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Old 06-05-2011, 18:17   #107
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Re: To AV, or not to AV?

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Originally Posted by Chrysalis View Post
I have seen extremes bigger than the gap you mention.

Marginals can be one with a majority of say 10 votes, but a neighboring seat may have a majority of 20k. The value of each vote in different seats varies by huge amounts.

How about a FPTP system but without constituency voting? would you object to that, so simply total tally for entire country. Simple as well.
But that breaks the local representation and accountability link, which I believe is very important.

btw, Scunthorpe in 1997 had a Labour majority of nearly 15K - in the by-election, it was down to 2.5K; things can change.
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