 43.6% of the vote. This gives them a majority of power in Parliament without having a majority of public support. A second disadvantage is that it is unfair to smaller parties whose support is spread thinly across the country. Source B clearly illustrates this with the Liberal Democrats, who won 11.5% of the national vote but only received 1.7% of the seats. Under a proportional Party List system, they would have received 11.1% of seats, which is a much fairer reflection of their support. This shows how FPTP wastes millions of votes for smaller parties.