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Chrysalis · 10-05-2011, 16:55

I think the chances of PR are dead in the water barring an election result which sees a party get power without getting the most votes (entirely possible with FPTP).

Look at the vote share of the 2010 election, with an extra few % labour would have won but would have had less votes than the tories. Labour by far are the best recipients of FPTP, if was PR they would have had only a bit more seats than the lib dems and the tories would have been much further ahead.

10-05-2011, 16:55	#156
Chrysalis cf.mega poster Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 12,048	Re: To AV, or not to AV? I think the chances of PR are dead in the water barring an election result which sees a party get power without getting the most votes (entirely possible with FPTP). Look at the vote share of the 2010 election, with an extra few % labour would have won but would have had less votes than the tories. Labour by far are the best recipients of FPTP, if was PR they would have had only a bit more seats than the lib dems and the tories would have been much further ahead.