Archive - FelixVotes Substack

Even Andy Burnham can’t beat the maths of first-past-the-post

What the Makerfield by-election really tells us about Britain’s broken voting system

May 2026

Almost one in three council seats this May went to candidates the majority of voters rejected. A ward-by-ward audit of every 2026 English and Welsh…

May 15 • Felix Sargent

Approval Voting in St. Louis: What the Cast Vote Records Reveal

This article is a companion piece to our interactive data analysis and visualizations from this election at approval.vote.

May 14 • Felix Sargent

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