Thread: 2015 UK General Election Thread
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Old 05-03-2015, 23:37   #96
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Re: 2015 UK General Election Thread
The AV system would allow the eurosceptics to vote UKIP + conservative, would probably increase the green vote as people could choose green + whatever they think the least worst alternative is.

AV would probably have increased the representation of minority parties (though nothing like as much as PR) and also mitigated the "divided opposition" effect.

Personally, I'd favour PR as a topup system, like the London assembly, which combines direct representation and proportionality, though either the total number of MPs would have to be increased, or the number of constituencies reduced to make room for the topups - possibly two MP constituencies where one is directly elected an the other by a proportional formula.
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