Final post on this subject, promise.
CURRENT FPTP SYSTEM by country (NI excluded as always):
Wales (total 40 seats)
Conservatives 407,813 votes (27.2%) - Actual seats won: 11
Labour 552,473 votes (36.9%) - Actual seats won: 25
Plaid Cymru 181,704 votes (12.1%) - Actual seats won: 3
Lib Dem 97,783 votes (6.5%) - Actual seats won: 1
UKIP 204,330 votes (13.6%) - Actual seats won: 0
Green 38,344 (3.6%) - Actual seats won 0
Scotland (total 59 seats)
SNP 1,454,436 votes (50.0%) - Actual seats won: 56
Conservatives 449,264 votes (15.4%) - Actual seats won: 1
Labour 691,980 votes (23.8%) - Actual seats won: 1
Lib Dem 219,675 votes (7.6%) - Actual seats won: 1
UKIP 47.078 votes (1.6%) - Actual seats won: 0
Green 39,205 (1.4%) - Actual seats won 0
England (total 533 seats)
Conservatives 10,483,321 votes (41.0%) - Actual seats won: 319
Labour 8.087.164 votes (31.7%) - Actual seats won: 206
Lib Dem 2,089,404 votes (8.2%) - Actual seats won: 6
UKIP 3,611,260 votes (14.1%) - Actual seats won: 1
Green 1,073,260 (4.2%) - Actual seats won 1
FPTP Overall (total 632 seats)
Conservative 331 - Labour 232 - SNP 56 - Lib Dem 8 - Plaid 3 - UKIP 1 - Green 1
PURE PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION by country
Wales (total 40 seats)
Conservatives 407,813 votes (27.2%) - Seats won under PR: 11
Labour 552,473 votes (36.9%) - Seats won under PR: 15
Plaid Cymru 181,704 votes (12.1%) - Seats won under PR: 5
Lib Dem 97,783 votes (6.5%) - Seats won under PR: 3
UKIP 204,330 votes (13.6%) - Seats won under PR: 5
Green 38,344 (3.6%) - Seats won under PR: 1
Scotland (total 59 seats)
SNP 1,454,436 votes (50.0%) - Seats won under PR: 30
Conservatives 449,264 votes (15.4%) - Seats won under PR: 9
Labour 691,980 votes (23.8%) - Seats won under PR: 14
Lib Dem 219,675 votes (7.6%) - Seats won under PR: 4
UKIP 47.078 votes (1.6%) - Seats won under PR: 1
Green 39,205 (1.4%) - Seats won under PR: 1
England (total 533 seats)
Conservatives 10,483,321 votes (41.0%) - Seats won under PR: 219
Labour 8.087.164 votes (31.7%) - Seats won under PR: 169
Lib Dem 2,089,404 votes (8.2%) - Seats won under PR: 45
UKIP 3,611,260 votes (14.1%) - Seats won under PR: 76
Green 1,073,260 (4.2%) - Seats won under PR: 23
TUSC/Left Unity (0.1%) - Seats won under PR: 1
There is a slight skewing in the England results due to the large number of spoilt ballots (under a pure PR system, spoilt ballots would have two seats of their own). TUSC strictly speaking would only be entitled to 0.69 of a seat, so I rounded this up, the other went to the Lib Dems as they would be next closest to gaining another (well, they had to go somewhere).
Pure PR Overall (total 632 seats)
Conservative 239 - Labour 198 - SNP 30 - Lib Dem 52 - Plaid 5 - UKIP 82 - Green 25 - TUSC 1
The above two systems restrain the total number of English/Welsh/Scottish MPs to 632, but alternative systems could be used. As it would be guesswork to try to predict a result under AV, the only other obvious thing to look at is a system that generated MPs according to minimum percentage of the vote by constituency, This would reflect more honestly the views of the electorate, but would necessitate an increase in the number of MPs; most seats would have one MP, but a good number would have two and possibly even three (although this would be a bit of a freak result).
MINIMUM PERCENTAGE VOTING by country
Wales (number of seats 40, number of MPs variable according to vote share)
27.5% requirement: Conservative 17 - Labour 33 - Lib Dem 3 - Plaid 5 - UKIP 0 - Green 0 (58 Welsh MPs)
30.0% requirement: Conservative 17 - Labour 30 - Lib Dem 1 - Plaid 4 - UKIP 0 - Green 0 (52 Welsh MPs)
32.5% requirement: Conservative 13 - Labour 28 - Lib Dem 1 - Plaid 3 - UKIP 0 - Green 0 (45 Welsh MPs)
Scotland (number of seats 59, number of MPs variable according to vote share)
27.5% requirement: Conservative 10 - Labour 31 - Lib Dem 9 - SNP 59 - UKIP 0 - Green 0 (109 Scottish MPs)
30.0% requirement: Conservative 5 - Labour 24 - Lib Dem 8 - SNP 59 - UKIP 0 - Green 0 (96 Scottish MPs)
32.5% requirement: Conservative 4 - Labour 10 - Lib Dem 6 - SNP 59 - UKIP 0 - Green 0 (79 Scottish MPs)
England (number of seats 533, number of MPs variable according to vote share)
27.5% requirement: Conservative 395 - Labour 292 - Lib Dem 30 - UKIP 11 - Green 1 (729 English MPs)
30.0% requirement: Conservative 380 - Labour 280 - Lib Dem 22 - UKIP 8 - Green 1 (691 English MPs)
32.5% requirement: Conservative 365 - Labour 267 - Lib Dem 18 - UKIP 2 - Green 1 (653 English MPs)
Overall (number of seats 632, number of MPs variable according to vote share)
27.5% requirement: Conservative 422 - Labour 356 - SNP 59 - Lib Dem 42 - UKIP 11 - Plaid 5 - Green 1 (896 MPs)
30.0% requirement: Conservative 402 - Labour 334 - SNP 59 - Lib Dem 31 - UKIP 8 - Plaid 4 - Green 1 (839 MPs)
32.5% requirement: Conservative 382 - Labour 305 - SNP 59 - Lib Dem 25 - Plaid 3 - UKIP 2 - Green 1 (777 MPs)
Interesting, eh? No. Oh well.
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