Electoral boundary changes will result in more unrepresentative ballots
David Williamson condemns the LibDems for voting against the Conservatives' proposed boundary changes for parliamentary seats, on the grounds that, by giving most constituencies an equal number of voters, these changes would have made general elections more democratic (Letters, January 31).
David Williamson condemns the LibDems for voting against the Conservatives' proposed boundary changes for parliamentary seats, on the grounds that, by giving most constituencies an equal number of voters, these changes would have made general elections more democratic (Letters, January 31).
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This misses the fact that the proposed changes also included plans to reduce the number of MPs and so constituencies by 50 to 600. The effect of this would have been to make the already unrepresentative first-past-the-post election system throw away an even higher proportion of votes, as the fewer constituencies there are the fewer votes actually count towards electing an MP, with anyone not voting for the candidate with the most (often largest minority) of the vote in their constituency not having their vote count for anything at all.
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Electoral boundary changes will result in more unrepresentative ballots
David Williamson condemns the LibDems for voting against the Conservatives' proposed boundary changes for parliamentary seats, on the grounds that, by giving most constituencies an equal number of voters, these changes would have made general elections more democratic (Letters, January 31).
This misses the fact that the proposed changes also included plans to reduce the number of MPs and so constituencies by 50 to 600. The effect of this would have been to make the already unrepresentative first-past-the-post election system throw away an even higher proportion of votes, as the fewer constituencies there are the fewer votes actually count towards electing an MP, with anyone not voting for the candidate with the most (often largest minority) of the vote in their constituency not having their vote count for anything at all.
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