When people vote, they do so more for the party than the individual politician. This is because politicians generally vote according to the wishes of their party: It is not a free vote, generally. Free votes are described as a vote of conscience, suggesting that the rest of time they are informed by different motives.
The formation of political parties allows politicians to form alliances to better advance their agenda. For example, a politician may agree to vote a certain way on an issue they don't care too much about, in exchange for a vote on a matter they care more about. Collaboration is advantageous to the individual politician and hence parties (allegiances) will form. As a result of this, it becomes more important, to the voter, to select according to party allegiance than the particular positions of the individual politician. The voter, too, acts for their own interests.
Politicians don't vote according to what they might think is the right position, they vote according to the party consensus. They betray any voter that has selected them for their individual views.
First Past The Post fails to protect the subjects from poor political decisions, since they may be shared by the other side.
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