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Originally Posted by Paul M
No one needs to justify it - its been the same for 100+ years has it not ? So why the sudden need to change it other than selfish gain on their part.
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If electoral tradition means why bother changing anything, perhaps the UK should never have bothered with any of the
Reform Acts or the various Representation of the People Acts...
It needs to change because it no longer works properly. It is not representative of the desires of the voters. It disenfranchises voters. It means there are safe seats where your vote is utterly pointless unless you want to vote for the incumbent MP. It means that a party can gain only 9% of the seats on 23% of the vote. It means that a party can gain a
majority of seats in the House of Commons while
losing the popular vote.
STV is fair & proportional, reduces vote wastage, cuts down on safe seats, & keeps a constituency link.
FPTP
STV
If the Lib Dems were so selfish, they would be in favour of one of the other PR systems, rather than STV, which is determined by the Electoral Reform Society to be the best possible system.
And it is not a sudden need to change it: They have been in favour of Electoral Reform for *years*.