Does the First Past the Post (FPTP) electoral system provide fair representation of the electorate?

The short answer is no but to delve deeper into the issue there's 2 main areas to look at: The choice FPTF gives voters - Most countries that use FPTP have a two party system which means that the real choice for voters is limited to two main contenders and often people can feel misrepresented by two views. This means that FPTP doesn't give voters a lot of choice if they want their views to be represented in parliament.Proportionality of votes to seats in parliament - Because of the way FPTP works it means that a concentrated number of votes is needed to win a seat. For example the SNP got 1.5 million votes in 2015 but only 1 seat in UK parliament. With a different system such as Additional Members system the proportion of votes is much closer linked to the proportion of seats. This was shown in 2016 Scottish elections when the Greens got 5% of seats on 7% of the vote. This shows that FPTP does not provide fair representation.