SamuelRSmith said:
Say the entirety of the UK only had 1 constituency. Say, in this example, there are 5 parties (Conservative, Labour, Liberal Democrats, UKIP, Greens, Christian Democrats). Let's say they had an election, and the results were as following: Okay, now let's break this down, so that each country within the UK had its own seat (one for England, one for Scotland, one for Wales, one for Northern Ireland). Let's also take the above results, and break them down by country. Con - 30% / Eng - 40% / Scot - 30% / Wales - 36% / NI - 15% In this example, Conservatives won England and Wales, Labour won Scotland, Lib Dems won Northern Ireland. So, votes to seats: Con - 30% of the vote, 50% of the seats As you can see, simply by increasing the number of seats, we've seen a massive increase in the representation of the parties, in accordance with the results. Obviously, it still isn't perfect with 4 seats. Personally, I favour doubling the size of the Commons. This will vastly improve the "proportionality" of the results, while also making your vote twice as powerful in the election. It will be a boon for grass roots movements. Obviously, a national Parliament won't work, which is why I support regional Parliaments. |
i'm sure it was just an example but there is no way, conservatives would get 30% of the vote in Scotland lol
but anyway, it's an interesting system change you are purposing, but how would you split up the existing constituencies? Would they still met up in the commons? (I don't think, the commons could fit in 1300 MP's, unless the house of lords was abolished) Would it stop "safe seats" from forming? I agree with having regional parliaments though. If this constituency reform gave more than 2 or 3 parties a fair chance of winning elections, I would support it. Anything, to make it harder for the same old labour and tory governments to form over and over again.
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