City Guides: Abbreviations

This list contains acronyms, initialisms, and pseudo-blends.

For the purposes of this list:
 * acronym = an abbreviation pronounced as a series of constituent letters, e.g., ERIS (pronounced airiss) = Electoral Reform International Services.


 * initialism = an abbreviation pronounced wholly or partly using the names of its constituent letters, e.g., STV = Single Transferable Vote
 * pseudo-blend = an abbreviation whose extra or omitted letters means that it cannot stand as a true acronym or initialism.


 * (a) = acronym in the example: ''ERIS -(a) Electoral Reform International Services
 * (i) = initialism in the example: STV - (i) Single Transferable Vote
 * (p) = pseudo-blend in the example: UNIFEM - (p) United Nations Development Fund for Women
 * (s) = symbol (none of the above, representing and pronounced as something else.)

A

 * AV- (i) Alternative Vote
 * AMS - (i) Additional Member System

E

 * ERIS -(a) Electoral Reform International Services
 * ERS-(i) Electoral Reform Society
 * ERSL - (a) Electoral Reform Services Limited

F

 * FPP - (i) First Past the Post
 * FPTP - (i) First Past the Post

M

 * MEP - (i) Member of the European Parliament
 * MP - (i} Member of Parliament
 * MVC - (i) Make Votes Count


 * MVCIWS - (i) Make Votes Count in West Sussex

N

 * NFP - (i) No further preferences

R

 * RON - (a) Re-open nominations

S

 * SNTV - (i) Single Non-transferable Vote
 * STV-(i) Single Transferable Vote
 * SV - (i) Supplementary Vote