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On the topic of Proportional Representation I had forgotten the Tory manifesto pledge to redraw constituency boundaries so they are more equal population wise, more proportional 🙂
Lib Dems and Labour voted this down in 2013 but Tories now have a majority. Large inner city constituencies will be broken up to be more representative. I linked to a Vice News story on the Tory thread. Copied [url= http://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/tory-policy-explained-748 ]here[/url]
Jambalaya said
Large inner city constituencies will be broken up to be more representative
The Vice news article jambalaya linked to said
If you live in a city in the midlands or north of England and you're a Labour voter, it's likely your vote will be worth less than before. Labour will now need more votes to win enlarged seats in those cities.
Yes more representative. Larger constituencies will be broken up to be more equal in size to smaller ones. Not all inner city constituencies are large, some are some aren't.
It only makes sense tbh- to me trying to make our electoral system fairer is a bit like rearranging the deckchairs on the titanic but still, if a change from fptp isn't on the cards then we should make fptp work a little better.
People'll howl because it'll favour the tories but **** 'em, fair/unfair is above parliamentary lines. Whether they can resist the urge to gerrymander while they're at it will be interesting though
I agree that we aren't well served under FPTP. Jambalaya the article only refers to enlarging constituencies. I think we need a form of pr which retains a representatives link to their constituency. I think constituencies can be enlarged well beyond their useful size. I live in Ross, Skye and Lochaber which is vast far too large an area for one person to cover despite its small population http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross,_Skye_and_Lochaber_(UK_Parliament_constituency)
Of course if we really want to change things we could return power to communities with genuinely local councils and participatory rather than representative democracy. 💡
