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Originally Posted by Chris
This is because boundary changes over the past decade have tended to create seats that are easier for Labour to win (due to their size and demographics) and at the same time seats that are harder for the Tories to win (for the same reason).
The reform bill that would have contained AV will still come before Parliament, because one of the issues that is still going to be addressed by the coalition is the number of constituencies in the UK Parliament and their size. The aim is to reduce the number and equalize their size as far as possible.
Labour is dead set against this, as one of the main consequences of the changes will be to reduce the phenomenon you have described.
Incidentally, the Scottish National Party has an outright majority in Holyrood based on about 45% of the popular vote in a supposedly proportional electoral system. There's no such thing as perfect democracy, as they say.  |
yeah I know about that boundary changes, although I think the tories are playing the same game and will be aiming to give themselves the advantage before the next election. With PR tho it wouldnt matter.