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First past the post strikes again.

That does tend to happen, are any of the English consitituencies multimember districts? I know that the Scottish parliament employs several multimember districts?

And I'll give my consent to any government that does not deny a man a living wage-Billy Bragg

by ManfromMiddletown (manfrommiddletown at lycos dot com) on Tue Oct 17th, 2006 at 11:31:51 AM EST
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Unfortunately the House of Commons is the last stronghold of the traditional British electoral system. It uses exactly the same single member, first past the post electoral system as the US House of Representatives.

Proportional representation systems of various kinds have been introduced for other elections in the UK (like those for the Scottish Parliament).

Blair failed the test of real reform in the House of Commons voting system, as in so many other areas, because he surrendered to the forces of reaction and narrow party advantage.

by Gary J on Wed Oct 18th, 2006 at 06:27:48 PM EST
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